קָרָא

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Hebrew H7122 Verb 138 occurrences in 134 verses
קָרָא to encounter: meet

1. to encounter, befall, meet

a. (Qal)

1. to meet, encounter

2. to befall (fig)

b. (Niphal) to meet, meet unexpectedly

c. (Hiphil) to cause to meet

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

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Concordance 134 verses

  1. Genesis 14:17 לִקְרָאתוֹ֒

    After Abram returned from defeating Chedorlaomer and the kings allied with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet him in the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King’s Valley).

  2. Genesis 15:10 לִקְרַ֣את

    So Abram brought all these to Him, split each of them down the middle, and laid the halves opposite each other. The birds, however, he did not cut in half.

  3. Genesis 18:2 לִקְרָאתָם֙

    And Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.

  4. Genesis 19:1 לִקְרָאתָ֔ם

    Now the two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them, bowed facedown,

  5. Genesis 24:17 לִקְרָאתָ֑הּ

    So the servant ran to meet her and said, “Please let me have a little water from your jar.”

  6. Genesis 24:65 לִקְרָאתֵ֔נוּ

    and asked the servant, “Who is that man in the field coming to meet us?” “It is my master,” the servant answered. So she took her veil and covered herself.

  7. Genesis 29:13 לִקְרָאתוֹ֙

    When Laban heard the news about his sister’s son Jacob, he ran out to meet him. He embraced him and kissed him and brought him to his home, where Jacob told him all that had happened.

  8. Genesis 30:16 לִקְרָאת֗וֹ

    When Jacob came in from the field that evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, “You must come with me, for I have hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” So he slept with her that night.

  9. Genesis 32:6 לִקְרָֽאתְךָ֔

    When the messengers returned to Jacob, they said, “We went to your brother Esau, and now he is coming to meet you—he and four hundred men with him.”

  10. Genesis 33:4 לִקְרָאתוֹ֙

    Esau, however, ran to him and embraced him, threw his arms around his neck, and kissed him. And they both wept.

  11. Genesis 42:4 יִקְרָאֶ֖נּוּ

    But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he said, “I am afraid that harm might befall him.”

  12. Genesis 42:38 וּקְרָאָ֤הוּ

    But Jacob replied, “My son will not go down there with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. If any harm comes to him on your journey, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.”

  13. Genesis 46:29 לִקְרַֽאת־

    Joseph prepared his chariot and went there to meet his father Israel. Joseph presented himself to him, embraced him, and wept profusely.

  14. Genesis 49:1 יִקְרָ֥א

    Then Jacob called for his sons and said, “Gather around so that I can tell you what will happen to you in the days to come:

  15. Exodus 1:10 תִקְרֶ֤אנָה

    Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, or they will increase even more; and if a war breaks out, they may join our enemies, fight against us, and leave the country.”

  16. Exodus 4:14 לִקְרָאתֶ֔ךָ

    Then the anger of the LORD burned against Moses, and He said, “Is not Aaron the Levite your brother? I know that he can speak well, and he is now on his way to meet you. When he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.

  17. Exodus 4:27 לִקְרַ֥את

    Meanwhile, the LORD had said to Aaron, “Go and meet Moses in the wilderness.” So he went and met Moses at the mountain of God and kissed him.

  18. Exodus 5:3 נִקְרָ֣א

    “The God of the Hebrews has met with us,” they answered. “Please let us go on a three-day journey into the wilderness to sacrifice to the LORD our God, or He may strike us with plagues or with the sword.”

  19. Exodus 5:20 לִקְרָאתָ֑ם

    When they left Pharaoh, they confronted Moses and Aaron, who stood waiting to meet them.

  20. Exodus 7:15 לִקְרָאת֖וֹ

    Go to Pharaoh in the morning as you see him walking out to the water. Wait on the bank of the Nile to meet him, and take in your hand the staff that was changed into a snake.

  21. Exodus 14:27 לִקְרָאת֑וֹ

    So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at daybreak the sea returned to its normal state. As the Egyptians were retreating, the LORD swept them into the sea.

  22. Exodus 18:7 לִקְרַ֣את

    So Moses went out to meet his father-in-law and bowed down and kissed him. They greeted each other and went into the tent.

  23. Exodus 19:17 לִקְרַ֥את

    Then Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain.

  24. Leviticus 10:19 וַתִּקְרֶ֥אנָה

    But Aaron replied to Moses, “Behold, this very day they presented their sin offering and their burnt offering before the LORD. Since these things have happened to me, if I had eaten the sin offering today, would it have been acceptable in the sight of the LORD?”

  25. Numbers 20:18 לִקְרָאתֶֽךָ׃

    But Edom answered, “You may not travel through our land, or we will come out and confront you with the sword.”

  26. Numbers 20:20 לִקְרָאת֔וֹ

    But Edom insisted, “You may not pass through.” And they came out to confront the Israelites with a large army and a strong hand.

  27. Numbers 21:23 לִקְרַ֤את

    But Sihon would not let Israel pass through his territory. Instead, he gathered his whole army and went out to confront Israel in the wilderness. When he came to Jahaz, he fought against Israel.

  28. Numbers 21:33 לִקְרָאתָ֜ם

    Then they turned and went up the road to Bashan, and Og king of Bashan and his whole army came out to meet them in battle at Edrei.

  29. Numbers 22:34 לִקְרָאתִ֖י

    “I have sinned,” Balaam said to the angel of the LORD, “for I did not realize that you were standing in the road to confront me. And now, if this is displeasing in your sight, I will go back home.”

  30. Numbers 22:36 לִקְרָאת֜וֹ

    When Balak heard that Balaam was coming, he went out to meet him at the Moabite city on the Arnon border, at the edge of his territory.

  31. Numbers 23:3 לִקְרָאתִ֔י

    “Stay here by your burnt offering while I am gone,” Balaam said to Balak. “Perhaps the LORD will meet with me. And whatever He reveals to me, I will tell you.” So Balaam went off to a barren height,

  32. Numbers 24:1 לִקְרַ֣את

    And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he did not resort to sorcery as on previous occasions, but he turned his face toward the wilderness.

  33. Numbers 31:13 לִקְרָאתָ֑ם

    And Moses, Eleazar the priest, and all the leaders of the congregation went to meet them outside the camp.

  34. Deuteronomy 1:44 לִקְרַאתְכֶ֔ם

    Then the Amorites who lived in the hills came out against you and chased you like a swarm of bees. They routed you from Seir all the way to Hormah.

  35. Deuteronomy 2:32 לִקְרָאתֵ֜נוּ

    So Sihon and his whole army came out for battle against us at Jahaz.

  36. Deuteronomy 3:1 לִקְרָאתֵ֜נוּ

    Then we turned and went up the road to Bashan, and Og king of Bashan and his whole army came out to meet us in battle at Edrei.

  37. Deuteronomy 22:6 יִקָּרֵ֣א

    If you come across a bird’s nest with chicks or eggs, either in a tree or on the ground along the road, and the mother is sitting on the chicks or eggs, you must not take the mother along with the young.

  38. Deuteronomy 29:7 לִקְרָאתֵ֛נוּ

    When you reached this place, Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan came out against us in battle, but we defeated them.

  39. Deuteronomy 31:29 וְקָרָ֨את

    For I know that after my death you will become utterly corrupt and turn from the path I have commanded you. And in the days to come, disaster will befall you because you will do evil in the sight of the LORD to provoke Him to anger by the work of your hands.”

  40. Joshua 8:5 לִקְרָאתֵ֙נוּ֙

    Then I and all the troops with me will advance on the city. When they come out against us as they did the first time, we will flee from them.

  41. Joshua 8:14 לִקְרַֽאת־

    When the king of Ai saw the Israelites, he hurried out early in the morning with the men of the city to engage them in battle at an appointed place overlooking the Arabah. But he did not know that an ambush had been set up against him behind the city.

  42. Joshua 8:22 לִקְרָאתָ֔ם

    Meanwhile, those in the ambush came out of the city against them, and the men of Ai were trapped between the Israelite forces on both sides. So Israel struck them down until no survivor or fugitive remained.

  43. Joshua 9:11 לִקְרָאתָ֑ם

    So the elders and inhabitants of our land told us, ‘Take provisions for your journey; go to meet them and say to them: We are your servants. Please make a treaty with us.’

  44. Joshua 11:20 לִקְרַ֨את

    For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts to engage Israel in battle, so that they would be set apart for destruction and would receive no mercy, being annihilated as the LORD had commanded Moses.

  45. Judges 4:18 לִקְרַ֣את

    Jael went out to greet Sisera and said to him, “Come in, my lord. Come in with me. Do not be afraid.” So he entered her tent, and she covered him with a blanket.

  46. Judges 4:22 לִקְרָאת֔וֹ

    When Barak arrived in pursuit of Sisera, Jael went out to greet him and said to him, “Come, and I will show you the man you are seeking.” So he went in with her, and there lay Sisera dead, with a tent peg through his temple.

  47. Judges 6:35 לִקְרָאתָֽם׃

    Calling them to arms, Gideon sent messengers throughout Manasseh, as well as Asher, Zebulun, and Naphtali, so that they came up to meet him.

  48. Judges 7:24 לִקְרַ֤את

    Gideon sent messengers throughout the hill country of Ephraim to say, “Come down against the Midianites and seize the waters of the Jordan ahead of them as far as Beth-barah.” So all the men of Ephraim were called out, and they captured the waters of the Jordan as far as Beth-barah.

  49. Judges 11:31 לִקְרָאתִ֔י

    then whatever comes out the door of my house to greet me on my triumphant return from the Ammonites will belong to the LORD, and I will offer it up as a burnt offering.”

  50. Judges 11:34 לִקְרָאת֔וֹ

    And when Jephthah returned home to Mizpah, there was his daughter coming out to meet him with tambourines and dancing! She was his only child; he had no son or daughter besides her.

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