Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H7121

קָרָא

qa.ra · “to call: call to

Used 739 times across 37 books

Definition
: call_to/invite/entreat
1) to call, call out, recite, read, cry out, proclaim
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to call, cry, utter a loud sound
1a2) to call unto, cry (for help), call (with name of God)
1a3) to proclaim
1a4) to read aloud, read (to oneself), read
1a5) to summon, invite, call for, call and commission, appoint, call and endow
1a6) to call, name, give name to, call by
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to call oneself
1b2) to be called, be proclaimed, be read aloud, be summoned, be named
1c) (Pual) to be called, be named, be called out, be chosen
Where it appears
Genesis
111
Exodus
34
Leviticus
9
Numbers
17
Deuteronomy
22
Joshua
15
Judges
27
Ruth
7
1 Samuel
37
2 Samuel
31
1 Kings
41
2 Kings
34
1 Chronicles
14
2 Chronicles
15
Ezra
2
Nehemiah
8
Esther
11
Job
10
Psalms
56
Proverbs
17
Ecclesiastes
1
Song of Solomon
1
Isaiah
84
Jeremiah
66
Lamentations
7
Ezekiel
9
Daniel
5
Hosea
10
Joel
6
Amos
6
Jonah
8
Micah
2
Habakkuk
1
Zephaniah
2
Haggai
1
Zechariah
11
Malachi
1
In the text
Genesis 1:5And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.Genesis 1:8And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.Genesis 1:10And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.Genesis 2:19And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.Genesis 2:20And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.Genesis 2:23And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.Genesis 3:9And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?Genesis 3:20And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.Genesis 4:17And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.Genesis 4:25And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.

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