Strong's #7121: qara' (pronounced kaw-raw')
a primitive root (rather identical with 7122 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):--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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:
qârâ'
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
Part of Speech: verb
Relation: a primitive root [rather identical with H7122 through the idea of accosting a person met]
Usage:
This word is used 736 times:
Genesis 26:18: "after the names by which his father had called"
Genesis 26:20: "herdsmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because"
Genesis 26:21: "and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah."
Genesis 26:22: "well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said,"
Genesis 26:25: "And he built an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent"
Genesis 26:33: " And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto"
Genesis 27:1: "and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest"
Genesis 27:36: "And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times:"
Genesis 27:42: "were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said"
Genesis 28:1: "And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not"
Genesis 28:19: " And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name"
Genesis 29:32: "conceived, and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said,"
Genesis 29:33: "me this son also: and she called his name Simeon."
Genesis 29:34: "sons: therefore was his name called Levi."
Genesis 29:35: "the LORD: therefore she called his name Judah; and left"
Genesis 30:6: "and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan."
Genesis 30:8: "my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali."
Genesis 30:11: "And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad."
Genesis 30:13: "am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher."
Genesis 30:18: "I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar."
Genesis 30:20: "I have born him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun."
Genesis 30:21: "And afterwards she bore a daughter, and called her name Dinah."
Genesis 30:24: " And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another"
Genesis 31:4: "And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock,"
Genesis 31:47: "And Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed."
Genesis 31:47: "called it Jegar-sahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed."
Genesis 31:48: "me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;"
Genesis 31:54: "offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread: and they did eat"
Genesis 32:2: "This is God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim."
Genesis 32:30: "And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God"
Genesis 33:17: "therefore the name of the place is called Succoth."
Genesis 33:20: "And he erected there an altar, and called it El-elohe-Israel."
Genesis 35:7: "And he built there an altar, and called the place El-bethel: because there"
Genesis 35:8: "Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allon-bachuth."
Genesis 35:10: "is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but"
Genesis 35:10: "but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel."
Genesis 35:15: "And Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke"
Genesis 35:18: "was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Ben-oni: but his father called"
Genesis 35:18: "his name Ben-oni: but his father called him Benjamin."
Genesis 38:3: "And she conceived, and bore a son; and he called his name Er."
Genesis 38:4: "again, and bore a son; and she called his name Onan."
Genesis 38:5: "conceived, and bore a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was"
Genesis 38:29: "this breach be upon thee: therefore his name was called Pharez."
Genesis 38:30: "upon his hand: and his name was called Zarah."
Genesis 39:14: " That she called unto the men of her house, and spoke unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in a Hebrew"
Genesis 39:14: "us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice:"
Genesis 39:15: "that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled,"
Genesis 39:18: "And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled"
Genesis 41:8: "that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt,"
Genesis 41:14: "Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon:"
