קָרָא (qa.ra) means “to encounter: meet” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: kaw-raw' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
קָרָא · qa.ra · to encounter: meet
: meet 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
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קָרָא · qa.ra · to encounter: toward
: toward/(come)against 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
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קָרָא · qa.ra · to encounter: chanced
: happen[unexpectedly] 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
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a primitive root; to encounter, whether accidentally or in a hostile manner
KJV glosses: befall, (by) chance, (cause to) come (upon), fall out, happen, meet.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| to meet | 22 |
| to meet him | 12 |
| against | 11 |
| to meet them | 7 |
| to meet you | 4 |
| against us | 3 |
| met him | 3 |
| to confront | 3 |
| to engage | 3 |
| to meet me | 3 |
| to meet us | 3 |
| against them | 2 |
| met | 2 |
| to confront him | 2 |
| to meet elisha | 2 |
| to meet her | 2 |
| against him | 1 |
| against you | 1 |
| and | 1 |
| and confront you | 1 |
| and meet | 1 |
| and so you have brought | 1 |
| at him | 1 |
| breaks out | 1 |
| came out to meet him | 1 |
| came over me | 1 |
| follows | 1 |
| happened | 1 |
| happened to me | 1 |
| has befallen you | 1 |
| has met | 1 |
| have befallen | 1 |
| have happened to me | 1 |
| i happened | 1 |
| if any harm comes | 1 |
| meet | 1 |
| messengers to meet them | 1 |
| might befall him | 1 |
| opposite | 1 |
| or grasping | 1 |
| to | 1 |
| to attack | 1 |
| to confront me | 1 |
| to confront the israelites | 1 |
| to engage them | 1 |
| to greet her | 1 |
| to greet him | 1 |
| to greet me | 1 |
| to help me | 1 |
| to meet jehu | 1 |
| to meet the men | 1 |
| toward her | 1 |
| toward them | 1 |
| vvv | 1 |
| waiting to meet them | 1 |
| welcomed him | 1 |
| who was coming to meet him | 1 |
| will befall | 1 |
| will happen | 1 |
| will meet with me | 1 |
| you come across | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| and it come to pass that when there falleth out | 1 |
| and such things have befallen | 1 |
| and there happened | 1 |
| are come | 1 |
| befall | 1 |
| befall him | 1 |
| by chance | 1 |
| came | 1 |
| chance | 1 |
| hath met | 1 |
| is happened | 1 |
| met | 1 |
| to come | 1 |
| wherefore come | 1 |
| which shall befall | 1 |
| will befall | 1 |
Page 2 of 3. 134 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
Then Samson went down to Timnah with his father and mother and came to the vineyards of Timnah. Suddenly a young lion came roaring at him,
Read word by wordWhen Samson arrived in Lehi, the Philistines came out shouting against him. And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him. The ropes on his arms became like burnt flax, and the bonds broke loose from his hands.
Read word by wordher husband got up and went after her to speak kindly to her and bring her back, taking his servant and a pair of donkeys. So the girl brought him into her father’s house, and when her father saw him, he gladly welcomed him.
Read word by wordThat same day the Benjamites came out against them from Gibeah and cut down another 18,000 Israelites, all of them armed with swords.
Read word by wordThe Benjamites came out against them and were drawn away from the city. They began to attack the people as before, killing about thirty men of Israel in the fields and on the roads, one of which led up to Bethel and the other to Gibeah.
Read word by wordThus the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now the Israelites went out to meet the Philistines in battle and camped at Ebenezer, while the Philistines camped at Aphek.
Read word by wordThe Philistines arrayed themselves against Israel, and as the battle spread, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who struck down about four thousand men on the battlefield.
Read word by wordSo Saul and his servant went up toward the city, and as they were entering it, there was Samuel coming toward them on his way up to the high place.
Read word by wordWhen Saul and his servant arrived at Gibeah, a group of prophets met him. Then the Spirit of God rushed upon him, and he prophesied along with them.
Read word by wordJust as he finished offering the burnt offering, Samuel arrived, and Saul went out to greet him.
Read word by wordEarly in the morning Samuel got up to confront Saul, but he was told, “Saul has gone to Carmel, and behold, he has set up a monument for himself and has turned and gone down to Gilgal.”
Read word by wordSo Samuel did what the LORD had said and went to Bethlehem. When the elders of the town met him, they trembled and asked, “Do you come in peace?”
Read word by wordSaul and the men of Israel assembled and camped in the Valley of Elah, arraying themselves for battle against the Philistines.
Read word by wordAnd Israel and the Philistines arrayed in formation against each other.
Read word by wordAs the Philistine started forward to attack him, David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet him.
Read word by wordAs Saul had watched David going out to confront the Philistine, he said to Abner the commander of the army, “Abner, whose son is this young man?” “As surely as you live, O king,” Abner replied, “I do not know.”
Read word by wordAs the troops were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing, with joyful songs, and with tambourines and other instruments.
Read word by wordThen David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest. And when Ahimelech met David, he trembled and asked him, “Why are you alone? Why is no one with you?”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 21.2
So Saul broke off his pursuit of David and went to meet the Philistines. That is why that place is called Sela-hammahlekoth.
Read word by wordAs Abigail came riding her donkey into a mountain ravine, she saw David and his men coming down toward her, and she met them.
Read word by wordThen David said to Abigail, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who sent you to meet me this day!
Read word by wordOtherwise, as surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, who has restrained me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, then surely no male belonging to Nabal would have been left alive by morning light.”
Read word by wordWhen David came to the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to follow him and who were left behind at the Brook of Besor, they came out to meet him and the troops with him. As David approached the men, he greeted them,
Read word by word“I happened to be on Mount Gilboa,” he replied, “and there was Saul, leaning on his spear, with the chariots and the cavalry closing in on him.
Read word by wordWhen David returned home to bless his own household, Saul’s daughter Michal came out to meet him. “How the king of Israel has distinguished himself today!” she said. “He has uncovered himself today in the sight of the maidservants of his subjects, like a vulgar person would do.”
Read word by wordWhen this was reported to David, he sent messengers to meet the men, since they had been thoroughly humiliated. The king told them, “Stay in Jericho until your beards have grown back, and then return.”
Read word by wordWhen Joab saw the battle lines before him and behind him, he selected some of the best men of Israel and arrayed them against the Arameans.
Read word by wordAnd he placed the rest of the troops under the command of his brother Abishai, who arrayed them against the Ammonites.
Read word by wordWhen this was reported to David, he gathered all Israel, crossed the Jordan, and went to Helam. Then the Arameans arrayed themselves against David and fought against him.
Read word by wordWhen David came to the summit, where he used to worship God, Hushai the Archite was there to meet him with his robe torn and dust on his head.
Read word by wordWhen David had gone a little beyond the summit, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth was there to meet him. He had a pair of saddled donkeys loaded with two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred clusters of raisins, a hundred summer fruits, and a skin of wine.
Read word by wordSo David’s army marched into the field to engage Israel, and the battle took place in the forest of Ephraim.
Read word by wordNow Absalom was riding on his mule when he met the servants of David, and as the mule went under the thick branches of a large oak, Absalom’s head was caught fast in the tree. The mule under him kept going, so that he was suspended in midair.
Read word by wordSo the king returned, and when he arrived at the Jordan, the men of Judah came to Gilgal to meet him and escort him across the Jordan.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 19.16
Then Shimei son of Gera, a Benjamite from Bahurim, hurried down with the men of Judah to meet King David,
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 19.17
For your servant knows that I have sinned, so here I am today as the first of all the house of Joseph to come down to meet my lord the king.”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 19.21
Then Mephibosheth, Saul’s grandson, went down to meet the king. He had not cared for his feet or trimmed his mustache or washed his clothes from the day the king had left until the day he returned safely.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 19.25
And he came from Jerusalem to meet the king, who asked him, “Mephibosheth, why did you not go with me?”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 19.26
Now a worthless man named Sheba son of Bichri, a Benjamite, happened to be there, and he blew the ram’s horn and shouted: “We have no share in David, no inheritance in Jesse’s son. Every man to his tent, O Israel!”
Read word by wordKeep an eye on Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim who is with you. He called down bitter curses against me on the day I went to Mahanaim, but when he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the LORD: ‘I will never put you to the sword.’
Read word by wordSo Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah. The king stood up to greet her, bowed to her, and sat down on his throne. Then the king had a throne brought for his mother, who sat down at his right hand.
Read word by wordNow as Obadiah went on his way, Elijah suddenly met him. When Obadiah recognized him, he fell facedown and said, “Is it you, my lord Elijah?”
Read word by wordSo Obadiah went to inform Ahab, who went to meet Elijah.
Read word by wordThe Israelites also mobilized, gathered supplies, and marched out to meet them. The Israelites camped before them like two small flocks of goats, while the Arameans covered the countryside.
Read word by word“Get up and go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who is in Samaria. See, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, where he has gone to take possession of it.
Read word by wordBut the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, “Go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria and ask them, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are on your way to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron?’
Read word by wordThey replied, “A man came up to meet us and said, ‘Go back to the king who sent you and tell him that this is what the LORD says: Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending these men to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not get up from the bed on which you are lying. You will surely die.’”
Read word by wordThe king asked them, “What sort of man came up to meet you and spoke these words to you?”
Read word by wordWhen the sons of the prophets who were watching him from Jericho saw what had happened, they said, “The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha.” And they went to meet him and bowed down to the ground before him.
Read word by wordPlease run out now to meet her and ask, ‘Are you all right? Is your husband all right? Is your child all right?’” And she answered, “Everything is all right.”
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