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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 1:5וַיִּקְרָ֨א · called; קָ֣רָא · He called
    God called the light “day,” and the darkness He called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.
  2. Genesis 1:8וַיִּקְרָ֧א · called
    God called the expanse “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.
  3. Genesis 1:10וַיִּקְרָ֨א · called; קָרָ֣א · He called
    God called the dry land “earth,” and the gathering of waters He called “seas.” And God saw that it was good.
  4. Genesis 2:19יִּקְרָא־ · he would name; יִקְרָא־ · called
    And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and He brought them to the man to see what he would name each one. And whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.
  5. Genesis 2:20וַיִּקְרָ֨א · gave
    The man gave names to all the livestock, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam no suitable helper was found.
  6. Genesis 2:23יִקָּרֵ֣א · shall be called
    And the man said: “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for out of man she was taken.”
  7. Genesis 3:9וַיִּקְרָ֛א · called out
    But the LORD God called out to the man, “Where are you?”
  8. Genesis 3:20וַיִּקְרָ֧א
    And Adam named his wife Eve, because she would be the mother of all the living.
  9. Genesis 4:17וַיִּקְרָא֙ · and named
    And Cain had relations with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Enoch. Then Cain built a city and named it after his son Enoch.
  10. Genesis 4:25וַתִּקְרָ֥א · and named
    And Adam again had relations with his wife, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, saying, “God has granted me another seed in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.”
  11. Genesis 4:26וַיִּקְרָ֥א · and he called; לִקְרֹ֖א · to call upon
    And to Seth also a son was born, and he called him Enosh. At that time men began to call upon the name of the LORD.
  12. Genesis 5:2וַיִּקְרָ֤א · He called
    Male and female He created them, and He blessed them. And in the day they were created, He called them “man.”
  13. Genesis 5:3וַיִּקְרָ֥א · and he named him
    When Adam was 130 years old, he had a son in his own likeness, after his own image; and he named him Seth.
  14. Genesis 5:29וַיִּקְרָ֧א · And he named him
    And he named him Noah, saying, “May this one comfort us in the labor and toil of our hands caused by the ground that the LORD has cursed.”
  15. Genesis 11:9קָרָ֤א · is called
    That is why it is called Babel, for there the LORD confused the language of the whole world, and from that place the LORD scattered them over the face of all the earth.
  16. Genesis 12:8וַיִּקְרָ֖א · and he called
    From there Abram moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built an altar to the LORD, and he called on the name of the LORD.
  17. Genesis 12:18וַיִּקְרָ֤א · summoned
    So Pharaoh summoned Abram and asked, “What have you done to me? Why didn’t you tell me she was your wife?
  18. Genesis 13:4וַיִּקְרָ֥א · called
    …to the site where he had built the altar. And there Abram called on the name of the LORD.
  19. Genesis 16:11וְקָרָ֤את · And you shall name him
    The angel of the LORD proceeded: “Behold, you have conceived and will bear a son. And you shall name him Ishmael, for the LORD has heard your cry of affliction.
  20. Genesis 16:13וַתִּקְרָ֤א · So [Hagar] gave
    So Hagar gave this name to the LORD who had spoken to her: “You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “Here I have seen the One who sees me!”
  21. Genesis 16:14קָרָ֣א · was called
    Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi. It is located between Kadesh and Bered.
  22. Genesis 16:15וַיִּקְרָ֨א · gave
    And Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram gave the name Ishmael to the son she had borne.
  23. Genesis 17:5יִקָּרֵ֥א · you be called
    No longer will you be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.
  24. Genesis 17:15תִקְרָ֥א · call
    Then God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, do not call her Sarai, for her name is to be Sarah.
  25. Genesis 17:19וְקָרָ֥אתָ · and you are to name
    But God replied, “Your wife Sarah will indeed bear you a son, and you are to name him Isaac. I will establish My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.
  26. Genesis 19:5וַיִּקְרְא֤וּ · They called out
    They called out to Lot, saying, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Send them out to us so we can have relations with them!”
  27. Genesis 19:22קָרָ֥א · was called
    Hurry! Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you reach it.” That is why the town was called Zoar.
  28. Genesis 19:37וַתִּקְרָ֥א · and named him
    The older daughter gave birth to a son and named him Moab. He is the father of the Moabites of today.
  29. Genesis 19:38וַתִּקְרָ֥א · and she named
    The younger daughter also gave birth to a son, and she named him Ben-ammi. He is the father of the Ammonites of today.
  30. Genesis 20:8וַיִּקְרָא֙ · and summoned
    Early the next morning Abimelech got up and summoned all his servants; and when he described to them all that had happened, the men were terrified.
  31. Genesis 20:9וַיִּקְרָ֨א · called
    Then Abimelech called Abraham and asked, “What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought such tremendous guilt upon me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should not be done.”
  32. Genesis 21:3וַיִּקְרָ֨א · gave
    And Abraham gave the name Isaac to the son Sarah bore to him.
  33. Genesis 21:12יִקָּרֵ֥א · will be reckoned
    But God said to Abraham, “Do not be distressed about the boy and your maidservant. Listen to everything that Sarah tells you, for through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.
  34. Genesis 21:17וַיִּקְרָא֩ · called
    Then God heard the voice of the boy, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven, “What is wrong, Hagar? Do not be afraid, for God has heard the voice of the boy where he lies.
  35. Genesis 21:31קָרָ֛א · was called
    So that place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.
  36. Genesis 21:33וַיִּ֨קְרָא־ · he called
    And Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called upon the name of the LORD, the Eternal God.
  37. Genesis 22:11וַיִּקְרָ֨א · called out
    Just then the angel of the LORD called out to him from heaven, “Abraham, Abraham!” “Here I am,” he replied.
  38. Genesis 22:14וַיִּקְרָ֧א · called
    And Abraham called that place The LORD Will Provide. So to this day it is said, “On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided.”
  39. Genesis 22:15וַיִּקְרָ֛א · called
    And the angel of the LORD called to Abraham from heaven a second time,
  40. Genesis 24:57נִקְרָ֣א · We will call
    So they said, “We will call the girl and ask her opinion.”
  41. Genesis 24:58וַיִּקְרְא֤וּ · They called
    They called Rebekah and asked her, “Will you go with this man?” “I will go,” she replied.
  42. Genesis 25:25וַיִּקְרְא֥וּ · so they named him
    The first one came out red, covered with hair like a fur coat; so they named him Esau.
  43. Genesis 25:26וַיִּקְרָ֥א · so he was named
    After this, his brother came out grasping Esau’s heel; so he was named Jacob. And Isaac was sixty years old when the twins were born.
  44. Genesis 25:30קָרָֽא־ · he was also called
    He said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am famished.” (That is why he was also called Edom.)
  45. Genesis 26:9וַיִּקְרָ֨א · sent for
    Abimelech sent for Isaac and said, “So she is really your wife! How could you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac replied, “Because I thought I might die on account of her.”
  46. Genesis 26:18וַיִּקְרָ֤א · And he gave
    Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug in the days of his father Abraham, which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died. And he gave these wells the same names his father had given them.