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. Leviticus 23:4תִּקְרְא֥וּ · you are to proclaim
    These are the LORD’s appointed feasts, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times.
  2. Leviticus 23:21וּקְרָאתֶ֞ם · you are to proclaim
    On that same day you are to proclaim a sacred assembly, and you must not do any regular work. This is to be a permanent statute wherever you live for the generations to come.
  3. Leviticus 23:37תִּקְרְא֥וּ · you are to proclaim
    These are the LORD’s appointed feasts, which you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies for presenting food offerings to the LORD—burnt offerings and grain offerings, sacrifices and drink offerings, each on its designated day.
  4. Leviticus 25:10וּקְרָאתֶ֥ם · and proclaim
    So you are to consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim liberty in the land for all its inhabitants. It shall be your Jubilee, when each of you is to return to his property and to his clan.
  5. Numbers 11:3וַיִּקְרָ֛א · was called
    So that place was called Taberah, because the fire of the LORD had burned among them.
  6. Numbers 11:34וַיִּקְרָ֛א · So they called
    So they called that place Kibroth-hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had craved other food.
  7. Numbers 12:5וַיִּקְרָא֙ · and summoned
    …and the LORD came down in a pillar of cloud, stood at the entrance to the Tent, and summoned Aaron and Miriam. When both of them had stepped forward,
  8. Numbers 13:16וַיִּקְרָ֥א · gave
    These were the names of the men Moses sent to spy out the land; and Moses gave to Hoshea son of Nun the name Joshua.
  9. Numbers 13:24קָרָ֖א · was called
    Because of the cluster of grapes the Israelites cut there, that place was called the Valley of Eshcol.
  10. Numbers 16:12לִקְרֹ֛א
    Then Moses summoned Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, but they said, “We will not come!
  11. Numbers 21:3וַיִּקְרָ֥א · so they named
    And the LORD heard Israel’s plea and delivered up the Canaanites. Israel devoted them and their cities to destruction; so they named the place Hormah.
  12. Numbers 22:5לִקְרֹא־ · said Balak
    …he sent messengers to summon Balaam son of Beor at Pethor, which is by the Euphrates in the land of his people. “Behold, a people has come out of Egypt,” said Balak. “They cover the face of the land and have settled next to me.
  13. Numbers 22:20לִקְרֹ֤א · to summon
    That night God came to Balaam and said, “Since these men have come to summon you, get up and go with them, but you must only do what I tell you.”
  14. Numbers 22:37לִקְרֹא־
    And he said to Balaam, “Did I not send you an urgent summons? Why did you not come to me? Am I really not able to reward you richly?”
  15. Numbers 24:10קְרָאתִ֔יךָ · I summoned you
    Then Balak’s anger burned against Balaam, and he struck his hands together and said to Balaam, “I summoned you to curse my enemies, but behold, you have persisted in blessing them these three times.
  16. Numbers 25:2וַתִּקְרֶ֣אןָ · who also invited
    …who also invited them to the sacrifices for their gods. And the people ate and bowed down to these gods.
  17. Numbers 26:9קְרוּאֵי · chosen
    …and the sons of Eliab were Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. It was Dathan and Abiram, chosen by the congregation, who rebelled against Moses and Aaron with the followers of Korah who rebelled against the LORD.
  18. Numbers 32:38וַיִּקְרְא֣וּ · And they renamed
    …as well as Nebo and Baal-meon (whose names were changed), and Sibmah. And they renamed the cities they rebuilt.
  19. Numbers 32:41וַיִּקְרָ֥א · and called
    Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, went and captured their villages and called them Havvoth-jair.
  20. Numbers 32:42וַיִּקְרָ֧א · and called
    And Nobah went and captured Kenath and its villages and called it Nobah, after his own name.
  21. Deuteronomy 2:11יִקְרְא֥וּ · called
    Like the Anakites, they were also regarded as Rephaim, though the Moabites called them Emites.
  22. Deuteronomy 2:20יִקְרְא֥וּ · called
    (That too was regarded as the land of the Rephaim, who used to live there, though the Ammonites called them Zamzummites.
  23. Deuteronomy 3:9יִקְרְא֥וּ · call; יִקְרְאוּ־ · call
    …which the Sidonians call Sirion but the Amorites call Senir—
  24. Deuteronomy 3:13יִקָּרֵ֖א · used to be called
    To the half-tribe of Manasseh I gave the rest of Gilead and all of Bashan, the kingdom of Og. (The entire region of Argob, the whole territory of Bashan, used to be called the land of the Rephaim.)
  25. Deuteronomy 3:14וַיִּקְרָא֩ · He renamed
    Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, took the whole region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites. He renamed Bashan after himself, Havvoth-jair, by which it is called to this day.
  26. Deuteronomy 4:7קָרְאֵ֖נוּ · we call
    For what nation is great enough to have a god as near to them as the LORD our God is to us whenever we call on Him?
  27. Deuteronomy 5:1וַיִּקְרָ֣א · summoned
    Then Moses summoned all Israel and said to them: Hear, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances that I declare in your hearing this day. Learn them and observe them carefully.
  28. Deuteronomy 15:2קָרָ֥א · has been proclaimed
    This is the manner of remission: Every creditor shall cancel what he has loaned to his neighbor. He is not to collect anything from his neighbor or brother, because the LORD’s time of release has been proclaimed.
  29. Deuteronomy 15:9וְקָרָ֤א · He will cry out
    Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought in your heart: “The seventh year, the year of release, is near,” so that you look upon your poor brother begrudgingly and give him nothing. He will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.
  30. Deuteronomy 17:19וְקָ֥רָא · and he is to read
    It is to remain with him, and he is to read from it all the days of his life, so that he may learn to fear the LORD his God by carefully observing all the words of this instruction and these statutes.
  31. Deuteronomy 20:10וְקָרָ֥אתָ · you are to make an offer
    When you approach a city to fight against it, you are to make an offer of peace.
  32. Deuteronomy 24:15יִקְרָ֤א · he may cry out
    You are to pay his wages each day before sunset, because he is poor and depends on them. Otherwise he may cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.
  33. Deuteronomy 25:8וְקָֽרְאוּ־ · shall summon
    Then the elders of his city shall summon him and speak with him. If he persists and says, “I do not want to marry her,”
  34. Deuteronomy 25:10וְנִקְרָ֥א · will be called
    And his family name in Israel will be called “The House of the Unsandaled.”
  35. Deuteronomy 28:10נִקְרָ֣א · you are called
    Then all the peoples of the earth will see that you are called by the name of the LORD, and they will stand in awe of you.
  36. Deuteronomy 29:2וַיִּקְרָ֥א · summoned
    Moses summoned all Israel and proclaimed to them, “You have seen with your own eyes everything the LORD did in Egypt to Pharaoh, to all his officials, and to all his land.
  37. Deuteronomy 31:7וַיִּקְרָ֨א · called
    Then Moses called for Joshua and said to him in the presence of all Israel, “Be strong and courageous, for you will go with this people into the land that the LORD swore to their fathers to give them, and you shall give it to them as an inheritance.
  38. Deuteronomy 31:11תִּקְרָ֞א · you are to read
    …when all Israel comes before the LORD your God at the place He will choose, you are to read this law in the hearing of all Israel.
  39. Deuteronomy 31:14קְרָ֣א · Call
    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, the time of your death is near. Call Joshua and present yourselves at the Tent of Meeting, so that I may commission him.” So Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves at the Tent of Meeting.
  40. Deuteronomy 32:3אֶקְרָ֑א · I will proclaim
    For I will proclaim the name of the LORD. Ascribe greatness to our God!
  41. Deuteronomy 33:19יִקְרָ֔אוּ · They will call
    They will call the peoples to a mountain; there they will offer sacrifices of righteousness. For they will feast on the abundance of the seas and the hidden treasures of the sand.”
  42. Joshua 4:4וַיִּקְרָ֣א · summoned
    So Joshua summoned the twelve men he had appointed from the Israelites, one from each tribe,
  43. Joshua 5:9וַיִּקְרָ֞א · has been called
    Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.” So that place has been called Gilgal to this day.
  44. Joshua 6:6וַיִּקְרָ֞א · summoned
    So Joshua son of Nun summoned the priests and said, “Take up the ark of the covenant and have seven priests carry seven rams’ horns in front of the ark of the LORD.”
  45. Joshua 7:26קָרָ֞א · is called
    And they heaped over Achan a large pile of rocks that remains to this day. So the LORD turned from His burning anger. Therefore that place is called the Valley of Achor to this day.
  46. Joshua 8:34קָרָא֙ · Joshua read aloud
    Afterward, Joshua read aloud all the words of the law—the blessings and the curses—according to all that is written in the Book of the Law.
  47. Joshua 8:35קָרָ֜א · to read
    There was not a word of all that Moses had commanded that Joshua failed to read before the whole assembly of Israel, including the women, the little ones, and the foreigners who lived among them.
  48. Joshua 9:22וַיִּקְרָ֤א · summoned
    Then Joshua summoned the Gibeonites and said, “Why did you deceive us by telling us you live far away from us, when in fact you live among us?
  49. Joshua 10:24וַיִּקְרָ֨א · summoned
    When they had brought the kings to Joshua, he summoned all the men of Israel and said to the army commanders who had accompanied him, “Come here and put your feet on the necks of these kings.” So the commanders came forward and put their feet on their necks.