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 3 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.
Gehazi went on ahead of them and laid the staff on the boy’s face, but there was no sound or response. So he went back to meet Elisha and told him, “The boy has not awakened.”
Read word by wordSo Gehazi pursued Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running toward him, he got down from the chariot to meet him and asked, “Is everything all right?”
Read word by wordBut Elisha questioned him, “Did not my spirit go with you when the man got down from his chariot to meet you? Is this the time to accept money and clothing, olive groves and vineyards, sheep and oxen, menservants and maidservants?
Read word by wordSo the king said to Hazael, “Take a gift in your hand, go to meet the man of God, and inquire of the LORD through him, ‘Will I recover from this illness?’”
Read word by wordSo Hazael went to meet Elisha, taking with him a gift of forty camel loads of every good thing from Damascus. And he went in and stood before him and said, “Your son Ben-hadad king of Aram has sent me to ask, ‘Will I recover from this illness?’”
Read word by wordNow the watchman standing on the tower in Jezreel saw Jehu’s troops approaching, and he called out, “I see a company of troops!” “Choose a rider,” Joram commanded. “Send him out to meet them and ask, ‘Have you come in peace?’”
Read word by wordSo a horseman rode off to meet Jehu and said, “This is what the king asks: ‘Have you come in peace?’” “What do you know about peace?” Jehu replied. “Fall in behind me.” And the watchman reported, “The messenger reached them, but he is not coming back.”
Read word by word“Harness!” Joram shouted, and they harnessed his chariot. Then Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah set out, each in his own chariot, and met Jehu on the property of Naboth the Jezreelite.
Read word by wordWhen he left there, he found Jehonadab son of Rechab, who was coming to meet him. Jehu greeted him and asked, “Is your heart as true to mine as my heart is to yours?” “It is!” Jehonadab replied. “If it is,” said Jehu, “give me your hand.” So he gave him his hand, and Jehu helped him into his chariot,
Read word by wordThen King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria. On seeing the altar in Damascus, King Ahaz sent Uriah the priest a model of the altar and complete plans for its construction.
Read word by wordDuring Josiah’s reign, Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt marched up to help the king of Assyria at the Euphrates River. King Josiah went out to confront him, but Neco faced him and killed him at Megiddo.
Read word by wordWhen someone came and told David about his men, he sent messengers to meet them, since the men 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, advanced toward the Arameans, and arrayed for battle against them. When David lined up to engage them in battle, they fought against him.
Read word by wordAfter all this, when Josiah had set the temple in order, Neco king of Egypt marched up to fight at Carchemish by the Euphrates, and Josiah went out to confront him.
Read word by wordfear and trembling came over me and made all my bones shudder.
Read word by wordHe paws in the valley and rejoices in his strength; he charges into battle.
Read word by wordDraw the spear and javelin against my pursuers; say to my soul: “I am your salvation.”
Read word by wordFor no fault of my own, they move swiftly to attack me. Arise to help me, and take notice.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 59.5
Then a woman came out to meet him, with the attire of a harlot and cunning of heart.
Read word by wordSo I came out to meet you; I sought you, and I have found you.
Read word by wordrestraining her is like holding back the wind or grasping oil with one’s right hand.
Read word by wordThen the LORD said to Isaiah, “Go out with your son Shear-jashub to meet Ahaz at the end of the aqueduct that feeds the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field,
Read word by wordSheol beneath is eager to meet you upon your arrival. It stirs the spirits of the dead to greet you—all the rulers of the earth. It makes all the kings of the nations rise from their thrones.
Read word by wordBring water for the thirsty, O dwellers of Tema; meet the refugees with food.
Read word by wordThese pairs have befallen you: devastation and destruction, famine and sword. Who will grieve for you? Who can comfort you?
Read word by wordAnd if you ask yourself, “Why has this happened to me?” It is because of the magnitude of your iniquity that your skirts have been stripped off and your body has been exposed.
Read word by wordThey came in and possessed it, but they did not obey Your voice or walk in Your law. They failed to perform all that You commanded them to do, and so You have brought upon them all this disaster.
Read word by wordAnd Ishmael son of Nethaniah went out from Mizpah to meet them, weeping as he went. When Ishmael encountered the men, he said, “Come to Gedaliah son of Ahikam.”
Read word by wordBecause you burned incense and sinned against the LORD and did not obey the voice of the LORD or walk in His instruction, His statutes, and His testimonies, this disaster has befallen you, as you see today.”
Read word by wordOne courier races to meet another, and messenger follows messenger, to announce to the king of Babylon that his city has been captured from end to end.
Read word by word“Therefore, that is what I will do to you, O Israel, and since I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God, O Israel!
Read word by wordThen the angel who was speaking with me went forth, and another angel came forward to meet him
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 2.7
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