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Lexicon :: Strong's H4745 - miqrê

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מִקְרֶה
Transliteration
miqrê
Pronunciation
mik-reh'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2068c

Strong’s Definitions

מִקְרֶה miqreh, mik-reh'; from H7136; something met with, i.e. an accident or fortune:—something befallen, befalleth, chance, event, hap(-peneth).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x

The KJV translates Strong's H4745 in the following manner: befall (4x), event (3x), hap (1x), chance (1x), happeneth (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x
The KJV translates Strong's H4745 in the following manner: befall (4x), event (3x), hap (1x), chance (1x), happeneth (1x).

  1. unforeseen meeting or event, accident, happening, chance, fortune

    1. accident, chance

    2. fortune, fate

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מִקְרֶה miqreh, mik-reh'; from H7136; something met with, i.e. an accident or fortune:—something befallen, befalleth, chance, event, hap(-peneth).
STRONGS H4745: Abbreviations
† מִקְרֶה noun masculine1 Samuel 6:9 accident, chance, fortune; — absolute מ׳ 1 Samuel 6:9 +; construct מִקְרֵה Ecclesiastes 2:15 (so read also Ecclesiastes 3:19 (twice in verse) with Greek Version of the LXX RuëtKau Wild, for MT מִקְרֶה); —
1. accident, chance, 1 Samuel 6:9; 1 Samuel 20:26; with קָרָה Ruth 2:3 (see ק׳ 1).
2. in Ecclesiastes, fortune, fate, מ׳ אֶחָד יִקְרֶה אֶתכֻּֿלָּם Ecclesiastes 2:14 compare Ecclesiastes 2:15, 3:19 (3 times in verse); Ecclesiastes 9:2, 3.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Ruth

2:3

1 Samuel

6:9; 6:9; 6:9; 20:26

Ecclesiastes

2:14; 2:15; 2:15; 3:19; 3:19; 9:2; 9:3

H4745

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4745 matches the Hebrew מִקְרֶה (miqrê),
which occurs 10 times in 8 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:3 - So Ruth went out to gather grain behind the harvesters. And as it happened, she found herself working in a field that belonged to Boaz, the relative of her father-in-law, Elimelech.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:9 - If they cross the border of our land and go to Beth-shemesh, we will know it was the LORD who brought this great disaster upon us. If they don’t, we will know it was not his hand that caused the plague. It came simply by chance.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:26 - Saul didn’t say anything about it that day, for he said to himself, “Something must have made David ceremonially unclean.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:14 - For the wise can see where they are going, but fools walk in the dark.” Yet I saw that the wise and the foolish share the same fate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:15 - Both will die. So I said to myself, “Since I will end up the same as the fool, what’s the value of all my wisdom? This is all so meaningless!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:19 - For people and animals share the same fate—both breathe[fn] and both must die. So people have no real advantage over the animals. How meaningless!

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:2 - The same destiny ultimately awaits everyone, whether righteous or wicked, good or bad,[fn] ceremonially clean or unclean, religious or irreligious. Good people receive the same treatment as sinners, and people who make promises to God are treated like people who don’t.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:3 - It seems so tragic that everyone under the sun suffers the same fate. That is why people are not more careful to be good. Instead, they choose their own mad course, for they have no hope. There is nothing ahead but death anyway.
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