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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. 2 Kings 3:13קָרָ֤א · who has summoned
    Elisha, however, said to the king of Israel, “What have we to do with each other? Go to the prophets of your father and of your mother!” “No,” replied the king of Israel, “for it is the LORD who has summoned these three kings to deliver them into the hand of Moab.”
  2. 2 Kings 4:12קְרָ֖א · Call; וַיִּקְרָא־ · And when he had called
    And he said to Gehazi his servant, “Call the Shunammite woman.” And when he had called her, she stood before him,
  3. 2 Kings 4:15קְרָא־ · Call; וַיִּקְרָא־ · So Gehazi called
    “Call her,” said Elisha. So Gehazi called her, and she stood in the doorway.
  4. 2 Kings 4:22וַתִּקְרָא֮ · And the woman called
    And the woman called her husband and said, “Please send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys, that I may go quickly to the man of God and return.”
  5. 2 Kings 4:36וַיִּקְרָ֣א · Elisha summoned; קְרָא֙ · So he called her; וַיִּקְרָאֶ֖הָ · Call
    Elisha summoned Gehazi and said, “Call the Shunammite woman.” So he called her and she came. Then Elisha said, “Pick up your son.”
  6. 2 Kings 5:7כִּקְרֹא֩ · read
    When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and asked, “Am I God, killing and giving life, that this man expects me to cure a leper? Surely you can see that he is seeking a quarrel with me!”
  7. 2 Kings 5:11וְקָרָא֙ · and call
    But Naaman went away angry, saying, “I thought that he would surely come out, stand and call on the name of the LORD his God, and wave his hand over the spot to cure my leprosy.
  8. 2 Kings 6:11וַיִּקְרָ֤א · and called
    For this reason the king of Aram became enraged and called his servants to demand of them, “Tell me, which one of us is on the side of the king of Israel?”
  9. 2 Kings 7:10וַֽיִּקְרְאוּ֮ · and called out
    So they went and called out to the gatekeepers of the city, saying, “We went to the Aramean camp and no one was there—not a trace—only tethered horses and donkeys, and the tents were intact.”
  10. 2 Kings 7:11וַיִּקְרָ֖א · shouted the news
    The gatekeepers shouted the news, and it was reported to the king’s household.
  11. 2 Kings 8:1קָרָ֤א · has decreed that
    Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, “Arise, you and your household; go and live as a foreigner wherever you can. For the LORD has decreed that a seven-year famine will come to the land.”
  12. 2 Kings 9:1קָרָ֕א · summoned
    Now Elisha the prophet summoned one of the sons of the prophets and said to him, “Tuck your cloak under your belt, take this flask of oil, and go to Ramoth-gilead.
  13. 2 Kings 10:19קִרְא֨וּ · summon
    Now, therefore, summon to me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests. See that no one is missing, for I have a great sacrifice for Baal. Whoever is missing will not live.” But Jehu was acting deceptively in order to destroy the servants of Baal.
  14. 2 Kings 10:20וַיִּקְרָֽאוּ׃ · So they announced it
    And Jehu commanded, “Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal.” So they announced it.
  15. 2 Kings 11:14וַתִּקְרָ֖א · and screamed
    And she looked out and saw the king standing by the pillar, according to the custom. The officers and trumpeters were beside the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets. Then Athaliah tore her clothes and screamed, “Treason! Treason!”
  16. 2 Kings 12:7וַיִּקְרָא֩ · called
    So King Joash called Jehoiada and the other priests and said, “Why have you not repaired the damage to the temple? Now, therefore, take no more money from your constituency, but hand it over for the repair of the temple.”
  17. 2 Kings 14:7וַיִּקְרָ֤א · and called
    Amaziah struck down 10,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. He took Sela in battle and called it Joktheel, which is its name to this very day.
  18. 2 Kings 18:4וַיִּקְרָא־ · called
    He removed the high places, shattered the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. He also demolished the bronze snake called Nehushtan that Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had burned incense to it.
  19. 2 Kings 18:18וַֽיִּקְרְאוּ֙ · Then they called
    Then they called for the king. And Eliakim son of Hilkiah the palace administrator, Shebnah the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph the recorder, went out to them.
  20. 2 Kings 18:28וַיִּקְרָ֥א · and called out
    Then the Rabshakeh stood and called out loudly in Hebrew: “Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria!
  21. 2 Kings 19:14וַיִּקְרָאֵ֑ם · read it
    So Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers, read it, and went up to the house of the LORD and spread it out before the LORD.
  22. 2 Kings 20:11וַיִּקְרָ֛א · called out
    So Isaiah the prophet called out to the LORD, and He brought the shadow back the ten steps it had descended on the stairway of Ahaz.
  23. 2 Kings 22:8וַיִּקְרָאֵֽהוּ׃ · who read it
    Then Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, “I have found the Book of the Law in the house of the LORD!” And he gave it to Shaphan, who read it.
  24. 2 Kings 22:10וַיִּקְרָאֵ֥הוּ · read it
    Moreover, Shaphan the scribe told the king, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” And Shaphan read it in the presence of the king.
  25. 2 Kings 22:16קָרָ֖א · has read
    …that this is what the LORD says: I am about to bring calamity on this place and on its people, according to all the words of the book that the king of Judah has read,
  26. 2 Kings 23:2וַיִּקְרָ֣א · he read
    And he went up to the house of the LORD with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, as well as the priests and the prophets—all the people small and great—and in their hearing he read all the words of the Book of the Covenant that had been found in the house of the LORD.
  27. 2 Kings 23:16קָרָא֙ · proclaimed; קָרָ֔א · had foretold
    And as Josiah turned, he saw the tombs there on the hillside, and he sent someone to take the bones out of the tombs, and he burned them on the altar to defile it, according to the word of the LORD proclaimed by the man of God who had foretold these things.
  28. 2 Kings 23:17וַיִּקְרָ֗א · and proclaimed
    Then the king asked, “What is this monument I see?” And the men of the city replied, “It is the tomb of the man of God who came from Judah and proclaimed these things that you have done to the altar of Bethel.”
  29. 1 Chronicles 4:9קָרְאָ֨ה · had named him
    Now Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.”
  30. 1 Chronicles 4:10וַיִּקְרָ֣א · called out
    And Jabez called out to the God of Israel, “If only You would bless me and enlarge my territory! May Your hand be with me and keep me from harm, so that I will be free from pain.” And God granted the request of Jabez.
  31. 1 Chronicles 6:65יִקְרְא֥וּ · named
    They assigned by lot the cities named above from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.
  32. 1 Chronicles 7:16וַתִּקְרָ֤א · and she named him
    Machir’s wife Maacah gave birth to a son, and she named him Peresh. His brother was named Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rekem.
  33. 1 Chronicles 7:23וַיִּקְרָ֤א · So he named
    And again he slept with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. So he named him Beriah, because tragedy had come upon his house.
  34. 1 Chronicles 11:7קָרְאוּ־ · it was called
    So David took up residence in the fortress; that is why it was called the City of David.
  35. 1 Chronicles 13:6נִקְרָ֥א · is called
    David and all Israel went up to Baalah of Judah (that is, Kiriath-jearim) to bring up from there the ark of God the LORD, who is enthroned between the cherubim—the ark that is called by the Name.
  36. 1 Chronicles 13:11וַיִּקְרָ֞א · 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.
  37. 1 Chronicles 14:11קָֽרְא֛וּ · they called
    So David and his men went up to Baal-perazim, where he defeated the Philistines and said, “Like a bursting flood, God has burst out against my enemies by my hand.” So they called that place Baal-perazim.
  38. 1 Chronicles 15:11וַיִּקְרָ֣א · summoned
    David summoned the priests Zadok and Abiathar and the Levites Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab.
  39. 1 Chronicles 16:8קִרְא֣וּ · call
    “Give thanks to the LORD; call upon His name; make known His deeds among the nations.
  40. 1 Chronicles 21:26וַיִּקְרָא֙ · He called
    And there he built an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. He called upon the LORD, who answered him with fire from heaven on the altar of burnt offering.
  41. 1 Chronicles 22:6וַיִּקְרָ֖א · Then [David] called for
    Then David called for his son Solomon and instructed him to build a house for the LORD, the God of Israel.
  42. 1 Chronicles 23:14יִקָּרְא֖וּ · were named
    As for Moses the man of God, his sons were named among the tribe of Levi.
  43. 2 Chronicles 3:17וַיִּקְרָ֤א · he named
    Then he set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the south and one on the north. The pillar on the south he named Jachin, and the pillar on the north he named Boaz.
  44. 2 Chronicles 6:33יִקְרָ֥א · calls; נִקְרָ֔א · is called
    …then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You. Then all the peoples of the earth will know Your name and fear You, as do Your people Israel, and they will know that this house I have built is called by Your Name.