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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. Joel 3:9קִרְאוּ־ · Proclaim
    Proclaim this among the nations: “Prepare for war; rouse the mighty men; let all the men of war advance and attack!
  2. Amos 4:5וְקִרְא֥וּ · and loudly
    Offer leavened bread as a thank offering, and loudly proclaim your freewill offerings. For that is what you children of Israel love to do,” declares the Lord GOD.
  3. Amos 5:8הַקּוֹרֵ֣א · who summons
    He who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns darkness into dawn and darkens day into night, who summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth—the LORD is His name—
  4. Amos 5:16וְקָרְא֤וּ · will be summoned
    Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Hosts, the Lord, says: “There will be wailing in all the public squares and cries of ‘Alas! Alas!’ in all the streets. The farmer will be summoned to mourn, and the mourners to wail.
  5. Amos 7:4קֹרֵ֛א · was calling
    This is what the Lord GOD showed me: The Lord GOD was calling for judgment by fire. It consumed the great deep and devoured the land.
  6. Amos 9:6הַקֹּרֵ֣א · He summons
    He builds His upper rooms in the heavens and founds His vault upon the earth. He summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth. The LORD is His name.
  7. Amos 9:12נִקְרָ֥א · bear
    …that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations that bear My name,” declares the LORD, who will do this.
  8. Jonah 1:2וּקְרָ֣א · and preach
    “Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before Me.”
  9. Jonah 1:6קְרָ֣א · [and] call
    The captain approached him and said, “How can you sleep? Get up and call upon your God. Perhaps this God will consider us, so that we may not perish.”
  10. Jonah 1:14וַיִּקְרְא֨וּ · So they cried out
    So they cried out to the LORD: “Please, O LORD, do not let us perish on account of this man’s life! Do not charge us with innocent blood! For You, O LORD, have done as You pleased.”
  11. Jonah 2:2קָ֠רָאתִי · I called
    …saying: “In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered me. From the belly of Sheol I called for help, and You heard my voice.
  12. Jonah 3:2וִּקְרָ֤א · and proclaim
    “Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message that I give you.”
  13. Jonah 3:4וַיִּקְרָא֙ · and proclaimed
    On the first day of his journey, Jonah set out into the city and proclaimed, “Forty more days and Nineveh will be overturned!”
  14. Jonah 3:5וַיִּקְרְאוּ־ · They proclaimed
    And the Ninevites believed God. They proclaimed a fast and dressed in sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least.
  15. Jonah 3:8וְיִקְרְא֥וּ · and have everyone call out
    Furthermore, let both man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and have everyone call out earnestly to God. Let each one turn from his evil ways and from the violence in his hands.
  16. Micah 3:5וְקָרְא֣וּ · who proclaim
    This is what the LORD says: “As for the prophets who lead My people astray, who proclaim peace while they chew with their teeth, but declare war against one who puts nothing in their mouths:
  17. Micah 6:9יִקְרָ֔א · calls out
    The voice of the LORD calls out to the city (and it is sound wisdom to fear Your name): “Heed the rod and the One who ordained it.
  18. Habakkuk 2:2ק֥וֹרֵא · a herald
    Then the LORD answered me: “Write down this vision and clearly inscribe it on tablets, so that a herald may run with it.
  19. Zephaniah 1:7קְרֻאָֽיו׃ · His guests
    Be silent in the presence of the Lord GOD, for the Day of the LORD is near. Indeed, the LORD has prepared a sacrifice; He has consecrated His guests.
  20. Zephaniah 3:9לִקְרֹ֤א · may call
    For then I will restore pure lips to the peoples, that all may call upon the name of the LORD and serve Him shoulder to shoulder.
  21. Haggai 1:11וָאֶקְרָ֨א · I have summoned
    I have summoned a drought on the fields and on the mountains, on the grain, new wine, and oil, and on whatever the ground yields, on man and beast, and on all the labor of your hands.”
  22. Zechariah 1:4קָרְאֽוּ־ · proclaimed
    Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Turn now from your evil ways and deeds.’ But they did not listen or pay attention to Me, declares the LORD.
  23. Zechariah 1:14קְרָ֣א · Proclaim
    Then the angel who was speaking with me said, “Proclaim this word: This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘I am very jealous for Jerusalem and Zion,
  24. Zechariah 1:17קְרָ֣א · Proclaim
    Proclaim further that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘My cities will again overflow with prosperity; the LORD will again comfort Zion and choose Jerusalem.’”
  25. Zechariah 3:10תִּקְרְא֖וּ · you will each invite
    On that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, you will each invite your neighbor to sit under your own vine and fig tree.’”
  26. Zechariah 7:7קָרָ֤א · proclaimed
    Are these not the words that the LORD proclaimed through the earlier prophets, when Jerusalem and its surrounding towns were populous and prosperous, and the Negev and the foothills were inhabited?’”
  27. Zechariah 7:13קָרָ֖א · I had called; יִקְרְאוּ֙ · when they called
    And just as I had called and they would not listen, so when they called I would not listen, says the LORD of Hosts.
  28. Zechariah 8:3וְנִקְרְאָ֤ה · will be called
    This is what the LORD says: “I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the LORD of Hosts will be called the Holy Mountain.”
  29. Zechariah 11:7קָרָ֤אתִי · calling; קָרָ֣אתִי
    So I pastured the flock marked for slaughter, especially the afflicted of the flock. Then I took for myself two staffs, calling one Favor and the other Union, and I pastured the flock.
  30. Zechariah 13:9יִקְרָ֣א · They will call
    This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are My people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is our God.’”
  31. Malachi 1:4וְקָרְא֤וּ · They will be called
    Though Edom may say, “We have been devastated, but we will rebuild the ruins,” this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “They may build, but I will demolish. They will be called the Land of Wickedness, and a people with whom the LORD is indignant forever.