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 Kings 8:52 קָרְאָ֥ם

May Your eyes be open to the pleas of Your servant and of Your people Israel, and may You listen to them whenever they call to You.
1 Kings 9:13 וַיִּקְרָ֤א

“What are these towns you have given me, my brother?” asked Hiram, and he called them the Land of Cabul, as they are called to this day.
1 Kings 12:3 וַיִּקְרְאוּ־

So they sent for Jeroboam, and he and the whole assembly of Israel came to Rehoboam and said,
1 Kings 12:20 וַיִּקְרְא֤וּ

When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. Only the tribe of Judah followed the house of David.
1 Kings 13:2 וַיִּקְרָ֤א

And he cried out against the altar by the word of the LORD, “O altar, O altar, this is what the LORD says: ‘A son named Josiah will be born to the house of David, and upon you he will sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense upon you, and human bones will be burned upon you.’”
1 Kings 13:4 קָרָ֤א

Now when King Jeroboam, who was at the altar in Bethel, heard the word that the man of God had cried out against it, he stretched out his hand and said, “Seize him!” But the hand he stretched out toward him withered, so that he could not pull it back.
1 Kings 13:21 וַיִּקְרָ֞א

and the prophet cried out to the man of God who had come from Judah, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Because you have defied the word of the LORD and have not kept the commandment that the LORD your God gave you,
1 Kings 13:32 קָרָא֙

for the message that he cried out by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel and against all the shrines on the high places in the cities of Samaria will surely come to pass.”
1 Kings 16:24 וַיִּקְרָ֗א

He bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver and built a city there, calling it Samaria after the name of Shemer, who had owned the hill.
1 Kings 17:10 וַיִּקְרָ֤א

So Elijah got up and went to Zarephath. When he arrived at the city gate, there was a widow gathering sticks. Elijah called to her and said, “Please bring me a little water in a cup, so that I may drink.”
1 Kings 17:11 וַיִּקְרָ֤א

And as she was going to get it, he called to her and said, “Please bring me a piece of bread.”
1 Kings 17:20 וַיִּקְרָ֥א

Then he cried out to the LORD, “O LORD my God, have You also brought tragedy on this widow who has opened her home to me, by causing her son to die?”
1 Kings 17:21 וַיִּקְרָ֥א

Then he stretched himself out over the child three times and cried out to the LORD, “O LORD my God, please let this boy’s life return to him!”
1 Kings 18:3 וַיִּקְרָ֣א

and Ahab summoned Obadiah, who was in charge of the palace. (Now Obadiah greatly feared the LORD,
1 Kings 18:24 וּקְרָאתֶ֞םאֶקְרָ֣א

Then you may call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the LORD. The God who answers by fire, He is God.” And all the people answered, “What you say is good.”
1 Kings 18:25 וְקִרְאוּ֙

Then Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, “Since you are so numerous, choose for yourselves one bull and prepare it first. Then call on the name of your god, but do not light the fire.”
1 Kings 18:26 וַיִּקְרְא֣וּ

And they took the bull that was given them, prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from morning until noon, shouting, “O Baal, answer us!” But there was no sound, and no one answered as they leaped around the altar they had made.
1 Kings 18:27 קִרְא֤וּ

At noon Elijah began to taunt them, saying, “Shout louder, for he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought, or occupied, or on a journey. Perhaps he is sleeping and must be awakened!”
1 Kings 18:28 וַֽיִּקְרְאוּ֙

So they shouted louder and cut themselves with knives and lances, as was their custom, until the blood gushed over them.
1 Kings 20:7 וַיִּקְרָ֤א

Then the king of Israel summoned all the elders of the land and said, “Please take note and see that this man is looking for trouble, for when he demanded my wives, my children, my silver, and my gold, I did not deny him.”
1 Kings 21:9 קִֽרְאוּ־

In the letters she wrote: “Proclaim a fast and give Naboth a seat of honor among the people.
1 Kings 21:12 קָרְא֖וּ

They proclaimed a fast and gave Naboth a seat of honor among the people.
1 Kings 22:9 וַיִּקְרָא֙

So the king of Israel called one of his officials and said, “Bring Micaiah son of Imlah at once.”
1 Kings 22:13 לִקְרֹ֣א

Then the messenger who had gone to call Micaiah instructed him, “Behold now, with one accord the words of the prophets are favorable to the king. So please let your words be like theirs, and speak favorably.”
2 Kings 3:10 קָרָ֣א

“Alas,” said the king of Israel, “for the LORD has summoned these three kings to deliver them into the hand of Moab!”
2 Kings 3:13 קָרָ֤א

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 Kings 4:12 קְרָ֖אוַיִּקְרָא־

And he said to Gehazi his servant, “Call the Shunammite woman.” And when he had called her, she stood before him,
2 Kings 4:15 קְרָא־וַיִּקְרָא־

“Call her,” said Elisha. So Gehazi called her, and she stood in the doorway.
2 Kings 4:22 וַתִּקְרָא֮

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.”
2 Kings 4:36 וַיִּקְרָ֣אקְרָא֙וַיִּקְרָאֶ֖הָ

Elisha summoned Gehazi and said, “Call the Shunammite woman.” So he called her and she came. Then Elisha said, “Pick up your son.”
2 Kings 5:7 כִּקְרֹא֩

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!”
2 Kings 5:11 וְקָרָא֙

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.
2 Kings 6:11 וַיִּקְרָ֤א

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?”
2 Kings 7:10 וַֽיִּקְרְאוּ֮

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.”
2 Kings 7:11 וַיִּקְרָ֖א

The gatekeepers shouted the news, and it was reported to the king’s household.
2 Kings 8:1 קָרָ֤א

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 a seven-year famine, and it has already come to the land.”
2 Kings 9:1 קָרָ֕א

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.
2 Kings 10:19 קִרְא֨וּ

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.
2 Kings 10:20 וַיִּקְרָֽאוּ׃

And Jehu commanded, “Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal.” So they announced it.
2 Kings 11:14 וַתִּקְרָ֖א

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!”
2 Kings 12:7 וַיִּקְרָא֩

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.”
2 Kings 14:7 וַיִּקְרָ֤א

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.
2 Kings 18:4 וַיִּקְרָא־

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.
2 Kings 18:18 וַֽיִּקְרְאוּ֙

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.
2 Kings 18:28 וַיִּקְרָ֥א

Then the Rabshakeh stood and called out loudly in Hebrew: “Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria!
2 Kings 19:14 וַיִּקְרָאֵ֑ם

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.
2 Kings 20:11 וַיִּקְרָ֛א

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.
2 Kings 22:8 וַיִּקְרָאֵֽהוּ׃

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.
2 Kings 22:10 וַיִּקְרָאֵ֥הוּ

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.
2 Kings 22:16 קָרָ֖א

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,