קָרָא

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Hebrew H7121 Verb 733 occurrences in 687 verses

קָרָא to call: call to

1. to call, call out, recite, read, cry out, proclaim

a. (Qal)

1. to call, cry, utter a loud sound

2. to call unto, cry (for help), call (with name of God)

3. to proclaim

4. to read aloud, read (to oneself), read

5. to summon, invite, call for, call and commission, appoint, call and endow

6. to call, name, give name to, call by

b. (Niphal)

1. to call oneself

2. to be called, be proclaimed, be read aloud, be summoned, be named

c. (Pual) to be called, be named, be called out, be chosen

Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)

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Concordance 687 verses

1 Samuel 19:7 וַיִּקְרָ֤א

So Jonathan summoned David and told him all these things. Then Jonathan brought David to Saul to serve him as he had before.
1 Samuel 20:37 וַיִּקְרָ֨א

When the boy reached the place where Jonathan’s arrow had fallen, Jonathan called to him, “Isn’t the arrow beyond you?”
1 Samuel 20:38 וַיִּקְרָ֤א

Then Jonathan cried out, “Hurry! Make haste! Do not delay!” So the boy picked up the arrow and returned to his master.
1 Samuel 22:11 לִקְרֹא֩

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.
1 Samuel 23:28 קָֽרְאוּ֙

So Saul broke off his pursuit of David and went to meet the Philistines. That is why that place is called Sela-hammahlekoth.
1 Samuel 24:8 וַיִּקְרָ֧א

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
1 Samuel 26:14 וַיִּקְרָ֨אקָרָ֥אתָ

And David shouted to the troops and to Abner son of Ner, “Will you not answer me, Abner?” “Who calls to the king?” Abner replied.
1 Samuel 28:15 וָאֶקְרָאֶ֣ה

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.”
1 Samuel 29:6 וַיִּקְרָ֨א

So Achish summoned David and told him, “As surely as the LORD lives, you have been upright in my sight, and it seems right 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 have no favor in the sight of the leaders.
2 Samuel 1:7 וַיִּקְרָ֣א

When he turned around and saw me, he called out and I answered, ‘Here I am!’
2 Samuel 1:15 וַיִּקְרָ֣א

Then David summoned one of the young men and said, “Go, execute him!” So the young man struck him down, and he died.
2 Samuel 2:16 וַיִּקְרָא֙

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.
2 Samuel 2:26 וַיִּקְרָ֨א

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?”
2 Samuel 5:9 וַיִּקְרָא־

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.
2 Samuel 5:20 קָרָ֛א

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.
2 Samuel 6:2 נִקְרָ֣א

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.
2 Samuel 6:8 וַיִּקְרָ֞א

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.
2 Samuel 9:2 וַיִּקְרְאוּ־

And there was a servant of Saul’s family named Ziba. They summoned him to David, and the king inquired, “Are you Ziba?” “I am your servant,” he replied.
2 Samuel 9:9 וַיִּקְרָ֣א

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.
2 Samuel 11:13 וַיִּקְרָא־

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.
2 Samuel 12:24 וַיִּקְרָא

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
2 Samuel 12:25 וַיִּקְרָ֥א

and sent word through Nathan the prophet to name him Jedidiah because the LORD loved him.
2 Samuel 12:28 וְנִקְרָ֥א

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.”
2 Samuel 13:17 וַיִּקְרָ֗א

Instead, he called to his attendant and said, “Throw this woman out and bolt the door behind her!”
2 Samuel 13:23 וַיִּקְרָ֥א

Two years later, when Absalom’s sheepshearers were at Baal-hazor near Ephraim, he invited all the sons of the king.
2 Samuel 14:33 וַיִּקְרָ֤א

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.
2 Samuel 15:2 וַיִּקְרָ֨א

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,”
2 Samuel 15:11 קְרֻאִ֖ים

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.
2 Samuel 17:5 קְרָ֣א

Then Absalom said, “Summon Hushai the Archite as well, and let us hear what he too has to say.”
2 Samuel 18:18 וַיִּקְרָ֤אוַיִּקָּ֤רֵא

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.
2 Samuel 18:25 וַיִּקְרָ֤א

So he called out and told the king. “If he is alone,” the king replied, “he bears good news.” As the first runner drew near,
2 Samuel 18:26 וַיִּקְרָ֤א

the watchman saw another man running, and he called out to the gatekeeper, “Look! Another man is running alone!” “This one also brings good news,” said the king.
2 Samuel 18:28 וַיִּקְרָ֣א

Then Ahimaaz called out to the king, “All is well!” And he bowed facedown before the king. He continued, “Blessed be the LORD your God! He has delivered up the men who raised their hands against my lord the king.”
2 Samuel 20:16 וַתִּקְרָ֛א

a wise woman called out from the city, “Listen! Listen! Please tell Joab to come here so that I may speak with him.”
2 Samuel 21:2 וַיִּקְרָ֥א

At this, David summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not Israelites, but a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had taken an oath concerning them, but in his zeal for Israel and Judah, Saul had sought to kill them.)
2 Samuel 22:4 אֶקְרָ֣א

I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies.
2 Samuel 22:7 אֶקְרָ֣אאֶקְרָ֑א

In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried out to my God. And from His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for help reached His ears.
1 Kings 1:9 וַיִּקְרָ֗א

And Adonijah sacrificed sheep, oxen, and fattened calves near the stone of Zoheleth, which is next to En-rogel. He invited all his royal brothers and all the men of Judah who were servants of the king.
1 Kings 1:10 קָרָֽא׃

But he did not invite Nathan the prophet, Benaiah, the mighty men, or his brother Solomon.
1 Kings 1:19 וַיִּקְרָא֙קָרָֽא׃

And he has sacrificed an abundance of oxen, fattened calves, and sheep, and has invited all the other sons of the king, as well as Abiathar the priest and Joab the commander of the army. But he did not invite your servant Solomon.
1 Kings 1:25 וַיִּקְרָא֩

For today he has gone down and sacrificed an abundance of oxen, fattened calves, and sheep, and has invited all the sons of the king, the commanders of the army, and Abiathar the priest. And behold, they are eating and drinking before him, saying, ‘Long live King Adonijah!’
1 Kings 1:26 קָרָֽא׃

But me your servant he did not invite, nor Zadok the priest, nor Benaiah son of Jehoiada, nor your servant Solomon.
1 Kings 1:28 קִרְאוּ־

Then King David said, “Call in Bathsheba for me.” So she came into the king’s presence and stood before him.
1 Kings 1:32 קִרְאוּ־

Then King David said, “Call in for me Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada.” So they came before the king.
1 Kings 1:41 הַקְּרֻאִים֙

Now Adonijah and all his guests were finishing their feast when they heard the sound of the ram’s horn. “Why is the city in such a loud uproar?” asked Joab.
1 Kings 1:49 הַ֨קְּרֻאִ֔ים

At this, all the guests of Adonijah arose in terror and scattered.
1 Kings 2:36 וַיִּקְרָ֣א

Then the king summoned Shimei and said to him, “Build a house for yourself in Jerusalem and live there, but do not go anywhere else.
1 Kings 2:42 וַיִּקְרָ֣א

the king summoned Shimei and said to him, “Did I not make you swear by the LORD and warn you, ‘On the day you leave and go elsewhere, know for sure that you will die’? And you told me, ‘The sentence is fair; I will comply.’
1 Kings 7:21 וַיִּקְרָ֤אוַיִּקְרָ֥א

Thus he set up the pillars at the portico of the temple. The pillar to the south he named Jachin, and the pillar to the north he named Boaz.
1 Kings 8:43 יִקְרָ֥אנִקְרָ֔א

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.