7136. qarah
Strong's Lexicon
qarah: To encounter, to meet, to happen, to befall

Original Word: קָרָה
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: qarah
Pronunciation: kah-RAH
Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-raw')
Definition: To encounter, to meet, to happen, to befall
Meaning: to light upon, to bring about, to impose timbers

Word Origin: A primitive root

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G4819 (συμβαίνω, symbainō) - to happen, to come together

- G4795 (συμβάλλω, symballō) - to encounter, to meet

Usage: The Hebrew verb "qarah" primarily conveys the idea of encountering or meeting, often by chance or unexpectedly. It can also imply an event or occurrence that befalls someone, whether by divine orchestration or happenstance. The term is used in various contexts, including meetings between individuals, occurrences of events, and divine appointments.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Hebrew culture, the concept of events "happening" was often seen through the lens of divine providence. The Israelites believed that God was actively involved in the affairs of humanity, orchestrating events according to His will. Thus, "qarah" could imply not just a random occurrence but a divinely appointed meeting or event. This understanding reflects the broader biblical worldview that God is sovereign over all circumstances.

Brown-Driver-Briggs
[קָרָה] verb encounter, meet, befall ("") II קָרָא Late Hebrew קָרָה meet (rare), קְרִי misfortune specifically (nocturnal) pollution, and so Aramaic קִרְיוּתָא ; Arabic () is go seek earnestly , receive hospitably as guest; Ethiopic II. 3, present, offer as sacrifice); —

Qal Perfect3masculine singular suffix קָֽרְךָ Deuteronomy 25:18, (ו)קָרָהוּ Genesis 44:29 +; Imperfect, 3 masculine singular יִקְרֶה Ecclesiastes 9:11 + Daniel 10:14 Kt (Qr יִקְרָא), וָיִ֫קֶר Ruth 2:3, suffix יִקְרְךָ Numbers 11:23, יִקְּרֵךְ 1 Samuel 28:10 (dagesh forte dirimens); Participle feminine plural קֹרֹת Genesis 42:29; —

1 encounter, meet, accusative of person Deuteronomy 25:18, compare (accusative of thing) ׳וַיִ֫קֶר מִקְרֶהָ חֶלְקַת וגו Ruth 2:3 her chance lighted upon field, etc.

2 befall, accusative of person, subject evil Genesis 44:29 (J), 1 Samuel 28:10, ׳יs word Numbers 11:23 (JE), indefinite Genesis 42:29 (J) Isaiah 41:22 (absolute) Esther 4:7; Esther 6:13; Daniel 10:14 (ל person); ׳עֵת וָפֶגַע יִק אֶתכֻּֿלָּם Ecclesiastes 9:11; subject מִקְרֶה Ecclesiastes 2:14; compare Ecclesiastes 2:15.

Niph`al Perfect3masculine singular נִקְרָה Exodus 3:18; 1singular נִקְרֵיתִי 2 Samuel 1:6; Imperfect3masculine singular יִקָּרֶה Numbers 23:3, וַיִּקָּר Numbers 23:4,16; 1singular אִקָּרֶה Numbers 23:15; —

1 encounter, meet without pre-arrangement, usually of ׳י (God): with עַל person Exodus 3:18 (J), אֶל Pers. Numbers 23:4,16 לִקְרָתִי ׳י ׳יִקּ v3 (all J E); object ׳י (om) v15.

2 chance to be present, ב location, 2 Samuel 1:6 (+Infinitiveabs נִקְרֹא).

Hiph`il 1. of ׳י cause ( the right thing good fortune) to occur, with לִפְנֵי Perfect3masculine singularהִקְרָה Genesis 27:20 Imperative masculine singular הַקְרֵה Genesis 24:12 (both J).

2 of Isrel, Perfect2masculine plural cones וְהִקְרִיתֶם לָכָם עָרִים Numbers 35:11 ye shall (caus cities to occur rightly for yourselves, i.e.) select cities as suitable.

[קָרָה] verb denominative Pi`el lay the beams of, furnish with beams; — with accusative of the building: Perfect3plural suffix קֵרוּהוּ Nehemiah 3:3,6; Infinitive construct לְקָרוֺת Nehemiah 2:8; 2Chronicles 34:11; Participle הַמְּקָרֶה Psalm 104:3 (figurative).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
appoint, lay make beams, befall, bring, come to pass unto, floor, hap was, happen unto,

A primitive root; to light upon (chiefly by accident); causatively, to bring about; specifically, to impose timbers (for roof or floor) -- appoint, lay (make) beams, befall, bring, come (to pass unto), floor, (hap) was, happen (unto), meet, send good speed.

Forms and Transliterations
אִקָּ֥רֶה אקרה הֲיִקְרְךָ֥ הִקְרָ֛ה הַ֥מְקָרֶֽה הַקְרֵה־ הַקֹּרֹ֥ת היקרך המקרה הקרה הקרה־ הקרת וְהִקְרִיתֶ֤ם וְקָרָ֣הוּ וַיִּ֣קֶר וַיִּקָּ֤ר וַיִּקָּ֥ר וּלְקָרוֹת֙ והקריתם ויקר ולקרות וקרהו יִקְּרֵ֥ךְ יִקְרֵ֔נִי יִקְרֶ֥ה יִקְרָ֥ה יִקָּרֵ֤ה יקרה יקרך יקרני לְ֠קָרוֹת לקרות נִקְרֵ֙יתִי֙ נִקְרָ֣ה נקרה נקריתי קֵר֔וּהוּ קָֽרְךָ֜ קָרָ֑הוּ קרהו קרוהו קרך תִּקְרֶ֑ינָה תקרינה ’iq·qā·reh ’iqqāreh hă·yiq·rə·ḵā hakkoRot hakreh ham·qā·reh Hamkareh hamqāreh haq·qō·rōṯ haq·rêh- haqqōrōṯ haqrêh- hayikreCha hăyiqrəḵā hikRah hiq·rāh hiqrāh ikKareh kaRahu kareCha keRuhu lə·qā·rō·wṯ Lekarot ləqārōwṯ nikRah nikReiti niq·rāh niq·rê·ṯî niqrāh niqrêṯî qā·rā·hū qā·rə·ḵā qārāhū qārəḵā qê·rū·hū qêrūhū tikReinah tiq·re·nāh tiqrenāh ū·lə·qā·rō·wṯ ulekarOt ūləqārōwṯ vaiYiker vaiyikKar vehikriTem vekaRahu way·yi·qer way·yiq·qār wayyiqer wayyiqqār wə·hiq·rî·ṯem wə·qā·rā·hū wəhiqrîṯem wəqārāhū yikkaReh yikkeRech yikRah yikReh yikReni yiq·qā·rêh yiq·qə·rêḵ yiq·rāh yiq·rê·nî yiq·reh yiqqārêh yiqqərêḵ yiqrāh yiqreh yiqrênî
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Genesis 24:12
HEB: אֲדֹנִ֣י אַבְרָהָ֔ם הַקְרֵה־ נָ֥א לְפָנַ֖י
NAS: please grant me success today,
KJV: I pray thee, send me good speed this day,
INT: of my master Abraham grant please me

Genesis 27:20
HEB: וַיֹּ֕אמֶר כִּ֥י הִקְרָ֛ה יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ
NAS: your God caused [it] to happen to me.
KJV: thy God brought [it] to me.
INT: said Because happen the LORD your God

Genesis 42:29
HEB: אֵ֛ת כָּל־ הַקֹּרֹ֥ת אֹתָ֖ם לֵאמֹֽר׃
NAS: him all that had happened to them, saying,
KJV: and told him all that befell unto them; saying,
INT: told all had happened saying

Genesis 44:29
HEB: מֵעִ֥ם פָּנַ֖י וְקָרָ֣הוּ אָס֑וֹן וְהֽוֹרַדְתֶּ֧ם
NAS: from me, and harm befalls him, you will bring
KJV: and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down
INT: from me befalls and harm will bring

Exodus 3:18
HEB: אֱלֹהֵ֤י הָֽעִבְרִיִּים֙ נִקְרָ֣ה עָלֵ֔ינוּ וְעַתָּ֗ה
NAS: of the Hebrews, has met with us. So now,
KJV: of the Hebrews hath met with us: and now let us go,
INT: the God of the Hebrews has met with now

Numbers 11:23
HEB: עַתָּ֥ה תִרְאֶ֛ה הֲיִקְרְךָ֥ דְבָרִ֖י אִם־
NAS: whether My word will come TRUE for you or
KJV: now whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not.
INT: henceforth shall see will come my word or

Numbers 23:3
HEB: וְאֵֽלְכָ֗ה אוּלַ֞י יִקָּרֵ֤ה יְהוָה֙ לִקְרָאתִ֔י
NAS: the LORD will come to meet
KJV: peradventure the LORD will come to meet
INT: will go perhaps will come the LORD to meet

Numbers 23:4
HEB: וַיִּקָּ֥ר אֱלֹהִ֖ים אֶל־
NAS: Now God met Balaam, and he said
KJV: And God met Balaam: and he said
INT: met now God about

Numbers 23:15
HEB: עֹלָתֶ֑ךָ וְאָנֹכִ֖י אִקָּ֥רֶה כֹּֽה׃
NAS: while I myself meet [the LORD] over there.
KJV: by thy burnt offering, while I meet [the LORD] yonder.
INT: your burnt myself meet over

Numbers 23:16
HEB: וַיִּקָּ֤ר יְהוָה֙ אֶל־
NAS: Then the LORD met Balaam and put
KJV: And the LORD met Balaam, and put
INT: met the LORD about

Numbers 35:11
HEB: וְהִקְרִיתֶ֤ם לָכֶם֙ עָרִ֔ים
NAS: then you shall select for yourselves cities
KJV: Then ye shall appoint you cities
INT: shall select cities to be your cities

Deuteronomy 25:18
HEB: אֲשֶׁ֨ר קָֽרְךָ֜ בַּדֶּ֗רֶךְ וַיְזַנֵּ֤ב
NAS: how he met you along the way
KJV: How he met thee by the way,
INT: how met the way and attacked

Ruth 2:3
HEB: אַחֲרֵ֖י הַקֹּצְרִ֑ים וַיִּ֣קֶר מִקְרֶ֔הָ חֶלְקַ֤ת
NAS: the reapers; and she happened to come
KJV: and her hap was to light on a part
INT: after the reapers to come hap to the portion

1 Samuel 28:10
HEB: יְהוָ֕ה אִֽם־ יִקְּרֵ֥ךְ עָוֹ֖ן בַּדָּבָ֥ר
NAS: punishment shall come upon you for this
KJV: no punishment happen to thee for this thing.
INT: as the LORD no shall come punishment thing

2 Samuel 1:6
HEB: ל֗וֹ נִקְרֹ֤א נִקְרֵ֙יתִי֙ בְּהַ֣ר הַגִּלְבֹּ֔עַ
NAS: By chance I happened to be on Mount
KJV: him said, As I happened by chance
INT: told chance happened Mount Gilboa

2 Chronicles 34:11
HEB: וְעֵצִ֖ים לַֽמְחַבְּר֑וֹת וּלְקָרוֹת֙ אֶת־ הַבָּ֣תִּ֔ים
NAS: for couplings and to make beams for the houses
KJV: for couplings, and to floor the houses
INT: and timber couplings make the houses which

Nehemiah 2:8
HEB: לִ֣י עֵצִ֡ים לְ֠קָרוֹת אֶת־ שַׁעֲרֵ֨י
NAS: me timber to make beams for the gates
KJV: me timber to make beams for the gates
INT: may give timber to make the gates of the fortress

Nehemiah 3:3
HEB: הַסְּנָאָ֑ה הֵ֣מָּה קֵר֔וּהוּ וַֽיַּעֲמִ֙ידוּ֙ דַּלְתֹתָ֔יו
NAS: Gate; they laid its beams and hung
KJV: build, who [also] laid the beams thereof, and set up
INT: of Hassenaah they laid and hung doors

Nehemiah 3:6
HEB: בְּסֽוֹדְיָ֑ה הֵ֣מָּה קֵר֔וּהוּ וַֽיַּעֲמִ֙ידוּ֙ דַּלְתֹתָ֔יו
NAS: Gate; they laid its beams and hung
KJV: of Besodeiah; they laid the beams thereof, and set up
INT: of Besodeiah they laid and hung doors

Esther 4:7
HEB: כָּל־ אֲשֶׁ֣ר קָרָ֑הוּ וְאֵ֣ת ׀ פָּרָשַׁ֣ת
NAS: him all that had happened to him, and the exact amount
KJV: told him of all that had happened unto him, and of the sum
INT: all that had happened and the exact of money

Esther 6:13
HEB: כָּל־ אֲשֶׁ֣ר קָרָ֑הוּ וַיֹּ֩אמְרוּ֩ ל֨וֹ
NAS: everything that had happened to him. Then his wise men
KJV: and all his friends every [thing] that had befallen him. Then said
INT: everything whom had happened said his wise

Psalm 104:3
HEB: הַ֥מְקָרֶֽה בַמַּ֗יִם עֲ‍ֽלִיּ֫וֹתָ֥יו
NAS: He lays the beams of His upper chambers
KJV: Who layeth the beams of his chambers
INT: lays the waters of his upper

Ecclesiastes 2:14
HEB: שֶׁמִּקְרֶ֥ה אֶחָ֖ד יִקְרֶ֥ה אֶת־ כֻּלָּֽם׃
NAS: that one fate befalls them both.
KJV: event happeneth to them all.
INT: fate one befalls both

Ecclesiastes 2:15
HEB: גַּם־ אֲנִ֣י יִקְרֵ֔נִי וְלָ֧מָּה חָכַ֛מְתִּי
NAS: it will also befall me. Why
KJV: to the fool, so it happeneth even to me;
INT: will also I befall Why been

Ecclesiastes 9:11
HEB: עֵ֥ת וָפֶ֖גַע יִקְרֶ֥ה אֶת־ כֻּלָּֽם׃
NAS: for time and chance overtake them all.
KJV: and chance happeneth to them all.
INT: time and chance overtake all

27 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 7136
27 Occurrences


haq·qō·rōṯ — 1 Occ.
haq·rêh- — 1 Occ.
ham·qā·reh — 1 Occ.
hă·yiq·rə·ḵā — 1 Occ.
hiq·rāh — 1 Occ.
’iq·qā·reh — 1 Occ.
qā·rā·hū — 2 Occ.
qā·rə·ḵā — 1 Occ.
qê·rū·hū — 2 Occ.
lə·qā·rō·wṯ — 1 Occ.
niq·rāh — 1 Occ.
niq·rê·ṯî — 1 Occ.
tiq·re·nāh — 1 Occ.
ū·lə·qā·rō·wṯ — 1 Occ.
way·yi·qer — 1 Occ.
way·yiq·qār — 2 Occ.
wə·hiq·rî·ṯem — 1 Occ.
wə·qā·rā·hū — 1 Occ.
yiq·qā·rêh — 1 Occ.
yiq·qə·rêḵ — 1 Occ.
yiq·rāh — 1 Occ.
yiq·reh — 2 Occ.
yiq·rê·nî — 1 Occ.
















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