H7122: קָרָא
qârâʼ · pronounced kaw-raw' · “to encounter: meet”
Definition
to encounter, whether accidentally or in a hostile manner
KJV translates it as: befall, (by) chance, (cause to) come (upon), fall out, happen, meet.
Word origin: a primitive root;
Extended definition
1) to encounter, befall, meet
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to meet, encounter
1a2) to befall (fig)
1b) (Niphal) to meet, meet unexpectedly
1c) (Hiphil) to cause to meet
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H7122 is translated
- meet ×54
- him ×30
- them ×15
- me ×9
- you ×8
- us ×6
- her ×4
- it will happen to ×2
- he was met ×2
- they will happen ×1
- he has met ×1
- it ×1
Bible verses with H7122 (qârâʼ)
Qârâʼ appears in 135 verses; the first 25 are shown below.
- Genesis 14:17
And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king’s dale.
- Genesis 15:10
And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not.
- Genesis 18:2
And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,
- Genesis 19:1
And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;
- Genesis 24:17
And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher.
- Genesis 24:65
For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant had said, It is my master: therefore she took a vail, and covered herself.
- Genesis 29:13
And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister’s son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things.
- Genesis 30:16
And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired thee with my son’s mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.
- Genesis 32:6
And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.
- Genesis 33:4
And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.
- Genesis 42:4
But Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.
- Genesis 42:38
And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
- Genesis 46:29
And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.
- Genesis 49:1
And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.
- Exodus 1:10
Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land.
- Exodus 4:14
And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart.
- Exodus 4:27
And the Lord said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mount of God, and kissed him.
- Exodus 5:3
And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days’ journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the Lord our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.
- Exodus 5:20
And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh:
- Exodus 7:15
Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the water; and thou shalt stand by the river’s brink against he come; and the rod which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thine hand.
- Exodus 14:27
And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the Lord overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.
- Exodus 18:7
And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare; and they came into the tent.
- Exodus 19:17
And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount.
- Leviticus 10:19
And Aaron said unto Moses, Behold, this day have they offered their sin offering and their burnt offering before the Lord; and such things have befallen me: and if I had eaten the sin offering to day, should it have been accepted in the sight of the Lord?
- Numbers 20:18
And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee with the sword.
All 135 references
- Numbers 20:20
- Numbers 21:23
- Numbers 21:33
- Numbers 22:34
- Numbers 22:36
- Numbers 23:3
- Numbers 24:1
- Numbers 31:13
- Deuteronomy 1:44
- Deuteronomy 2:32
- Deuteronomy 3:1
- Deuteronomy 22:6
- Deuteronomy 29:7
- Deuteronomy 31:29
- Joshua 8:5
- Joshua 8:14
- Joshua 8:22
- Joshua 9:11
- Joshua 11:20
- Judges 4:18
- Judges 4:22
- Judges 6:35
- Judges 7:24
- Judges 11:31
- Judges 11:34
- Judges 14:5
- Judges 15:14
- Judges 19:3
- Judges 20:25
- Judges 20:31
- 1 Samuel 4:1
- 1 Samuel 4:2
- 1 Samuel 9:14
- 1 Samuel 10:10
- 1 Samuel 13:10
- 1 Samuel 13:15
- 1 Samuel 15:12
- 1 Samuel 16:4
- 1 Samuel 17:2
- 1 Samuel 17:21
- 1 Samuel 17:48
- 1 Samuel 17:55
- 1 Samuel 18:6
- 1 Samuel 21:1
- 1 Samuel 23:28
- 1 Samuel 25:20
- 1 Samuel 25:32
- 1 Samuel 25:34
- 1 Samuel 30:21
- 2 Samuel 1:6
- 2 Samuel 6:20
- 2 Samuel 10:5
- 2 Samuel 10:9
- 2 Samuel 10:10
- 2 Samuel 10:17
- 2 Samuel 15:32
- 2 Samuel 16:1
- 2 Samuel 18:6
- 2 Samuel 18:9
- 2 Samuel 19:15
- 2 Samuel 19:16
- 2 Samuel 19:20
- 2 Samuel 19:24
- 2 Samuel 19:25
- 2 Samuel 20:1
- 1 Kings 2:8
- 1 Kings 2:19
- 1 Kings 18:7
- 1 Kings 18:16
- 1 Kings 20:27
- 1 Kings 21:18
- 2 Kings 1:3
- 2 Kings 1:6
- 2 Kings 1:7
- 2 Kings 2:15
- 2 Kings 4:26
- 2 Kings 4:31
- 2 Kings 5:21
- 2 Kings 5:26
- 2 Kings 8:8
- 2 Kings 8:9
- 2 Kings 9:17
- 2 Kings 9:18
- 2 Kings 9:21
- 2 Kings 10:15
- 2 Kings 16:10
- 2 Kings 23:29
- 1 Chronicles 19:5
- 1 Chronicles 19:10
- 1 Chronicles 19:11
- 1 Chronicles 19:17
- 2 Chronicles 35:20
- Job 4:14
- Job 39:21
- Psalms 35:3
- Psalms 59:4
- Proverbs 7:10
- Proverbs 7:15
- Proverbs 27:16
- Isaiah 7:3
- Isaiah 14:9
- Isaiah 21:14
- Isaiah 51:19
- Jeremiah 13:22
- Jeremiah 32:23
- Jeremiah 41:6
- Jeremiah 44:23
- Jeremiah 51:31
- Amos 4:12
- Zechariah 2:3