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. 1 Samuel 3:8קֹרֵ֥א · who was calling
    Once again, for the third time, the LORD called to Samuel. He got up, went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you have called me.” Then Eli realized that it was the LORD who was calling the boy.
  2. 1 Samuel 3:9יִקְרָ֣א · He calls you
    “Go and lie down,” he said to Samuel, “and if He calls you, say, ‘Speak, LORD, for Your servant is listening.’” So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
  3. 1 Samuel 3:10וַיִּקְרָ֥א · calling
    Then the LORD came and stood there, calling as before, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel answered, “Speak, for Your servant is listening.”
  4. 1 Samuel 3:16וַיִּקְרָ֤א · called
    …but Eli called to him and said, “Samuel, my son.” “Here I am,” answered Samuel.
  5. 1 Samuel 4:21וַתִּקְרָ֣א · And she named
    And she named the boy Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed from Israel,” because the ark of God had been captured and her father-in-law and her husband had been killed.
  6. 1 Samuel 6:2וַיִּקְרְא֣וּ · summoned
    …the Philistines summoned the priests and diviners, saying, “What shall we do with the ark of the LORD? Tell us how to send it back to its place.”
  7. 1 Samuel 7:12וַיִּקְרָ֥א · He named
    Afterward, Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, “Thus far the LORD has helped us.”
  8. 1 Samuel 9:9יִקָּרֵ֥א · called
    (Formerly in Israel, a man on his way to inquire of God would say, “Come, let us go to the seer.” For the prophet of today was formerly called the seer.)
  9. 1 Samuel 9:13הַקְּרֻאִ֑ים · the guests
    As soon as you enter the city, you will find him before he goes up to the high place to eat. The people will not eat until he comes, because he must bless the sacrifice; after that, the guests will eat. Go up at once; you will find him.”
  10. 1 Samuel 9:22הַקְּרוּאִ֔ים · among those who were invited
    Then Samuel took Saul and his servant, brought them into the hall, and seated them in the place of honor among those who were invited—about thirty in all.
  11. 1 Samuel 9:24קָרָ֑אתִי · I have invited
    So the cook picked up the leg and what was attached to it and set it before Saul. Then Samuel said, “Here is what was kept back. It was set apart for you. Eat, for it has been kept for you for this occasion, from the time I said, ‘I have invited the people.’” So Saul dined with Samuel that day.
  12. 1 Samuel 9:26וַיִּקְרָ֨א · called
    They got up early in the morning, and just before dawn Samuel called to Saul on the roof, “Get ready, and I will send you on your way!” So Saul got ready, and both he and Samuel went outside together.
  13. 1 Samuel 12:17אֶקְרָא֙ · I will call
    Is it not the wheat harvest today? I will call on the LORD to send thunder and rain, so that you will know and see what a great evil you have committed in the sight of the LORD by asking for a king.”
  14. 1 Samuel 12:18וַיִּקְרָ֤א · called
    So Samuel called to the LORD, and on that day the LORD sent thunder and rain. As a result, all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.
  15. 1 Samuel 16:3וְקָרָ֥אתָ · Then invite
    Then invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you are to do. You are to anoint for Me the one I indicate.”
  16. 1 Samuel 16:5וַיִּקְרָ֥א · and invited
    “In peace,” he replied. “I have come to sacrifice to the LORD. Consecrate yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice.” Then he consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.
  17. 1 Samuel 16:8וַיִּקְרָ֤א · called
    Then Jesse called Abinadab and presented him to Samuel, who said, “The LORD has not chosen this one either.”
  18. 1 Samuel 17:8וַיִּקְרָא֙ · and shouted
    And Goliath stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel, “Why do you come out and array yourselves for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and are you not servants of Saul? Choose one of your men and have him come down against me.
  19. 1 Samuel 19:7וַיִּקְרָ֤א · summoned
    So Jonathan summoned David and told him all these things. Then Jonathan brought David to Saul, and David was with Saul as before.
  20. 1 Samuel 20:37וַיִּקְרָ֨א · called
    When the boy reached the place where Jonathan’s arrow had fallen, Jonathan called to him, “Isn’t the arrow beyond you?”
  21. 1 Samuel 20:38וַיִּקְרָ֤א · cried out
    Then Jonathan cried out, “Hurry! Make haste! Do not delay!” So the boy picked up the arrow and returned to his master.
  22. 1 Samuel 22:11לִקְרֹא֩ · messengers to summon
    Then the king sent messengers to summon Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and his father’s whole family, who were priests at Nob. And all of them came to the king.
  23. 1 Samuel 23:28קָֽרְאוּ֙ · is called
    So Saul broke off his pursuit of David and went to meet the Philistines. That is why that place is called Sela-hammahlekoth.
  24. 1 Samuel 24:8וַיִּקְרָ֧א · and called out
    After that, David got up, went out of the cave, and called out to Saul, “My lord the king!” When Saul looked behind him, David bowed facedown in reverence
  25. 1 Samuel 26:14וַיִּקְרָ֨א · shouted; קָרָ֥אתָ · [who] calls
    And David shouted to the troops and to Abner son of Ner, “Will you not answer me, Abner?” “Who are you who calls to the king?” Abner replied.
  26. 1 Samuel 28:15וָאֶקְרָאֶ֣ה · So I have called
    Then Samuel said to Saul, “Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?” “I am deeply distressed,” replied Saul. “The Philistines are fighting against me, and God has turned away from me. He no longer answers me, either by prophets or by dreams. So I have called on you to tell me what to do.”
  27. 1 Samuel 29:6וַיִּקְרָ֨א · summoned
    So Achish summoned David and told him, “As surely as the LORD lives, you have been upright, and it seems right in my sight that you should march in and out with me in the army, because I have found no fault in you from the day you came to me until this day. But you are not good in the sight of the leaders.
  28. 2 Samuel 1:7וַיִּקְרָ֣א · he called out
    When he turned around and saw me, he called out to me, and I answered, ‘Here I am!’
  29. 2 Samuel 1:15וַיִּקְרָ֣א · summoned
    Then David summoned one of the young men and said, “Go, execute him!” So the young man struck him down, and he died.
  30. 2 Samuel 2:16וַיִּקְרָא֙ · is called
    Then each man grabbed his opponent by the head and thrust his sword into his opponent’s side, and they all fell together. So this place, which is in Gibeon, is called Helkath-hazzurim.
  31. 2 Samuel 2:26וַיִּקְרָ֨א · called out
    Then Abner called out to Joab: “Must the sword devour forever? Do you not realize that this will only end in bitterness? How long before you tell the troops to stop pursuing their brothers?”
  32. 2 Samuel 5:9וַיִּקְרָא־ · and called
    So David took up residence in the fortress and called it the City of David. He built it up all the way around, from the supporting terraces inward.
  33. 2 Samuel 5:20קָרָ֛א · he called
    So David went to Baal-perazim, where he defeated the Philistines and said, “Like a bursting flood, the LORD has burst out against my enemies before me.” So he called that place Baal-perazim.
  34. 2 Samuel 6:2נִקְרָ֣א · is called
    And he and all his troops set out for Baale of Judah to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the Name—the name of the LORD of Hosts, who is enthroned between the cherubim that are on it.
  35. 2 Samuel 6:8וַיִּקְרָ֞א · So he named
    Then David became angry because the LORD had burst forth against Uzzah. So he named that place Perez-uzzah, as it is called to this day.
  36. 2 Samuel 9:2וַיִּקְרְאוּ־ · They summoned
    And there was a servant of the house of Saul named Ziba. They summoned him to David, and the king inquired, “Are you Ziba?” “I am your servant,” he replied.
  37. 2 Samuel 9:9וַיִּקְרָ֣א · summoned
    Then the king summoned Saul’s servant Ziba and said to him, “I have given to your master’s grandson all that belonged to Saul and to all his house.
  38. 2 Samuel 11:13וַיִּקְרָא־ · invited
    Then David invited Uriah to eat and drink with him, and he got Uriah drunk. And in the evening Uriah went out to lie down on his cot with his master’s servants, but he did not go home.
  39. 2 Samuel 12:24וַיִּקְרָא · and they
    Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba, and he went to her and lay with her. So she gave birth to a son, and they named him Solomon. Now the LORD loved the child
  40. 2 Samuel 12:25וַיִּקְרָ֥א · to name him
    …and sent word through Nathan the prophet to name him Jedidiah because the LORD loved him.
  41. 2 Samuel 12:28וְנִקְרָ֥א · and it will be named
    Now, therefore, assemble the rest of the troops, lay siege to the city, and capture it. Otherwise I will capture the city, and it will be named after me.”
  42. 2 Samuel 13:17וַיִּקְרָ֗א · Instead, he called
    Instead, he called to his attendant and said, “Throw this woman out and bolt the door behind her!”
  43. 2 Samuel 13:23וַיִּקְרָ֥א · invited
    Two years later, when Absalom’s sheepshearers were at Baal-hazor near Ephraim, he invited all the sons of the king.
  44. 2 Samuel 14:33וַיִּקְרָ֤א · and David summoned
    So Joab went and told the king, and David summoned Absalom, who came to him and bowed facedown before him. Then the king kissed Absalom.
  45. 2 Samuel 15:2וַיִּקְרָ֨א · would call out
    He would get up early and stand beside the road leading to the city gate. Whenever anyone had a grievance to bring before the king for a decision, Absalom would call out and ask, “What city are you from?” And if he replied, “Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel,”
  46. 2 Samuel 15:11קְרֻאִ֖ים · They had been invited as guests
    Two hundred men from Jerusalem accompanied Absalom. They had been invited as guests and they went along innocently, for they knew nothing about the matter.
  47. 2 Samuel 17:5קְרָ֣א · Summon
    Then Absalom said, “Summon Hushai the Archite as well, and let us hear what he too has to say.”
  48. 2 Samuel 18:18וַיִּקְרָ֤א · So he gave; וַיִּקָּ֤רֵא · it is called
    During his lifetime, Absalom had set up for himself a pillar in the King’s Valley, for he had said, “I have no son to preserve the memory of my name.” So he gave the pillar his name, and to this day it is called Absalom’s Monument.