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Lexicon :: Strong's H7125 - qārā'

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קָרָא
Transliteration
qārā'
Pronunciation
keer-aw'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2064

Strong’s Definitions

קִרְאָה qirʼâh, keer-aw'; from H7122; an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite):—× against (he come), help, meet, seek, × to, × in the way.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 121x

The KJV translates Strong's H7125 in the following manner: meet (76x), against (40x), come (2x), help (1x), seek (1x), way (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 121x
The KJV translates Strong's H7125 in the following manner: meet (76x), against (40x), come (2x), help (1x), seek (1x), way (1x).
masculine noun (BDB)

  1. to encounter, befall, meet

    1. (Qal)

      1. to meet, encounter

      2. to befall (fig)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
קִרְאָה qirʼâh, keer-aw'; from H7122; an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite):—× against (he come), help, meet, seek, × to, × in the way.
STRONGS H7125: Abbreviations
Qal ... Infinitive construct121 לקְרַאת (Ges§ 19 k Ol§ 137), Genesis 15:10 +, etc.—
1. meet, encounter, only infinitive construct לִקְרַאת often= preposition toward, against (Köii. l, 317), almost always with accusative of person, after verb of motion, Isaiah 7:3; Genesis 19:1; Genesis 24:17; Judges 4:18, Judges 4:22; 1 Kings 2:8 +; in war, battle, Judges 7:24; Judges 20:25, Judges 20:31; 1 Samuel 4:1; 1 Kings 20:27 +, after עָרַךְ 2 Samuel 10:9, 2 Samuel 10:10, 2 Samuel 10:17 +, Psalm 35:3 see סגר 2b; לְחַזֵּק לִבָּם לִק׳ הַמִּלְחָמָה Joshua 11:20 to harden their heart to encounter the war with Israel; after הִנֵּה (without verb of motion), 1 Samuel 10:10; 2 Samuel 15:32; 2 Samuel 16:1; 1 Kings 18:7; Proverbs 7:10; in construction praegn. וַיִשְׂמַח לִק׳ Judges 19:3 he rejoiced to meet him, + [H8055 1 Samuel 6:13] (Greek Version of the LXX We Dr and others); חרד לִק׳ 2 Kings 10:15, נצב Exodus 5:20; Exodus 7:15; Numbers 22:34, etc.; redund. [redundant ?] לִק׳ יִקָּרֶה י׳ Numbers 23:3; implication of helping, Isaiah 21:14; Psalm 59:5 [Psalm 59:4] (figurative); נְחָשִׁים לִק׳ Numbers 24:1 he did not go to encounter (in expectation of) signs of divination; in metaphor Isaiah 14:9, || אֱםהֶי לִק׳ Amos 4:12

This is a portion of the full BDB entry H7122.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

15:10; 19:1; 24:17

Exodus

5:20; 7:15

Numbers

22:34; 23:3; 24:1

Joshua

11:20

Judges

4:18; 4:22; 7:24; 19:3; 20:25; 20:31

1 Samuel

4:1; 10:10

2 Samuel

10:9; 10:10; 10:17; 15:32; 16:1

1 Kings

2:8; 18:7; 20:27

2 Kings

10:15

Psalms

35:3; 59:4

Proverbs

7:10

Isaiah

7:3; 14:9; 21:14

Amos

4:12

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Strong's Number H7125 matches the Hebrew קָרָא (qārā'),
which occurs 100 times in 98 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 14:17–2Sa 10:9)

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 14:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:17 - And the king of Sodom goeth out to meet him (after his turning back from the smiting of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings who are with him), unto the valley of Shaveh, which is the king's valley.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 15:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:10 - and he taketh to him all these, and separateth them in the midst, and putteth each piece over against its fellow, but the bird he hath not divided;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:2 - and he lifteth up his eyes and looketh, and lo, three men standing by him, and he seeth, and runneth to meet them from the opening of the tent, and boweth himself towards the earth,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:1 - And two of the messengers come towards Sodom at even, and Lot is sitting at the gate of Sodom, and Lot seeth, and riseth to meet them, and boweth himself -- face to the earth,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:17 - And the servant runneth to meet her, and saith, 'Let me swallow, I pray thee, a little water from thy pitcher;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:65

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:65 - and she saith unto the servant, 'Who is this man who is walking in the field to meet us?' and the servant saith, 'It is my lord;' and she taketh the veil, and covereth herself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:13 - And it cometh to pass, when Laban heareth the report of Jacob his sister's son, that he runneth to meet him, and embraceth him, and kisseth him, and bringeth him in unto his house; and he recounteth to Laban all these things,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:16 - And Jacob cometh in from the field at evening; and Leah goeth to meet him, and saith, 'Unto me dost thou come in, for hiring I have hired thee with my son's love-apples;' and he lieth with her during that night.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 32:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:6 - And the messengers turn back unto Jacob, saying, 'We came in unto thy brother, unto Esau, and he also is coming to meet thee, and four hundred men with him;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 33:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:4 - and Esau runneth to meet him, and embraceth him, and falleth on his neck, and kisseth him, and they weep;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 46:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:29 - and Joseph harnesseth his chariot, and goeth up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and appeareth unto him, and falleth on his neck, and weepeth on his neck again;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:14 - And the anger of Jehovah burneth against Moses, and He saith, 'Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I have known that he speaketh well, and also, lo, he is coming out to meet thee; when he hath seen thee, then he hath rejoiced in his heart,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 4:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:27 - And Jehovah saith unto Aaron, 'Go to meet Moses into the wilderness;' and he goeth, and meeteth him in the mount of God, and kisseth him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:20 - And they meet Moses and Aaron standing to meet them, in their coming out from Pharaoh,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:15 - go unto Pharaoh in the morning, lo, he is going out to the water, and thou hast stood to meet him by the edge of the River, and the rod which was turned to a serpent thou dost take in thy hand,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 14:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:27 - And Moses stretcheth out his hand towards the sea, and the sea turneth back, at the turning of the morning, to its perennial flow, and the Egyptians are fleeing at its coming, and Jehovah shaketh off the Egyptians in the midst of the sea,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:7 - And Moses goeth out to meet his father-in-law, and boweth himself, and kisseth him, and they ask one at another of welfare, and come into the tent;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 19:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:17 - And Moses bringeth out the people to meet God from the camp, and they station themselves at the lower part of the mount,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 20:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:18 - And Edom saith unto him, 'Thou dost not pass over through me, lest with sword I come out to meet thee.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 20:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:20 - And he saith, 'Thou dost not pass over;' and Edom cometh out to meet him with much people, and with a strong hand;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:23 - And Sihon hath not suffered Israel to pass through his border, and Sihon gathereth all his people, and cometh out to meet Israel into the wilderness, and cometh in to Jahaz, and fighteth against Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:33 - and turn and go up the way of Bashan, and Og king of Bashan cometh out to meet them, he and all his people, to battle, at Edrei.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:34

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:34 - And Balaam saith unto the messenger of Jehovah, 'I have sinned, for I did not know that thou art standing to meet me in the way; and now, if evil in thine eyes -- I turn back by myself.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:36

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:36 - And Balak heareth that Balaam hath come, and goeth out to meet him, unto a city of Moab, which is on the border of Arnon, which is in the extremity of the border;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:3 - and Balaam saith to Balak, 'Station thyself by thy burnt-offering and I go on, it may be Jehovah doth come to meet me, and the thing which He sheweth me -- I have declared to thee;' and he goeth to a high place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:1 - And Balaam seeth that it is good in the eyes of Jehovah to bless Israel, and he hath not gone as time by time to meet enchantments, and he setteth towards the wilderness his face;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:13 - And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the company, go out to meet them, unto the outside of the camp,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:44

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:44 - and the Amorite who is dwelling in that hill-country cometh out to meet you, and they pursue you as the bees do, and smite you in Seir -- unto Hormah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:32

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:32 - 'And Sihon cometh out to meet us, he and all his people, to battle to Jahaz;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:1 - 'And we turn, and go up the way to Bashan, and Og king of Bashan cometh out to meet us, he and all his people, to battle, to Edrei.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:7 - 'And ye come in unto this place, and Sihon king of Heshbon -- also Og king of Bashan -- doth come out to meet us, to battle, and we smite them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:5 - and I and all the people who are with me draw near unto the city, and it hath come to pass when they come out to meet us as at the first, and we have fled before them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:14 - And it cometh to pass, when the king of Ai seeth it, that hasten, and rise early, and go out do the men of the city to meet Israel for battle, he and all his people, at the appointed season, at the front of the plain, and he hath not known that an ambush is against him, on the rear of the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:22 - and these have come out from the city to meet them, and they are in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that, and they smite them till he hath not left to them a remnant and escaped one;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:11 - 'And our elders, and all the inhabitants of our land speak unto us, saying, Take in your hand provision for the way, and go to meet them, and ye have said unto them, Your servants we are, and now, make with us a covenant;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 11:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:20 - for from Jehovah it hath been to strengthen their heart, to meet in battle with Israel, in order to devote them, so that they have no grace, but in order to destroy them, as Jehovah commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:18 - and Jael goeth out to meet Sisera, and saith unto him, 'Turn aside, my lord, turn aside unto me, fear not;' and he turneth aside unto her, into the tent, and she covereth him with a coverlet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 4:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:22 - And lo, Barak is pursuing Sisera, and Jael cometh out to meet him, and saith to him, 'Come, and I shew thee the man whom thou art seeking;' and he cometh in unto her, and lo, Sisera is fallen -- dead, and the pin in his temples.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:35 - and messengers he hath sent into all Manasseh, and it also is called after him; and messengers he hath sent into Asher, and into Zebulun, and into Naphtali, and they come up to meet them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:24 - And messengers hath sent Gideon into all the hill-country of Ephraim, saying, 'Come down to meet Midian, and capture before them the waters unto Beth-Barah, and the Jordan;' and every man of Ephraim is called, and they capture the waters unto Beth-Barah, and the Jordan,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:31 - then it hath been, that which at all cometh out from the doors of my house to meet me in my turning back in peace from the Bene-Ammon -- it hath been to Jehovah, or I have offered up for it -- a burnt-offering.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:34 - And Jephthah cometh into Mizpeh, unto his house, and lo, his daughter is coming out to meet him with timbrels, and with choruses, and save her alone, he hath none, son or daughter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 14:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:5 - And Samson goeth down -- also his father and his mother, to Timnath, and they come unto the vineyards of Timnath, and lo, a lion's whelp roareth at meeting him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:14 - He hath come unto Lehi -- and the Philistines have shouted at meeting him -- and the Spirit of Jehovah prospereth over him, and the thick bands which are on his arms are as flax which they burn with fire, and his bands are wasted from off his hands,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:3 - And her husband riseth and goeth after her, to speak unto her heart, to bring her back, and his young man is with him, and a couple of asses; and she bringeth him into the house of her father, and the father of the young woman seeth him, and rejoiceth to meet him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:25 - and Benjamin cometh out to meet them from Gibeah on the second day, and destroy among the sons of Israel again eighteen thousand men -- to the earth; all these are drawing sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:31 - And the sons of Benjamin come out to meet the people; they have been drawn away out of the city, and begin to smite some of the people -- wounded as time by time, in the highways (of which one is going up to Beth-El, and the other to Gibeah in the field), are about thirty men of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 6:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:20 - And David turneth back to bless his house, and Michal daughter of Saul goeth out to meet David, and saith, 'How honourable to-day was the king of Israel, who was uncovered to-day before the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain ones is openly uncovered!'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 10:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:5 - and they declare it to David, and he sendeth to meet them, for the men have been greatly ashamed, and the king saith, 'Abide in Jericho till your beard doth spring up -- then ye have returned.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 10:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:9 - and Joab seeth that the front of the battle hath been unto him before and behind, and he chooseth of all the chosen in Israel, and setteth in array to meet Aram,

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