מִקְרָא
miqrâʼ · mik-raw'
something called out, i.e. a public meeting (the act, the persons, or the place); also a rehearsal
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7121 (קָרָא);
something called out, i.e. a public meeting (the act, the persons, or the place); also a rehearsal
- something called out, i.e. a public meeting (the act, the persons, or the place)
- also, a rehearsal
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: assembly, calling, convocation, reading.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › what comes behind, the returning cycle › the head, the highest › strength, the leader
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of what comes behind, the returning cycle of the head, the highest of strength, the leader.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מִקְרָא above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
23 occurrences · 23 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- convocation16 · 70%
- convocations3 · 13%
- them for the calling1 · 4%
- the reading1 · 4%
- of assemblies1 · 4%
- and upon her assemblies1 · 4%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.