Keraia
Lexicon

קָרָא

qa.rato call: call toHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb733 occurrences37 books687 verses

Definition

a primitive root (rather identical with H7122 through the idea of accosting a person met); to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
Traditional renderings: bewray (self), that are bidden, call (for, forth, self, upon), cry (unto), (be) famous, guest, invite, mention, (give) name, preach, (make) proclaim(-ation), pronounce, publish, read, renowned, say.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders קָרָא:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

733 total
  1. Isaiah 41:4קֹרֵ֥א · calling forth
    Who has performed this and carried it out, calling forth the generations from the beginning? I, the LORD—the first and the last—I am He.”
  2. Isaiah 41:9קְרָאתִ֑יךָ · and called you
    I brought you from the ends of the earth and called you from its farthest corners. I said, ‘You are My servant.’ I have chosen and not rejected you.
  3. Isaiah 41:25יִקְרָ֣א · who calls on
    I have raised up one from the north, and he has come—one from the east who calls on My name. He will march over rulers as if they were mortar, like a potter who treads the clay.
  4. Isaiah 42:6קְרָאתִ֥יךָֽ · have called you
    “I, the LORD, have called you for a righteous purpose, and I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and appoint you to be a covenant for the people and a light to the nations,
  5. Isaiah 43:1קָרָ֥אתִי · I have called
    But now, this is what the LORD says—He who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine!
  6. Isaiah 43:7הַנִּקְרָ֣א · called
    …everyone called by My name and created for My glory, whom I have indeed formed and made.”
  7. Isaiah 43:22קָרָ֖אתָ · called
    But you have not called on Me, O Jacob, because you have grown weary of Me, O Israel.
  8. Isaiah 44:5יִקְרָ֣א · will call himself
    One will say, ‘I belong to the LORD,’ another will call himself by the name of Jacob, and still another will write on his hand, ‘The LORD’s,’ and will take the name of Israel.”
  9. Isaiah 44:7יִקְרָ֗א · Let him say so
    Who then is like Me? Let him say so! Let him declare his case before Me, since I established an ancient people. Let him foretell the things to come, and what is to take place.
  10. Isaiah 45:3הַקּוֹרֵ֥א · who calls
    I will give you the treasures of darkness and the riches hidden in secret places, so that you may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel, who calls you by name.
  11. Isaiah 45:4וָאֶקְרָ֤א · I call
    For the sake of Jacob My servant and Israel My chosen one, I call you by name; I have given you a title of honor, though you have not known Me.
  12. Isaiah 46:11קֹרֵ֤א · I summon
    I summon a bird of prey from the east, a man for My purpose from a far-off land. Truly I have spoken, and truly I will bring it to pass. I have planned it, and I will surely do it.
  13. Isaiah 47:1יִקְרְאוּ־ · be called
    “Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of the Chaldeans! For you will no longer be called tender or delicate.
  14. Isaiah 47:5יִקְרְאוּ־ · be called
    “Sit in silence and go into darkness, O Daughter of the Chaldeans. For you will no longer be called the queen of kingdoms.
  15. Isaiah 48:1הַנִּקְרָאִים֙ · you who are called
    “Listen to this, O house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, who have descended from the line of Judah, who swear by the name of the LORD, who invoke the God of Israel—but not in truth or righteousness—
  16. Isaiah 48:2נִקְרָ֔אוּ · call yourselves
    …who indeed call yourselves after the holy city and lean on the God of Israel; the LORD of Hosts is His name.
  17. Isaiah 48:8קֹ֥רָא · you have been called
    You have never heard; you have never understood; for a long time your ears have not been open. For I knew how deceitful you are; you have been called a rebel from birth.
  18. Isaiah 48:12מְקֹרָאִ֑י · whom I have called
    Listen to Me, O Jacob, and Israel, whom I have called: I am He; I am the first, and I am the last.
  19. Isaiah 48:13קֹרֵ֥א · summon them
    Surely My own hand founded the earth, and My right hand spread out the heavens; when I summon them, they stand up together.
  20. Isaiah 48:15קְרָאתִ֑יו · I have called him
    I, even I, have spoken; yes, I have called him. I have brought him, and he will succeed in his mission.
  21. Isaiah 49:1קְרָאָ֔נִי · called Me
    Listen to Me, O islands; pay attention, O distant peoples: The LORD called Me from the womb; from the body of My mother He named Me.
  22. Isaiah 50:2קָרָֽאתִי֮ · when I called
    Why was no one there when I arrived? Why did no one answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem you? Or do I lack the strength to deliver you? Behold, My rebuke dries up the sea; I turn the rivers into a desert; the fish rot for lack of water and die of thirst.
  23. Isaiah 51:2קְרָאתִ֔יו · I called him
    Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who gave you birth. When I called him, he was but one; then I blessed him and multiplied him.
  24. Isaiah 54:5יִקָּרֵֽא׃ · He is called
    For your husband is your Maker—the LORD of Hosts is His name—the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; He is called the God of all the earth.
  25. Isaiah 54:6קְרָאָ֣ךְ · has called you back
    For the LORD has called you back, like a wife deserted and wounded in spirit, like the rejected wife of one’s youth,” says your God.
  26. Isaiah 55:5תִּקְרָ֔א · you will summon
    Surely you will summon a nation you do not know, and nations who do not know you will run to you. For the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, has bestowed glory on you.”
  27. Isaiah 55:6קְרָאֻ֖הוּ · call on Him
    Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.
  28. Isaiah 56:7יִקָּרֵ֖א · will be called
    I will bring them to My holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on My altar, for My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations.”
  29. Isaiah 58:1קְרָ֤א · Cry
    “Cry aloud, do not hold back! Raise your voice like a ram’s horn. Declare to My people their transgression and to the house of Jacob their sins.
  30. Isaiah 58:5תִּקְרָא־ · Will you call
    Is this the fast I have chosen: a day for a man to deny himself, to bow his head like a reed, and to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Will you call this a fast and a day acceptable to the LORD?
  31. Isaiah 58:9תִּקְרָא֙ · you will call
    Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry out, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’ If you remove the yoke from your midst, the pointing of the finger and malicious talk,
  32. Isaiah 58:12וְקֹרָ֤א · you will be called
    Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins; you will restore the age-old foundations; you will be called Repairer of the Breach, Restorer of the Streets of Dwelling.
  33. Isaiah 58:13וְקָרָ֨אתָ · if you call
    If you turn your foot from breaking the Sabbath, from doing as you please on My holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight, and the LORD’s holy day honorable, if you honor it by not going your own way or seeking your own pleasure or speaking idle words,
  34. Isaiah 59:4קֹרֵ֣א · calls
    No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.
  35. Isaiah 60:14וְקָ֤רְאוּ · and call
    The sons of your oppressors will come and bow down to you; all who reviled you will fall facedown at your feet and call you the City of the LORD, Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
  36. Isaiah 60:18וְקָרָ֤את · But you will name
    No longer will violence be heard in your land, nor ruin or destruction within your borders. But you will name your walls Salvation and your gates Praise.
  37. Isaiah 61:1לִקְרֹ֤א · to proclaim
    The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,
  38. Isaiah 61:2לִקְרֹ֤א · to proclaim
    …to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor and the day of our God’s vengeance, to comfort all who mourn,
  39. Isaiah 61:3וְקֹרָ֤א · So they will be called
    …to console the mourners in Zion—to give them a crown of beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and a garment of praise for a spirit of despair. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.
  40. Isaiah 61:6תִּקָּרֵ֔אוּ · will be called
    But you will be called the priests of the LORD; they will speak of you as ministers of our God; you will feed on the wealth of nations, and you will boast in their riches.
  41. Isaiah 62:2וְקֹ֤רָא · You will be called
    Nations will see your righteousness, and all kings your glory. You will be called by a new name that the mouth of the LORD will bestow.
  42. Isaiah 62:4יִקָּרֵא֙ · will be called
    No longer will you be called Forsaken, nor your land named Desolate; but you will be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for the LORD will take delight in you, and your land will be His bride.
  43. Isaiah 62:12וְקָרְא֥וּ · And they will be called; יִקָּרֵ֣א · will be called
    And they will be called the Holy People, the Redeemed of The LORD; and you will be called Sought Out, A City Not Forsaken.
  44. Isaiah 63:19נִקְרָ֥א · called
    We have become like those You never ruled, like those not called by Your name.
  45. Isaiah 64:7קוֹרֵ֣א · one calls
    No one calls on Your name or strives to take hold of You. For You have hidden Your face from us and delivered us into the hand of our iniquity.
  46. Isaiah 65:1קֹרָ֥א · call
    “I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me; I was found by those who did not seek Me. To a nation that did not call My name, I said, ‘Here I am! Here I am!’
  47. Isaiah 65:12קָרָ֙אתִי֙ · I called
    I will destine you for the sword, and you will all kneel down to be slaughtered, because I called and you did not answer, I spoke and you did not listen; you did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight.”
  48. Isaiah 65:15יִקְרָ֖א · He will give
    You will leave behind your name as a curse for My chosen ones, and the Lord GOD will slay you; but to His servants He will give another name.
  49. Isaiah 65:24יִקְרָ֖אוּ · they call
    Even before they call, I will answer, and while they are still speaking, I will hear.