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

2 Kings 23:2 וַיִּקְרָ֣א

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.
2 Kings 23:16 קָרָא֙קָרָ֔א

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.
2 Kings 23:17 וַיִּקְרָ֗א

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 pronounced these things that you have done to the altar of Bethel.”
1 Chronicles 4:9 קָרְאָ֨ה

Now Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.”
1 Chronicles 4:10 וַיִּקְרָ֣א

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.
1 Chronicles 6:65 יִקְרְא֥וּ

They assigned by lot the cities named above from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.
1 Chronicles 7:16 וַתִּקְרָ֤א

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.
1 Chronicles 7:23 וַיִּקְרָ֤א

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.
1 Chronicles 11:7 קָרְאוּ־

So David took up residence in the fortress; that is why it was called the City of David.
1 Chronicles 13:6 נִקְרָ֥א

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.
1 Chronicles 13:11 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.
1 Chronicles 14:11 קָֽרְא֛וּ

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.
1 Chronicles 15:11 וַיִּקְרָ֣א

David summoned the priests Zadok and Abiathar and the Levites Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab.
1 Chronicles 16:8 קִרְא֣וּ

“Give thanks to the LORD; call upon His name; make known His deeds among the nations.
1 Chronicles 21:26 וַיִּקְרָא֙

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.
1 Chronicles 22:6 וַיִּקְרָ֖א

Then David called for his son Solomon and instructed him to build a house for the LORD, the God of Israel.
1 Chronicles 23:14 יִקָּרְא֖וּ

As for Moses the man of God, his sons were named among the tribe of Levi.
2 Chronicles 3:17 וַיִּקְרָ֤א

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.
2 Chronicles 6:33 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.
2 Chronicles 7:14 נִֽקְרָא־

and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.
2 Chronicles 10:3 וַיִּקְרְאוּ־

So they sent for Jeroboam, and he and all Israel came to Rehoboam and said,
2 Chronicles 14:11 וַיִּקְרָ֨א

Then Asa cried out to the LORD his God: “O LORD, there is no one besides You to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, O LORD our God, for we rely on You, and in Your name we have come against this multitude. O LORD, You are our God. Do not let a mere mortal prevail against You.”
2 Chronicles 18:8 וַיִּקְרָא֙

So the king of Israel called one of his officials and said, “Bring Micaiah son of Imlah at once.”
2 Chronicles 18:12 לִקְרֹ֣א

Then the messenger who had gone to call Micaiah instructed him, “Behold, 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 Chronicles 20:3 וַיִּקְרָא־

Jehoshaphat was alarmed and set his face to seek the LORD. And he proclaimed a fast throughout Judah.
2 Chronicles 20:26 קָֽרְא֞וּ

On the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Beracah, where they blessed the LORD. Therefore that place is called the Valley of Beracah to this day.
2 Chronicles 24:6 וַיִּקְרָ֣א

So the king called Jehoiada the high priest and said, “Why have you not required the Levites to bring from Judah and Jerusalem the tax imposed by Moses the servant of the LORD and by the assembly of Israel for the Tent of the Testimony?”
2 Chronicles 32:18 וַיִּקְרְא֨וּ

Then the Assyrians called out loudly in Hebrew to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to frighten and terrify them in order to capture the city.
2 Chronicles 34:18 וַיִּקְרָא־

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 Chronicles 34:24 קָֽרְא֔וּ

that this is what the LORD says: I am about to bring calamity on this place and on its people, according to all the curses written in the book that has been read in the presence of the king of Judah,
2 Chronicles 34:30 וַיִּקְרָ֣א

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 Levites—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.
Ezra 2:61 וַיִּקָּרֵ֖א

And from among the priests: the descendants of Hobaiah, the descendants of Hakkoz, and the descendants of Barzillai (who had married a daughter of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by their name).
Ezra 8:21 וָאֶקְרָ֨א

And there by the Ahava Canal I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask Him for a safe journey for us and our children, with all our possessions.
Nehemiah 5:12 וָאֶקְרָא֙

“We will restore it,” they replied, “and will require nothing more from them. We will do as you say.” So I summoned the priests and required of the nobles and officials an oath that they would do what they had promised.
Nehemiah 6:7 לִקְרֹא֩

and you have even appointed prophets in Jerusalem to proclaim on your behalf: ‘There is a king in Judah.’ Soon these rumors will reach the ears of the king. So come, let us confer together.”
Nehemiah 7:63 וַיִּקָּרֵ֖א

And from among the priests: the descendants of Hobaiah, the descendants of Hakkoz, and the descendants of Barzillai (who had married a daughter of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by their name).
Nehemiah 8:3 וַיִּקְרָא־

So Ezra read it aloud from daybreak until noon as he faced the square before the Water Gate, in front of the men and women and those who could understand. And all the people listened attentively to the Book of the Law.
Nehemiah 8:8 וַֽיִּקְרְא֥וּ

So they read from the Book of the Law of God, explaining it and giving insight, so that the people could understand what was being read.
Nehemiah 8:18 וַ֠יִּקְרָא

Day after day, from the first day to the last, Ezra read from the Book of the Law of God. The Israelites kept the feast for seven days, and on the eighth day they held an assembly, according to the ordinance.
Nehemiah 9:3 וַֽיִּקְרְא֗וּ

While they stood in their places, they read from the Book of the Law of the LORD their God for a quarter of the day, and they spent another quarter of the day in confession and worship of the LORD their God.
Nehemiah 13:1 נִקְרָ֛א

At that time the Book of Moses was read aloud in the hearing of the people, and in it they found the passage stating that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter the assembly of God,
Esther 2:14 וְנִקְרְאָ֥ה

She would go there in the evening, and in the morning she would return to a second harem under the care of Shaashgaz, the king’s eunuch in charge of the concubines. She would not return to the king unless he delighted in her and summoned her by name.
Esther 3:12 וַיִּקָּרְאוּ֩

On the thirteenth day of the first month, the royal scribes were summoned and the order was written exactly as Haman commanded the royal satraps, the governors of each province, and the officials of each people, in the script of each province and the language of every people. It was written in the name of King Xerxes and sealed with the royal signet ring.
Esther 4:5 וַתִּקְרָא֩

Then Esther summoned Hathach, one of the king’s eunuchs appointed to her, and she dispatched him to Mordecai to learn what was troubling him and why.
Esther 4:11 יִקָּרֵ֗אנִקְרֵ֙אתי֙

“All the royal officials and the people of the king’s provinces know that one law applies to every man or woman who approaches the king in the inner court without being summoned—that he be put to death. Only if the king extends the gold scepter may that person live. But I have not been summoned to appear before the king for the past thirty days.”
Esther 5:12 קָֽרוּא־

“What is more,” Haman added, “Queen Esther invited no one but me to join the king at the banquet she prepared, and I am invited back tomorrow along with the king.
Esther 6:1 נִקְרָאִ֖ים

That night sleep escaped the king; so he ordered the Book of Records, the Chronicles, to be brought in and read to him.
Esther 6:9 וְקָרְא֣וּ

Let the robe and the horse be entrusted to one of the king’s most noble princes. Let them array the man the king wants to honor and parade him on the horse through the city square, proclaiming before him, ‘This is what is done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor!’”
Esther 6:11 וַיִּקְרָ֣א

So Haman took the robe and the horse, arrayed Mordecai, and paraded him through the city square, crying out before him, “This is what is done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor!”
Esther 8:9 וַיִּקָּרְא֣וּ

At once the royal scribes were summoned, and on the twenty-third day of the third month (the month of Sivan ), they recorded all of Mordecai’s orders to the Jews and to the satraps, governors, and princes of the 127 provinces from India to Cush —writing to each province in its own script, to every people in their own language, and to the Jews in their own script and language.