Strong's #7122: qara' (pronounced kaw-raw')

a primitive root: to encounter, whether accidentally or in a hostile manner:--befall, (by) chance, (cause to) come (upon), fall out, happen, meet.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

qârâ'

1) to encounter, befall, meet

1a) (Qal)

1a1) to meet, encounter

1a2) to befall (figuratively)

1b) (Niphal) to meet, meet unexpectedly

1c) (Hiphil) to cause to meet

Part of Speech: verb

Relation: a primitive root, to encounter, whether accidentally or in a hostile manner

Usage:

This word is used 34 times:

 

Genesis 42:4: "he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall"
Genesis 42:38: "is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down"
Genesis 49:1: "that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days."
Exodus 1:10: "they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also"
Exodus 5:3: "And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three"
Leviticus 10:19: "before the LORD; and such things have befallen me: and if I had eaten the sin offering today, should it have been accepted"
Deuteronomy 22:6: "If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree,"
Deuteronomy 31:29: "the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because"
1 Samuel 16:4: "And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest thou peaceably?"
2 Samuel 1:6: "that told him said, As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul"
2 Samuel 18:9: "And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule,"
2 Samuel 20:1: "And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri,"
1 Kings 2:19: "Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne,"
1 Kings 18:7: "in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face,"
1 Kings 18:16: "So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to meet"
1 Kings 18:16: "and told him: and Ahab went to meet Elijah."
2 Kings 4:26: "Run now, I pray thee, to meet her, and say unto her, Is it well with thee? is it well with thy husband?"
2 Kings 4:31: "nor hearing. Wherefore he went again to meet him, and told him, saying, The child is not"
2 Kings 5:21: "him, he lighted down from the chariot to meet him, and said, Is all well?"
2 Kings 5:26: "turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive"
2 Kings 8:8: "a present in thine hand, and go, meet the man of God, and inquire"
2 Kings 8:9: "So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of every good thing"
2 Kings 9:17: "Take a horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Is it peace?"
2 Kings 9:18: "So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus saith the king,"
2 Kings 9:21: "each in his chariot, and they went out against Jehu, and met him in the portion of Naboth"
2 Kings 10:15: "Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him: and he saluted him, and said to"
2 Kings 16:10: "Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and saw"
2 Kings 23:29: "and king Josiah went against him; and he slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen"
Job 4:14: "Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake."
Isaiah 14:9: "Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead"
Isaiah 51:19: "These two things are come unto thee; who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine,"
Jeremiah 13:22: "thou say in thine heart, Wherefore come these things upon me? For the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts"
Jeremiah 32:23: "all this evil to come upon"
Jeremiah 44:23: "nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies; therefore this evil is happened unto you, as at this"