קָרָא
qârâʼ · kaw-raw'
to encounter, whether accidentally or in a hostile manner
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to encounter, whether accidentally or in a hostile manner
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: befall, (by) chance, (cause to) come (upon), fall out, happen, meet.
Letters
- 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)
what comes behind, the returning cycle › the head, the highest › strength, the leader
What comes behind, the returning cycle of the head, the highest of strength, the leader.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קָרָא 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
139 occurrences · 139 OT · 0 NT · 62 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- befall him1 · 6%
- befall1 · 6%
- you that which shall befall1 · 6%
- and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out1 · 6%
- hath met1 · 6%
- and such things have befallen1 · 6%
- chance1 · 6%
- will befall1 · 6%
- by chance1 · 6%
- met1 · 6%
- and there happened1 · 6%
- came1 · 6%
- things are come1 · 6%
- wherefore come1 · 6%
- to come1 · 6%
- is happened1 · 6%
Where it is used, by book.
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.