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:
1 Samuel 3:8: "perceived that the LORD had called the child."
1 Samuel 3:9: "lie down: and it shall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, LORD;"
1 Samuel 3:10: "And the LORD came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel."
1 Samuel 3:16: "Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he answered,"
1 Samuel 4:21: " And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel:"
1 Samuel 6:2: "And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, What shall we do to the ark"
1 Samuel 7:12: "it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying,"
1 Samuel 9:9: "he that is now called a Prophet was formerly called a Seer.)"
1 Samuel 9:13: "the sacrifice; and afterwards they eat that be bidden. Now therefore get you up; for"
1 Samuel 9:22: "and made them sit in the chiefest place among them that were bidden, which were about thirty persons."
1 Samuel 9:24: "unto this time hath it been kept for thee since I said, I have invited the people. So Saul did eat with"
1 Samuel 9:26: "about the spring of the day, that Samuel called Saul to the top of the house, saying,"
1 Samuel 12:17: "wheat harvest today? I will call unto the LORD, and he shall send thunder"
1 Samuel 12:18: "So Samuel called unto the LORD; and the LORD sent thunder and rain"
1 Samuel 16:3: " And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show thee what thou shalt do:"
1 Samuel 16:5: "Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice."
1 Samuel 16:8: "Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said,"
1 Samuel 17:8: "And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come out"
1 Samuel 19:7: "And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan showed him all those"
1 Samuel 20:37: "Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the lad, and said, Is not"
1 Samuel 20:38: "And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not."
1 Samuel 22:11: "Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub,"
1 Samuel 23:28: "and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place"
1 Samuel 24:8: "afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying,"
1 Samuel 26:14: "And David cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner,"
1 Samuel 26:14: "and said, Who art thou that criest to the king?"
1 Samuel 28:15: "neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what"
1 Samuel 29:6: "Then Achish called David, and said unto him, Surely, as the LORD liveth,"
2 Samuel 1:7: "And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called unto me. And I answered, Here"
2 Samuel 1:15: "And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall"
2 Samuel 2:16: "together: wherefore that place was called Helkath-hazzurim, which is in Gibeon."
2 Samuel 2:26: "Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour forever?"
2 Samuel 5:9: "So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built"
2 Samuel 5:20: "me, as the breach of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place"
2 Samuel 6:2: "the ark of God, whose name is called by the name of the LORD"
2 Samuel 6:8: "the LORD had made a breach upon Uzzah: and he called the name of the place Perez-uzzah"
2 Samuel 9:2: "a servant whose name was Ziba. And when they had called him unto David, the king said"
2 Samuel 9:9: "Then the king called to Ziba, Saul's servant, and said unto"
2 Samuel 11:13: "And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him; and he made him drunk: and at even he went out"
2 Samuel 12:24: "with her: and she bore a son, and he called his name Solomon: and the LORD"
2 Samuel 12:25: "by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, because"
2 Samuel 12:28: "take the city, and it be called after my name."
2 Samuel 13:17: " Then he called his servant that ministered unto him, and said, Put now"
2 Samuel 13:23: "which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king's sons."
2 Samuel 14:33: "to the king, and told him: and when he had called for Absalom, he came to"
2 Samuel 15:2: "to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of"
2 Samuel 15:11: "two hundred men out of Jerusalem, that were called; and they went in their simplicity, and they knew"
2 Samuel 17:5: "Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear"
2 Samuel 18:18: "son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name:"
2 Samuel 18:18: "and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called unto this day,"
