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Lexicon :: Strong's H7136 - qārâ

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קָרָה
Transliteration
qārâ
Pronunciation
kaw-raw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2068,2068e

Strong’s Definitions

קָרָה qârâh, kaw-raw'; a primitive root; to light upon (chiefly by accident); causatively, to bring about; specifically, to impose timbers (for roof or floor):—appoint, lay (make) beams, befall, bring, come (to pass unto), floor, (hap) was, happen (unto), meet, send good speed.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 27x

The KJV translates Strong's H7136 in the following manner: happen (7x), meet (5x), beams (4x), befall (3x), brought (1x), miscellaneous (7x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 27x
The KJV translates Strong's H7136 in the following manner: happen (7x), meet (5x), beams (4x), befall (3x), brought (1x), miscellaneous (7x).

  1. to encounter, meet, befall, happen, come to meet

    1. (Qal)

      1. to encounter, meet

      2. to befall

    2. (Niphal)

      1. to encounter, meet (without pre-arrangement)

      2. to chance to be present

      3. to come to meet

    3. (Hiphil) to cause to meet, appoint

  2. to build with beams

    1. (Piel) to lay the beams of, furnish with beams

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
קָרָה qârâh, kaw-raw'; a primitive root; to light upon (chiefly by accident); causatively, to bring about; specifically, to impose timbers (for roof or floor):—appoint, lay (make) beams, befall, bring, come (to pass unto), floor, (hap) was, happen (unto), meet, send good speed.
STRONGS H7136: Abbreviations
† [קָרָה] verb encounter, meet, befall (||) II קָרָא Late Hebrew קָרָה meet (rare), קְרִי misfortune specifically (nocturnal) pollution, and so Aramaic קִרְיוּתָא bdb089904; Arabic bdb089905 (bdb089906) is go seek earnestly bdb089907, receive hospitably as guest; Ethiopic II. 3, bdb089908 present, offer as sacrifice); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix קָֽרְךָ Deuteronomy 25:18, (ו)קָרָהוּ Genesis 44:29 +; Imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular יִקְרֶה Ecclesiastes 9:11 + Daniel 10:14 Kt (Qr יִקְרָא), וָיִ֫קֶר Ruth 2:3, suffix יִקְרְךָ Numbers 11:23, יִקְּרֵךְ 1 Samuel 28:10 (dagesh forte dirimens); Participle feminine plural קֹרֹת Genesis 42:29; —
1. encounter, meet, accusative of person Deuteronomy 25:18, compare (accusative of thing) וַיִ֫קֶר מִקְרֶהָ חֶלְקַת וגו׳ Ruth 2:3 her chance lighted upon field, etc.
2. befall, accusative of person, subject evil Genesis 44:29 (J), 1 Samuel 28:10, י׳'s word Numbers 11:23 (JE), indefinite Genesis 42:29 (J) Isaiah 41:22 (absolute) Esther 4:7; Esther 6:13; Daniel 10:14 (ל person); עֵת וָפֶגַע יִק׳ אֶתכֻּֿלָּם Ecclesiastes 9:11; subject מִקְרֶה Ecclesiastes 2:14; compare Ecclesiastes 2:15.
Niph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular נִקְרָה Exodus 3:18; 1st person singular נִקְרֵיתִי 2 Samuel 1:6; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִקָּרֶה Numbers 23:3, וַיִּקָּר Numbers 23:4, 16; 1st person singular אִקָּרֶה Numbers 23:15; —
1. encounter, meet without pre-arrangement, usually of י׳ (God): with עַל person Exodus 3:18 (J), אֶל Pers. Numbers 23:4, 16 לִקְרָתִי י׳ יִקּ׳ Numbers 23:3 (all J E); object י׳ (om) Numbers 23:15.
2. chance to be present, ב location, 2 Samuel 1:6 (+Infinitiveabs נִקְרֹא).
Hiph.
1. of י׳ cause (the right thing good fortune) to occur, with לִפְנֵי Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הִקְרָה Genesis 27:20 Imperative masculine singular הַקְרֵה Genesis 24:12 (both J).
2. of Israel, Perfect 2nd person masculine plural conesecutive וְהִקְרִיתֶם לָכָם עָרִים Numbers 35:11 ye shall (cause cities to occur rightly for yourselves, i.e.) select cities as suitable.

† [קָרָה] verb denominative
Pi. lay the beams of, furnish with beams; — with accusative of the building: Perfect 3rd person plural suffix קֵרוּהוּ Nehemiah 3:3, 6; Infinitive construct לְקָרוֺת Nehemiah 2:8; 2 Chronicles 34:11; Participle הַמְּקָרֶה Psalm 104:3 (figurative).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

24:12; 27:20; 42:29; 42:29; 44:29; 44:29

Exodus

3:18; 3:18

Numbers

11:23; 11:23; 23:3; 23:3; 23:4; 23:4; 23:15; 23:15; 23:16; 23:16; 35:11

Deuteronomy

25:18; 25:18

Ruth

2:3; 2:3

1 Samuel

28:10; 28:10

2 Samuel

1:6; 1:6

2 Chronicles

34:11

Nehemiah

2:8; 3:3; 3:6

Esther

4:7; 6:13

Psalms

104:3

Ecclesiastes

2:14; 2:15; 9:11; 9:11

Isaiah

41:22

Daniel

10:14; 10:14

H7136

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Strong's Number H7136 matches the Hebrew קָרָה (qārâ),
which occurs 27 times in 27 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:12 - He prayed, "O LORD, God of my master Abraham, guide me today. Be faithful to my master Abraham.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:20 - But Isaac asked his son, "How in the world did you find it so quickly, my son?" "Because the LORD your God brought it to me," he replied.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:29 - They returned to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan and told him all the things that had happened to them, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:29 - If you take this one from me too and an accident happens to him, then you will bring down my gray hair in tragedy to the grave.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:18 - "The elders will listen to you, and then you and the elders of Israel must go to the king of Egypt and tell him, 'The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. So now, let us go three days' journey into the wilderness, so that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:23 - And the LORD said to Moses, "Is the LORD's hand shortened? Now you will see whether my word to you will come true or not!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:3 - Balaam said to Balak, "Station yourself by your burnt offering, and I will go off; perhaps the LORD will come to meet me, and whatever he reveals to me I will tell you." Then he went to a deserted height.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:4 - Then God met Balaam, who said to him, "I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered on each altar a bull and a ram."

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:15 - And Balaam said to Balak, "Station yourself here by your burnt offering, while I meet the LORD there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:16 - Then the LORD met Balaam and put a message in his mouth and said, "Return to Balak, and speak what I tell you."

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:11 - you must then designate some towns as towns of refuge for you, to which a person who has killed someone unintentionally may flee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 25:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:18 - how they met you along the way and cut off all your stragglers in the rear of the march when you were exhausted and tired; they were unafraid of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:3 - So Ruth went and gathered grain in the fields behind the harvesters. Now she just happened to end up in the portion of the field belonging to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelech.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:10 - But Saul swore an oath to her by the LORD, "As surely as the LORD lives, you will not incur guilt in this matter!"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:6 - The young man who was telling him this said, "I just happened to be on Mount Gilboa and came across Saul leaning on his spear for support. The chariots and leaders of the horsemen were in hot pursuit of him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 34:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:11 - They gave money to the craftsmen and builders to buy chiseled stone and wood for the braces and rafters of the buildings that the kings of Judah had allowed to fall into disrepair.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:8 - and a letter for Asaph the keeper of the king's nature preserve, so that he will give me timber for beams for the gates of the fortress adjacent to the temple and for the city wall and for the house to which I go." So the king granted me these requests, for the good hand of my God was on me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:3 - The sons of Hassenaah rebuilt the Fish Gate. They laid its beams and positioned its doors, its bolts, and its bars.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:6 - Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah worked on the Jeshanah Gate. They laid its beams and positioned its doors, its bolts, and its bars.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:7 - Then Mordecai related to him everything that had happened to him, even the specific amount of money that Haman had offered to pay to the king's treasuries for the Jews to be destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:13 - Haman then related to his wife Zeresh and to all his friends everything that had happened to him. These wise men, along with his wife Zeresh, said to him, "If indeed this Mordecai before whom you have begun to fall is Jewish, you will not prevail against him. No, you will surely fall before him!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:3 - and lays the beams of the upper rooms of his palace on the rain clouds. He makes the clouds his chariot, and travels along on the wings of the wind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:14 - The wise man can see where he is going, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also realized that the same fate happens to them both.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:15 - So I thought to myself, "The fate of the fool will happen even to me! Then what did I gain by becoming so excessively wise?" So I lamented to myself, "The benefits of wisdom are ultimately meaningless!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:11 - Again, I observed this on the earth: the race is not always won by the swiftest, the battle is not always won by the strongest; prosperity does not always belong to those who are the wisest, wealth does not always belong to those who are the most discerning, nor does success always come to those with the most knowledge - for time and chance may overcome them all.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:22 - "Let them produce evidence! Let them tell us what will happen! Tell us about your earlier predictive oracles, so we may examine them and see how they were fulfilled. Or decree for us some future events!

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:14 - Now I have come to help you understand what will happen to your people in the latter days, for the vision pertains to future days."
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