Hebrew · Strong's H7121 · Verb
קָרָא
qa·ra
to call: call to
365times used
343verses
32books
How it's translated
- and he summoned52
- and he called33
- and he called out15
- to summon10
- i called8
- i call out6
- call6
- and they summoned5
Definition
: 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
The forms it takes
Form
- Wayyiqtol (“and he did”) 39% and then …: the storyteller’s past
- Perfect (qatal) 20% a complete action, usually past
- Imperfect (yiqtol) 17% incomplete: ongoing, future or possible
- Weqatal (“and he will”) 6% and then …: future or instructions
- Imperative 6% a command
- Participle 6% one who is doing
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Between Hebrew and Greek
The Greek Old Testament (the Septuagint), the Bible the first Christians often quoted, translates this word as:
Where it appears
Genesisacross the Old TestamentMalachi
- Psalms45
- Isaiah39
- Genesis29
- 1 Kings26
- 1 Samuel23
- Exodus22
- Jeremiah17
- 2 Samuel16
- 2 Kings16
- Deuteronomy10
…and 22 more books.
Every verse
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