קָרֶה
qâreh · kaw-reh'
an (unfortunate) occurrence, i.e. some accidental (ceremonial) disqualification
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7136 (קָרָה);
an (unfortunate) occurrence, i.e. some accidental (ceremonial) disqualification
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: uncleanness that chanceth.
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
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
what comes behind, the returning cycle › the head, the highest › to reveal, behold
What comes behind, the returning cycle of the head, the highest that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קָרֶה 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
1 occurrences · 1 OT · 0 NT · 1 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- by reason of uncleanness that chanceth1 · 100%
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.