Qara קָרָא

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Qara
קָרָא
Transliterationqara
Strong's numberH7121 (H7121G, H7121H, H7121I, H7121J)
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechverb
Glossto call: call to
Occurrences733 in 687 verses
Most frequent inGenesis (102)

Qara (Hebrew קָרָא, Strong's H7121) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to call: call to”. It occurs 733 times in 687 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H7121G: to call: call to

: call_to/invite/entreat
1) to call, call out, recite, read, cry out, proclaim
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to call, cry, utter a loud sound
1a2) to call unto, cry (for help), call (with name of God)
1a3) to proclaim
1a4) to read aloud, read (to oneself), read
1a5) to summon, invite, call for, call and commission, appoint, call and endow
1a6) to call, name, give name to, call by
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to call oneself
1b2) to be called, be proclaimed, be read aloud, be summoned, be named
1c) (Pual) to be called, be named, be called out, be chosen

H7121H: to call: call by

: call_by/name
1) to call, call out, recite, read, cry out, proclaim
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to call, cry, utter a loud sound
1a2) to call unto, cry (for help), call (with name of God)
1a3) to proclaim
1a4) to read aloud, read (to oneself), read
1a5) to summon, invite, call for, call and commission, appoint, call and endow
1a6) to call, name, give name to, call by
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to call oneself
1b2) to be called, be proclaimed, be read aloud, be summoned, be named
1c) (Pual) to be called, be named, be called out, be chosen

H7121I: to call: call out

: call_out/shout/announce
1) to call, call out, recite, read, cry out, proclaim
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to call, cry, utter a loud sound
1a2) to call unto, cry (for help), call (with name of God)
1a3) to proclaim
1a4) to read aloud, read (to oneself), read
1a5) to summon, invite, call for, call and commission, appoint, call and endow
1a6) to call, name, give name to, call by
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to call oneself
1b2) to be called, be proclaimed, be read aloud, be summoned, be named
1c) (Pual) to be called, be named, be called out, be chosen

H7121J: to call: read out

: read_out/dictated
1) to call, call out, recite, read, cry out, proclaim
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to call, cry, utter a loud sound
1a2) to call unto, cry (for help), call (with name of God)
1a3) to proclaim
1a4) to read aloud, read (to oneself), read
1a5) to summon, invite, call for, call and commission, appoint, call and endow
1a6) to call, name, give name to, call by
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to call oneself
1b2) to be called, be proclaimed, be read aloud, be summoned, be named
1c) (Pual) to be called, be named, be called out, be chosen

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVcalled (378), call (131), cried (54), cry (37), read (35), proclaim (21), calleth (13), proclaimed (12), named (7), guests (4), crieth (4), gave (3), and 22 other renderings
BSBcalled (56), call (36), summoned (33), proclaim (20), he called (17), called out (16), he named (14), i called (12), named (11), is called (11), i call (11), she named (10), and 286 other renderings

Verses

Qara occurs in 687 verses, listed here by reference.

Genesis (102): 1:5, 1:8, 1:10, 2:19, 2:20, 2:23, 3:9, 3:20, 4:17, 4:25, 4:26, 5:2, 5:3, 5:29, 11:9, 12:8, 12:18, 13:4, 16:11, 16:13, 16:14, 16:15, 17:5, 17:15, 17:19, 19:5, 19:22, 19:37, 19:38, 20:8, 20:9, 21:3, 21:12, 21:17, 21:31, 21:33, 22:11, 22:14, 22:15, 24:57, 24:58, 25:25, 25:26, 25:30, 26:9, 26:18, 26:20, 26:21, 26:22, 26:25, 26:33, 27:1, 27:36, 27:42, 28:1, 28:19, 29:32, 29:33, 29:34, 29:35, 30:6, 30:8, 30:11, 30:13, 30:18, 30:20, 30:21, 30:24, 31:4, 31:47, 31:48, 31:54, 32:2, 32:30, 33:17, 33:20, 35:7, 35:8, 35:10, 35:15, 35:18, 38:3, 38:4, 38:5, 38:29, 38:30, 39:14, 39:15, 39:18, 41:8, 41:14, 41:43, 41:45, 41:51, 41:52, 45:1, 46:33, 47:29, 48:6, 48:16, 49:1, 50:11

Exodus (34): 1:18, 2:7, 2:8, 2:10, 2:20, 2:22, 3:4, 7:11, 8:8, 8:25, 9:27, 10:16, 10:24, 12:21, 12:31, 15:23, 16:31, 17:7, 17:15, 19:3, 19:7, 19:20, 24:7, 24:16, 31:2, 32:5, 33:7, 33:19, 34:5, 34:6, 34:15, 34:31, 35:30, 36:2

Leviticus (9): 1:1, 9:1, 10:4, 13:45, 23:2, 23:4, 23:21, 23:37, 25:10

Numbers (16): 1:16, 11:3, 11:34, 12:5, 13:16, 13:24, 16:12, 21:3, 22:5, 22:20, 22:37, 24:10, 25:2, 32:38, 32:41, 32:42

Deuteronomy (21): 2:11, 2:20, 3:9, 3:13, 3:14, 4:7, 5:1, 15:2, 15:9, 17:19, 20:10, 24:15, 25:8, 25:10, 28:10, 29:2, 31:7, 31:11, 31:14, 32:3, 33:19

Joshua (15): 4:4, 5:9, 6:6, 7:26, 8:34, 8:35, 9:22, 10:24, 19:47, 21:9, 22:1, 22:34, 23:2, 24:1, 24:9

Judges (26): 1:17, 1:26, 2:5, 4:6, 6:24, 6:32, 7:3, 7:20, 8:1, 9:7, 9:54, 10:4, 12:1, 13:24, 14:15, 15:17, 15:18, 15:19, 16:18, 16:19, 16:25, 16:28, 18:12, 18:23, 18:29, 21:13

Ruth (5): 1:20, 1:21, 4:11, 4:14, 4:17

1 Samuel (31): 1:20, 3:4, 3:5, 3:6, 3:8, 3:9, 3:10, 3:16, 4:21, 6:2, 7:12, 9:9, 9:13, 9:22, 9:24, 9:26, 12:17, 12:18, 16:3, 16:5, 16:8, 17:8, 19:7, 20:37, 20:38, 22:11, 23:28, 24:8, 26:14, 28:15, 29:6

2 Samuel (28): 1:7, 1:15, 2:16, 2:26, 5:9, 5:20, 6:2, 6:8, 9:2, 9:9, 11:13, 12:24, 12:25, 12:28, 13:17, 13:23, 14:33, 15:2, 15:11, 17:5, 18:18, 18:25, 18:26, 18:28, 20:16, 21:2, 22:4, 22:7

1 Kings (37): 1:9, 1:10, 1:19, 1:25, 1:26, 1:28, 1:32, 1:41, 1:49, 2:36, 2:42, 7:21, 8:43, 8:52, 9:13, 12:3, 12:20, 13:2, 13:4, 13:21, 13:32, 16:24, 17:10, 17:11, 17:20, 17:21, 18:3, 18:24, 18:25, 18:26, 18:27, 18:28, 20:7, 21:9, 21:12, 22:9, 22:13

2 Kings (29): 3:10, 3:13, 4:12, 4:15, 4:22, 4:36, 5:7, 5:11, 6:11, 7:10, 7:11, 8:1, 9:1, 10:19, 10:20, 11:14, 12:7, 14:7, 18:4, 18:18, 18:28, 19:14, 20:11, 22:8, 22:10, 22:16, 23:2, 23:16, 23:17

1 Chronicles (14): 4:9, 4:10, 6:65, 7:16, 7:23, 11:7, 13:6, 13:11, 14:11, 15:11, 16:8, 21:26, 22:6, 23:14

2 Chronicles (14): 3:17, 6:33, 7:14, 10:3, 14:11, 18:8, 18:12, 20:3, 20:26, 24:6, 32:18, 34:18, 34:24, 34:30

Ezra (2): 2:61, 8:21

Nehemiah (8): 5:12, 6:7, 7:63, 8:3, 8:8, 8:18, 9:3, 13:1

Esther (10): 2:14, 3:12, 4:5, 4:11, 5:12, 6:1, 6:9, 6:11, 8:9, 9:26

Job (10): 1:4, 5:1, 9:16, 12:4, 13:22, 14:15, 17:14, 19:16, 27:10, 42:14

Psalms (53): 3:4, 4:1, 4:3, 14:4, 17:6, 18:3, 18:6, 20:9, 22:2, 27:7, 28:1, 30:8, 31:17, 34:6, 42:7, 49:11, 50:1, 50:4, 50:15, 53:4, 55:16, 56:9, 57:2, 61:2, 66:17, 69:3, 79:6, 80:18, 81:7, 86:3, 86:5, 86:7, 88:9, 89:26, 91:15, 99:6, 102:2, 105:1, 105:16, 116:2, 116:4, 116:13, 116:17, 118:5, 119:145, 119:146, 120:1, 130:1, 138:3, 141:1, 145:18, 147:4, 147:9

Proverbs (16): 1:21, 1:24, 1:28, 2:3, 7:4, 8:1, 8:4, 9:3, 9:15, 9:18, 12:23, 16:21, 18:6, 20:6, 21:13, 24:8

Ecclesiastes (1): 6:10

Song of Solomon (1): 5:6

Isaiah (82): 1:13, 1:26, 4:1, 6:3, 6:4, 7:14, 8:3, 8:4, 9:6, 12:4, 13:3, 14:20, 21:8, 21:11, 22:12, 22:20, 29:11, 29:12, 30:7, 31:4, 32:5, 34:12, 34:14, 34:16, 35:8, 36:13, 37:14, 40:2, 40:3, 40:6, 40:26, 41:2, 41:4, 41:9, 41:25, 42:6, 43:1, 43:7, 43:22, 44:5, 44:7, 45:3, 45:4, 46:11, 47:1, 47:5, 48:1, 48:2, 48:8, 48:12, 48:13, 48:15, 49:1, 50:2, 51:2, 54:5, 54:6, 55:5, 55:6, 56:7, 58:1, 58:5, 58:9, 58:12, 58:13, 59:4, 60:14, 60:18, 61:1, 61:2, 61:3, 61:6, 62:2, 62:4, 62:12, 63:19, 64:7, 65:1, 65:12, 65:15, 65:24, 66:4

Jeremiah (58): 1:15, 2:2, 3:4, 3:12, 3:17, 3:19, 4:5, 4:20, 6:30, 7:2, 7:10, 7:11, 7:13, 7:14, 7:27, 7:30, 9:17, 10:25, 11:6, 11:14, 11:16, 12:6, 14:9, 15:16, 19:2, 19:6, 20:3, 20:8, 23:6, 25:29, 29:12, 29:29, 30:17, 31:6, 32:34, 33:3, 33:16, 34:8, 34:15, 34:17, 35:17, 36:4, 36:6, 36:8, 36:9, 36:10, 36:13, 36:14, 36:15, 36:18, 36:21, 36:23, 42:8, 44:26, 46:17, 49:29, 51:61, 51:63

Lamentations (7): 1:15, 1:19, 1:21, 2:22, 3:55, 3:57, 4:15

Ezekiel (9): 8:18, 9:1, 9:3, 10:13, 20:29, 23:23, 36:29, 38:21, 39:11

Daniel (5): 2:2, 8:16, 9:18, 9:19, 10:1

Hosea (9): 1:4, 1:6, 1:9, 2:16, 7:7, 7:11, 11:1, 11:2, 11:7

Joel (5): 1:14, 1:19, 2:15, 2:32, 3:9

Amos (6): 4:5, 5:8, 5:16, 7:4, 9:6, 9:12

Jonah (8): 1:2, 1:6, 1:14, 2:2, 3:2, 3:4, 3:5, 3:8

Micah (2): 3:5, 6:9

Habakkuk (1): 2:2

Zephaniah (2): 1:7, 3:9

Haggai (1): 1:11

Zechariah (9): 1:4, 1:14, 1:17, 3:10, 7:7, 7:13, 8:3, 11:7, 13:9

Malachi (1): 1:4

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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