Keraia
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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. Genesis 41:43וַיִּקְרְא֥וּ · with men calling out
    He had Joseph ride in his second chariot, with men calling out before him, “Bow the knee!” So he placed him over all the land of Egypt.
  2. Genesis 41:45וַיִּקְרָ֨א · gave
    Pharaoh gave Joseph the name Zaphenath-paneah, and he gave him Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, to be his wife. And Joseph took charge of all the land of Egypt.
  3. Genesis 41:51וַיִּקְרָ֥א · named
    Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, saying, “God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father’s household.”
  4. Genesis 41:52קָרָ֣א
    And the second son he named Ephraim, saying, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”
  5. Genesis 45:1וַיִּקְרָ֕א · and he cried out
    Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all his attendants, and he cried out, “Send everyone away from me!” So none of them were with Joseph when he made himself known to his brothers.
  6. Genesis 46:33יִקְרָ֥א · summons
    When Pharaoh summons you and asks, ‘What is your occupation?’
  7. Genesis 47:29וַיִּקְרָ֣א׀ · he called
    When the time drew near for Israel to die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “If I have found favor in your eyes, put your hand under my thigh and promise to show me kindness and faithfulness. Do not bury me in Egypt,
  8. Genesis 48:6יִקָּרְא֖וּ · and they shall be called
    Any children born to you after them shall be yours, and they shall be called by the names of their brothers in the territory they inherit.
  9. Genesis 48:16וְיִקָּרֵ֤א · And may they be called
    …the angel who has redeemed me from all harm—may He bless these boys. And may they be called by my name and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac, and may they grow into a multitude upon the earth.”
  10. Genesis 49:1וַיִּקְרָ֥א · called for
    Then Jacob called for his sons and said, “Gather around so that I can tell you what will happen to you in the days to come:
  11. Genesis 50:11קָרָ֤א · is called
    When the Canaanites of the land saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “This is a solemn ceremony of mourning by the Egyptians.” Thus the place across the Jordan is called Abel-mizraim.
  12. Exodus 1:18וַיִּקְרָ֤א · summoned
    So the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, “Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?”
  13. Exodus 2:7וְקָרָ֤אתִי · and call
    Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and call one of the Hebrew women to nurse the child for you?”
  14. Exodus 2:8וַתִּקְרָ֖א · and called
    “Go ahead,” Pharaoh’s daughter told her. And the girl went and called the boy’s mother.
  15. Exodus 2:10וַתִּקְרָ֤א · She named him
    When the child had grown older, she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses and explained, “I drew him out of the water.”
  16. Exodus 2:20קִרְאֶ֥ן · Invite
    “So where is he?” their father asked. “Why did you leave the man behind? Invite him to have something to eat.”
  17. Exodus 2:22וַיִּקְרָ֥א · and [Moses] named him
    And she gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, saying, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land.”
  18. Exodus 3:4וַיִּקְרָא֩ · called out
    When the LORD saw that he had gone over to look, God called out to him from within the bush, “Moses, Moses!” “Here I am,” he answered.
  19. Exodus 7:11וַיִּקְרָא֙ · called
    But Pharaoh called the wise men and sorcerers and magicians of Egypt, and they also did the same things by their magic arts.
  20. Exodus 8:8וַיִּקְרָ֨א · summoned
    Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Pray to the LORD to take the frogs away from me and my people. Then I will let your people go, that they may sacrifice to the LORD.”
  21. Exodus 8:25וַיִּקְרָ֣א · summoned
    Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Go, sacrifice to your God within this land.”
  22. Exodus 9:27וַיִּקְרָא֙
    Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron. “This time I have sinned,” he said. “The LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.
  23. Exodus 10:16לִקְרֹ֖א · summoned
    Pharaoh quickly summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “I have sinned against the LORD your God and against you.
  24. Exodus 10:24וַיִּקְרָ֨א · summoned
    Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and said, “Go, worship the LORD. Even your little ones may go with you; only your flocks and herds must stay behind.”
  25. Exodus 12:21וַיִּקְרָ֥א · summoned
    Then Moses summoned all the elders of Israel and told them, “Go at once and select for yourselves a lamb for each family, and slaughter the Passover lamb.
  26. Exodus 12:31וַיִּקְרָא֩ · Then [Pharaoh] summoned
    Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron by night and said, “Get up, leave my people, both you and the Israelites! Go, worship the LORD as you have requested.
  27. Exodus 15:23קָרָֽא־ · it was named
    And when they came to Marah, they could not drink the water there because it was bitter. (That is why it was named Marah.)
  28. Exodus 16:31וַיִּקְרְא֧וּ · called [the bread]
    Now the house of Israel called the bread manna. It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers made with honey.
  29. Exodus 17:7וַיִּקְרָא֙ · He named
    He named the place Massah and Meribah because the Israelites quarreled, and because they tested the LORD, saying, “Is the LORD among us or not?”
  30. Exodus 17:15וַיִּקְרָ֥א · and named
    And Moses built an altar and named it The LORD Is My Banner.
  31. Exodus 19:3וַיִּקְרָ֨א · called
    Then Moses went up to God, and the LORD called to him from the mountain, “This is what you are to tell the house of Jacob and explain to the sons of Israel:
  32. Exodus 19:7וַיִּקְרָ֖א · and summoned
    So Moses went back and summoned the elders of the people and set before them all these words that the LORD had commanded him.
  33. Exodus 19:20וַיִּקְרָ֨א · called
    The LORD descended to the top of Mount Sinai and called Moses to the summit. So Moses went up,
  34. Exodus 24:7וַיִּקְרָ֖א · and read it
    Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people, who replied, “All that the LORD has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient.”
  35. Exodus 24:16וַיִּקְרָ֧א · [the LORD] called
    …and the glory of the LORD settled on Mount Sinai. For six days the cloud covered it, and on the seventh day the LORD called to Moses from within the cloud.
  36. Exodus 31:2קָרָ֣אתִֽי · I have called
    “See, I have called by name Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.
  37. Exodus 32:5וַיִּקְרָ֤א · and proclaimed
    When Aaron saw this, he built an altar before the calf and proclaimed: “Tomorrow shall be a feast to the LORD.”
  38. Exodus 33:7וְקָ֥רָא · He called
    Now Moses used to take the tent and pitch it at a distance outside the camp. He called it the Tent of Meeting, and anyone inquiring of the LORD would go to the Tent of Meeting outside the camp.
  39. Exodus 33:19וְקָרָ֧אתִֽי · and I will proclaim
    “I will cause all My goodness to pass before you,” the LORD replied, “and I will proclaim My name—the LORD—in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”
  40. Exodus 34:5וַיִּקְרָ֥א · and proclaimed
    And the LORD descended in a cloud, stood with him there, and proclaimed His name, the LORD.
  41. Exodus 34:6וַיִּקְרָא֒ · and called out
    Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness,
  42. Exodus 34:15וְקָרָ֣א · they will invite
    Do not make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you, and you will eat their sacrifices.
  43. Exodus 34:31וַיִּקְרָ֤א · called out
    But Moses called out to them; so Aaron and all the leaders of the congregation returned to him, and Moses spoke to them.
  44. Exodus 35:30קָרָ֥א · has called
    Then Moses said to the Israelites, “See, the LORD has called by name Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.
  45. Exodus 36:2וַיִּקְרָ֣א · summoned
    Then Moses summoned Bezalel, Oholiab, and every skilled person whom the LORD had gifted—everyone whose heart stirred him to come and do the work.
  46. Leviticus 1:1וַיִּקְרָ֖א · called to
    Then the LORD called to Moses and spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting, saying,
  47. Leviticus 9:1קָרָ֣א · summoned
    On the eighth day Moses summoned Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel.
  48. Leviticus 10:4וַיִּקְרָ֣א · summoned
    Moses summoned Mishael and Elzaphan, sons of Aaron’s uncle Uzziel, and said to them, “Come here; carry the bodies of your cousins outside the camp, away from the front of the sanctuary.”
  49. Leviticus 13:45יִקְרָֽא׃ · and cry out
    A diseased person must wear torn clothes and let his hair hang loose, and he must cover his mouth and cry out, ‘Unclean, unclean!’
  50. Leviticus 23:2תִּקְרְא֥וּ · you are to proclaim
    “Speak to the Israelites and say to them, ‘These are My appointed feasts, the feasts of the LORD that you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies.