qa.ra H7121

קָרָא (qa.ra) means “to call: call to” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

קָרָא Hebrew · H7121 733 tagged occurrences in 687 verses

Pronunciation guide: kaw-raw' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H7121G

קָרָא · qa.ra · to call: call to

: 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

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TBESH · H7121H

קָרָא · qa.ra · to call: call by

: call_by/name 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

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TBESH · H7121I

קָרָא · qa.ra · to call: call out

: call_out/shout/announce 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

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TBESH · H7121J

קָרָא · qa.ra · to call: read out

: read_out/dictated 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

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

a primitive root (rather identical with H7122 (קָרָא) through the idea of accosting a person met); to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)

KJV glosses: bewray (self), that are bidden, call (for, forth, self, upon), cry (unto), (be) famous, guest, invite, mention, (give) name, preach, (make) proclaim(-ation), pronounce, publish, read, renowned, say.

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How translators render H7121

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
called	40
summoned	30
call	21
and called	11
called out	11
is called	11
proclaim	11
he called	10
i called	9
and call	7
he named	7
i call	7
was called	7
will be called	7
and he called	6
and named	6
bears	6
calls	6
so he named	6
and called out	5
and proclaim	5
be called	5
gave	5
named	5
read	5
to call	5
and proclaimed	4
and she named	4
are called	4
call out	4
calling	4
invited	4
read it	4
to proclaim	4
when i call	4
you are to proclaim	4
and read	3
and summoned	3
he read	3
i have called	3
name	3
proclaimed	3
she named	3
so she named	3
so she named him	3
so they called	3
they call	3
they called	3
they will call	3
you have called	3
you will be called	3
and cried out	2
and has invited	2
and he cried out	2
and he named him	2
and i have called	2
and invited	2
and she named him	2
and was called	2
bear	2
call in	2
called for	2
called it	2
calling out	2
cried out	2
he summons	2
his guests	2
i call out	2
i call to you	2
i cried out	2
i cry out	2
i proclaim	2
i will call upon	2
i will summon	2
invite	2
it is called	2
one calls	2
proclaims	2
she called	2
she named him	2
shouted	2
so he was named	2
summon	2
the guests	2
they proclaimed	2
to call upon	2
to summon	2
we call	2
were summoned	2
who calls	2
will call	2
you are to read	2
you will call	2
a herald	1
aloud	1
although they shout	1
am calling down	1
am invited	1
among those who were invited	1
and called him	1
and called it	1
and called you	1
and convocations	1
and cry out	1
and david summoned	1
and famous	1
and have everyone call out	1
and he called out	1
and he gave	1
and he is to read	1
and he named	1
and he proclaimed	1
and he summoned	1
and he was named	1
and he will be called	1
and i will proclaim	1
and i will summon	1
and it will be named	1
and judah named	1
and loudly	1
and may they be called	1
and men of renown	1
and moses named him	1
and named him	1
and preach	1
and read it	1
and renamed	1
and say	1
and screamed	1
and shouted	1
and summon	1
and summoned her	1
and summons	1
and the prophet cried out	1
and the woman called	1
and they	1
and they named	1
and they renamed	1
and they shall be called	1
and they will be called	1
and we are called	1
and we will call	1
and when he had called	1
and will call	1
and you are to name	1
and you shall name him	1
be mentioned	1
become famous	1
been summoned	1
being called	1
being summoned	1
but i screamed	1
but the more i called	1
but you will name	1
by which it will be called	1
call on him	1
call on you	1
call out to him	1
call upon me	1
call yourselves	1
called me	1
called the bread	1
called to	1
calling forth	1
calling us	1
calls out	1
chosen	1
cry	1
cry aloud	1
cry out	1
crying out	1
did you invite us	1
elijah called	1
elisha summoned	1
ezra read	1
from my crying	1
gideon was called	1
had cried out	1
had foretold	1
had given	1
had named him	1
had read	1
has been called	1
has been proclaimed	1
has been read	1
has called	1
has called you back	1
has decreed that	1
has read	1
has summoned	1
have called you	1
have cried	1
he called down	1
he called out	1
he calls	1
he calls them	1
he calls you	1
he cried out	1
he has summoned	1
he invited	1
he is called	1
he may cry out	1
he named it	1
he recited	1
he renamed	1
he summoned	1
he was also called	1
he was named	1
he will be called	1
he will cry out	1
he will give	1
he would name	1
how to cry	1
however had read	1
i am about to summon	1
i bear	1
i call on you	1
i call upon you	1
i called him	1
i called on	1
i called on you	1
i called out	1
i called upon	1
i cried	1
i cry	1
i cry for help	1
i cry to you	1
i had called	1
i have called him	1
i have called on you	1
i have invited	1
i have summoned	1
i proclaimed	1
i summon	1
i summoned him	1
i summoned you	1
i will call	1
i will call on him	1
i will proclaim	1
if you call	1
instead he called	1
invites	1
invoke	1
is called out	1
is proclaimed	1
it was called	1
it was named	1
jeroboam	1
joshua read aloud	1
let him say so	1
let us be called	1
man called out	1
may call	1
men shouted	1
messengers to summon	1
my call	1
name him	1
of one calling	1
of their voices	1
of you proclaimed	1
once called	1
proclaiming	1
read them	1
reading	1
said balak	1
samson cried out	1
sent for	1
shall be called	1
shall cry out	1
shall summon	1
she calls out	1
she cries aloud	1
should i cry out	1
shout	1
shouted the news	1
so ezra read	1
so gehazi called	1
so god named	1
so hagar gave	1
so he called	1
so he called her	1
so he gave	1
so i have called	1
so i summoned	1
so it was called	1
so it will be called	1
so jacob named	1
so they announced it	1
so they cried out	1
so they named	1
so they named him	1
so they read	1
so they shouted louder	1
so they will be called	1
summon them	1
summons	1
that bears	1
that her guests	1
the lord called	1
the place was called	1
then call	1
then call me	1
then david called for	1
then he cried out	1
then i called	1
then invite	1
then pharaoh summoned	1
then the assyrians called out	1
then they called	1
then you may call	1
then you will call	1
they are called	1
they called out	1
they had been invited as guests	1
they named	1
they read	1
they shouted	1
they summoned	1
they will be called	1
they will call on me	1
they will cry out	1
they will invite	1
they will shout	1
though i called	1
though they call	1
to name him	1
to read	1
used to be called	1
vvv	1
was among those who called	1
was calling	1
was named	1
was proclaimed	1
was read aloud	1
we will call	1
were calling out	1
were named	1
were their namesakes	1
when he calls out to me	1
when i called	1
when they call	1
when they call out	1
when they called	1
when they called out	1
when you call	1
which bears	1
who also invited	1
who call on him	1
who call on you	1
who calls on	1
who has summoned	1
who proclaim	1
who read it	1
who summons	1
who was calling	1
whom i have called	1
will be left to proclaim	1
will be reckoned	1
will be summoned	1
will call himself	1
will call out	1
will call to me	1
will he call upon	1
will you call	1
with men calling out	1
would call out	1
you are called	1
you are to make an offer	1
you be called	1
you called out	1
you have announced	1
you have been called	1
you have not proclaimed	1
you read	1
you summoned	1
you who are called	1
you will call me	1
you will each invite	1
you will summon	1
you would call me	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
called	92
and called	54
call	29
and he called	27
and she called	13
was called	13
i called	12
and call	10
and cried	10
read	9
to call	9
and they called	8
i cried	8
shall be called	8
which is called	8
cried	7
is called	7
and proclaim	6
cry	6
hath called	6
he called	6
and cry	5
and he cried	5
and proclaimed	5
and read	5
and they shall call	5
which are called	5
and he read	4
calleth	4
i cry	4
i will call	4
they shall call	4
and i will call	3
and they cried	3
and thou shalt be called	3
be called	3
had called	3
he calleth	3
i call	3
i have called	3
proclaim	3
shall call	3
then called	3
then he called	3
therefore they called	3
thou shalt call	3
to proclaim	3
which ye shall proclaim	3
and all the guests	2
and hath called	2
and shalt call	2
and was called	2
and when they had called	2
calling	2
gave	2
had read	2
hath he not called	2
he read	2
he shall call	2
i for thou didst call	2
of it was called	2
shall cry	2
she crieth	2
that she called	2
thereof and called	2
they call	2
they called	2
they proclaimed	2
thou hast called	2
together	2
unto all them that call	2
unto him call	2
we call	2
wherefore he called	2
wherefore they called	2
against it then proclaim	1
also and she called	1
also called	1
am i invited	1
among them that call	1
among them that were bidden	1
and also thou shalt read	1
and another shall call	1
and be famous	1
and called it	1
and didst not call	1
and gave	1
and i called	1
and i have called	1
and it be called	1
and it is called	1
and it shall be called	1
and it shall be if he call	1
and it shall be with him and he shall read	1
and it shall come to pass that before they call	1
and one cried	1
and preach	1
and renowned	1
and shall call	1
and shall cry	1
and shalt read	1
and she named	1
and they proclaimed	1
and they shall cry	1
and they were read	1
and thou shalt call	1
and though they cry	1
and to call	1
and wast called	1
and when he had called	1
and who as i shall call	1
and will call	1
and ye shall proclaim	1
any more be called	1
are called	1
as for me i will call	1
as he cried	1
be named	1
be renowned	1
because i have called	1
because i will publish	1
because it is called	1
because they called	1
because when i called	1
before thee and i will proclaim	1
behold i proclaim	1
behold thou shalt call	1
bewrayeth	1
but i have not been called	1
but thou hast not called	1
but thou shalt be called	1
but thou shalt call	1
but ye shall be named	1
by him and he cried	1
criest	1
crieth	1
famous	1
for i am called	1
for i cry	1
for i have called	1
for i will call	1
for lo i will call	1
for that also and he called	1
for they call	1
for thou calledst	1
from me though they called	1
hath cried	1
hath not called	1
hath read	1
have called	1
have cried	1
have i cried	1
have ye called	1
he also shall cry	1
he cried	1
he shall cry	1
he that calleth	1
her and when he had called	1
her guests	1
him and called	1
him and when he had called	1
him i called	1
him nought and he cry	1
him reading	1
his guests	1
i have also called	1
i have even called	1
i have invited	1
i have said	1
i will cry	1
if i had called	1
in her and that she were called	1
in proclaiming	1
invited	1
is called forth	1
is cried	1
it was cried	1
made proclamation	1
may be famous	1
me and called	1
me when i call	1
mentioned	1
moreover he called	1
my called	1
named	1
none among them that calleth	1
none calleth	1
none that calleth	1
not and he called	1
not and i called	1
now and read	1
now therefore call	1
of him that cried	1
of him that crieth	1
of it called	1
of me he hath called	1
of my crying	1
of reading	1
of us and we are called	1
only let us be called	1
ours and he called	1
over them they were not called	1
proclaimed	1
proclaimeth	1
shall be no more called	1
shall he be called	1
shall he call	1
shall no more be called	1
shall no more be named	1
shall not be called	1
shall ye call	1
so he called	1
so they cried	1
so they read	1
that be bidden	1
that call	1
that calleth	1
that have not called	1
that i will call	1
that is called	1
that readeth	1
that they cry	1
that they may all call	1
that they might be called	1
that thou art called	1
that thou calledst	1
that which hath been is named	1
the calling	1
the renowned	1
thee and call	1
thee i have called	1
them and called	1
them he pronounced	1
then call	1
then cried	1
then i called	1
then i proclaimed	1
then read	1
then shall they call	1
then shall ye call	1
then shalt thou call	1
then they cried	1
there and called	1
therefore called	1
therefore have i cried	1
therefore he called	1
therefore i have called	1
therefore she called	1
therein and called	1
thereof is called	1
they cried	1
they did cry	1
they have not called	1
they read	1
thou and read	1
thou calledst	1
thou shalt be called	1
thou shalt not call	1
thou shalt read	1
to cry	1
to it and he called	1
to me call	1
to preach	1
to thee thou shalt also call	1
to thee will i cry	1
unto me cry	1
unto me in proclaiming	1
unto me proclaim	1
unto me therefore will i call	1
unto thee to call	1
unto thee will i cry	1
unto them call	1
unto them in all that they call	1
upon him to all that call	1
upon it lest he cry	1
upon them because when i called	1
us and we will call	1
was not called	1
we will call	1
were named	1
what he would call	1
what shall i cry	1
when i call	1
when i called	1
when i cried	1
when i cry	1
whereby he shall be called	1
wherefore they cried	1
wherein thou hast read	1
wherewith she shall be called	1
which call	1
which called	1
which cry	1
which had cried	1
which he cried	1
which he had and they cried	1
which they have read	1
who calleth	1
who is not called	1
who proclaimed	1
whosoever shall call	1
will i cry	1
will proclaim	1
wilt thou call	1
wilt thou not from this time cry	1
with him there and proclaimed	1
with me and i cried	1
with thee yea they have called	1
ye and call	1
yea i have called	1
yea if thou criest	1
you for i called	1

Verses containing H7121

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Hosea 11:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But the more I called Israel, the farther they departed from Me. They sacrificed to the Baals and burned incense to carved images.
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Hosea 11:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
My people are bent on turning from Me. Though they call to the Most High, He will by no means exalt them.
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Joel 1:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Consecrate a fast; proclaim a solemn assembly! Gather the elders and all the residents of the land to the house of the LORD your God, and cry out to the LORD.
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Joel 1:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
To You, O LORD, I call, for fire has consumed the open pastures and flames have scorched all the trees of the field.
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Joel 2:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Blow the ram’s horn in Zion, consecrate a fast, proclaim a sacred assembly.
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Joel 2:32 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved; for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as the LORD has promised, among the remnant called by the LORD.
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Source alternate reference: 3.5
Joel 3:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Proclaim this among the nations: “Prepare for war; rouse the mighty men; let all the men of war advance and attack!
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Source alternate reference: 4.9
Amos 4:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Offer leavened bread as a thank offering, and loudly proclaim your freewill offerings. For that is what you children of Israel love to do,” declares the Lord GOD.
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Amos 5:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns darkness into dawn and darkens day into night, who summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth—the LORD is His name—
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Amos 5:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Hosts, the Lord, says: “There will be wailing in all the public squares and cries of ‘Alas! Alas!’ in all the streets. The farmer will be summoned to mourn, and the mourners to wail.
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Amos 7:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is what the Lord GOD showed me: The Lord GOD was calling for judgment by fire. It consumed the great deep and devoured the land.
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Amos 9:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He builds His upper rooms in the heavens and founds His vault upon the earth. He summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth. The LORD is His name.
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Amos 9:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations that bear My name,” declares the LORD, who will do this.
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Jonah 1:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before Me.”
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Jonah 1:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The captain approached him and said, “How can you sleep? Get up and call upon your God. Perhaps this God will consider us, so that we may not perish.”
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Jonah 1:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So they cried out to the LORD: “Please, O LORD, do not let us perish on account of this man’s life! Do not charge us with innocent blood! For You, O LORD, have done as You pleased.”
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Jonah 2:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
saying: “In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered me. From the belly of Sheol I called for help, and You heard my voice.
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Source alternate reference: 2.3
Jonah 3:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message that I give you.”
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Jonah 3:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On the first day of his journey, Jonah set out into the city and proclaimed, “Forty more days and Nineveh will be overturned!”
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Jonah 3:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the Ninevites believed God. They proclaimed a fast and dressed in sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least.
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Jonah 3:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Furthermore, let both man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and have everyone call out earnestly to God. Let each one turn from his evil ways and from the violence in his hands.
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Micah 3:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is what the LORD says: “As for the prophets who lead My people astray, who proclaim peace while they chew with their teeth, but declare war against one who puts nothing in their mouths:
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Micah 6:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The voice of the LORD calls out to the city (and it is sound wisdom to fear Your name): “Heed the rod and the One who ordained it.
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Habakkuk 2:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the LORD answered me: “Write down this vision and clearly inscribe it on tablets, so that a herald may run with it.
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Zephaniah 1:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Be silent in the presence of the Lord GOD, for the Day of the LORD is near. Indeed, the LORD has prepared a sacrifice; He has consecrated His guests.
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Zephaniah 3:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For then I will restore pure lips to the peoples, that all may call upon the name of the LORD and serve Him shoulder to shoulder.
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Haggai 1:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I have summoned a drought on the fields and on the mountains, on the grain, new wine, and oil, and on whatever the ground yields, on man and beast, and on all the labor of your hands.”
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Zechariah 1:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Turn now from your evil ways and deeds.’ But they did not listen or pay attention to Me, declares the LORD.
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Zechariah 1:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the angel who was speaking with me said, “Proclaim this word: This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘I am very jealous for Jerusalem and Zion,
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Zechariah 1:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Proclaim further that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘My cities will again overflow with prosperity; the LORD will again comfort Zion and choose Jerusalem.’”
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Zechariah 3:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, you will each invite your neighbor to sit under your own vine and fig tree.’”
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Zechariah 7:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Are these not the words that the LORD proclaimed through the earlier prophets, when Jerusalem and its surrounding towns were populous and prosperous, and the Negev and the foothills were inhabited?’”
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Zechariah 7:13 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And just as I had called and they would not listen, so when they called I would not listen, says the LORD of Hosts.
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Zechariah 8:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is what the LORD says: “I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the LORD of Hosts will be called the Holy Mountain.”
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Zechariah 11:7 · BSB · 2 occurrences
So I pastured the flock marked for slaughter, especially the afflicted of the flock. Then I took for myself two staffs, calling one Favor and the other Union, and I pastured the flock.
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Zechariah 13:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are My people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is our God.’”
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Malachi 1:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Though Edom may say, “We have been devastated, but we will rebuild the ruins,” this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “They may build, but I will demolish. They will be called the Land of Wickedness, and a people with whom the LORD is indignant forever.
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