4745. miqreh
Berean Strong's Lexicon
miqreh: Chance, accident, event, occurrence

Original Word: מִקְרֶה
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: miqreh
Pronunciation: mik-reh'
Phonetic Spelling: (mik-reh')
Definition: Chance, accident, event, occurrence
Meaning: something met with, an accident, fortune

Word Origin: Derived from the root קָרָה (qarah), meaning "to encounter" or "to happen."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G4795 (sumbaino): To happen, to come to pass

- G5177 (tugchano): To hit the mark, to happen, to obtain

Usage: The Hebrew word "miqreh" refers to an event or occurrence that appears to happen by chance or accident. It is used in the context of events that seem random or coincidental from a human perspective, though within the biblical worldview, such occurrences are ultimately under God's sovereign control.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Israelite culture, the concept of chance or randomness was often viewed through the lens of divine providence. While events might appear coincidental, the Israelites believed that God orchestrated all things according to His purposes. This understanding is reflected in the use of "miqreh" in the Hebrew Bible, where seemingly random events are often shown to be part of God's larger plan.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from qarah
Definition
accident, chance, fortune
NASB Translation
accident (1), chance (1), fate (6), happened* (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
מִקְרֶה noun masculine1Samuel 6:9 accident, chance, fortune; — absolute ׳מ 1 Samuel 6:9 +; construct מִקְרֵה Ecclesiastes 2:15 (so read also Ecclesiastes 3:19 (twice in verse) with ᵐ5 RuëtKau Wild, for ᵑ0 מִקְרֶה); —

1 accident, chance, 1 Samuel 6:9; 1 Samuel 20:26; with קָרָה Ruth 2:2 (see ׳ק 1).

2 in Ecclesiastes, fortune, fate, ׳מ אֶחָד יִקְרֶה אֶתכֻּֿלָּם Ecclesiastes 2:14 compare Ecclesiastes 2:15, Ecclesiastes 3:19 (3 t. in verse); Ecclesiastes 9:2,3.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
something befallen, befall, chance, event, happen

From qarah; something met with, i.e. An accident or fortune -- something befallen, befalleth, chance, event, hap(-peneth).

see HEBREW qarah

Forms and Transliterations
וּמִקְרֶ֣ה וּמִקְרֶ֤ה ומקרה כְּמִקְרֵ֤ה כמקרה מִקְרֶ֔הָ מִקְרֶ֣ה מִקְרֶ֥ה מִקְרֶ֨ה מקרה שֶׁמִּקְרֶ֥ה שמקרה kə·miq·rêh kemikReh kəmiqrêh mikReh mikReha miq·re·hā miq·reh miqreh miqrehā šem·miq·reh šemmiqreh shemmikReh ū·miq·reh umikReh ūmiqreh
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Englishman's Concordance
Ruth 2:3
HEB: הַקֹּצְרִ֑ים וַיִּ֣קֶר מִקְרֶ֔הָ חֶלְקַ֤ת הַשָּׂדֶה֙
KJV: the reapers: and her hap was to light
INT: the reapers to come hap to the portion of the field

1 Samuel 6:9
HEB: נָ֣גְעָה בָּ֔נוּ מִקְרֶ֥ה ה֖וּא הָ֥יָה
NAS: us; it happened to us by chance.
KJV: [that] smote us: it [was] a chance [that] happened to us.
INT: his hand struck chance it happened

1 Samuel 20:26
HEB: כִּ֤י אָמַר֙ מִקְרֶ֣ה ה֔וּא בִּלְתִּ֥י
NAS: for he thought, It is an accident, he is not clean,
KJV: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he [is] not
INT: surely thought is an accident him he not

Ecclesiastes 2:14
HEB: גַם־ אָ֔נִי שֶׁמִּקְרֶ֥ה אֶחָ֖ד יִקְרֶ֥ה
NAS: that one fate befalls
KJV: also that one event happeneth
INT: and yet I fate one befalls

Ecclesiastes 2:15
HEB: אֲנִ֜י בְּלִבִּ֗י כְּמִקְרֵ֤ה הַכְּסִיל֙ גַּם־
NAS: to myself, As is the fate of the fool,
KJV: I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool,
INT: I to myself is the fate of the fool will also

Ecclesiastes 3:19
HEB: כִּי֩ מִקְרֶ֨ה בְֽנֵי־ הָאָדָ֜ם
NAS: For the fate of the sons of men
KJV: For that which befalleth the sons
INT: For the fate of the sons of men

Ecclesiastes 3:19
HEB: בְֽנֵי־ הָאָדָ֜ם וּמִקְרֶ֣ה הַבְּהֵמָ֗ה וּמִקְרֶ֤ה
NAS: of men and the fate of beasts
KJV: of men befalleth beasts;
INT: of the sons of men and the fate of beasts the fate

Ecclesiastes 3:19
HEB: וּמִקְרֶ֣ה הַבְּהֵמָ֗ה וּמִקְרֶ֤ה אֶחָד֙ לָהֶ֔ם
KJV: even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth,
INT: and the fate of beasts the fate is the same dies

Ecclesiastes 9:2
HEB: כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר לַכֹּ֗ל מִקְרֶ֨ה אֶחָ֜ד לַצַּדִּ֤יק
NAS: There is one fate for the righteous
KJV: All [things come] alike to all: [there is] one event to the righteous,
INT: who for all fate is one the righteous

Ecclesiastes 9:3
HEB: הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁ כִּֽי־ מִקְרֶ֥ה אֶחָ֖ד לַכֹּ֑ל
NAS: that there is one fate for all men.
KJV: that [there is] one event unto all: yea, also the heart
INT: the sun for fate is one for all

10 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 4745
10 Occurrences


kə·miq·rêh — 1 Occ.
miq·reh — 5 Occ.
miq·re·hā — 1 Occ.
šem·miq·reh — 1 Occ.
ū·miq·reh — 2 Occ.
















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