Strong's Concordance H7121

Original Word: קָרָא
Transliteration: qârâʼ
Phonetic Spelling: kaw-raw'
a primitive root (rather identical with H7122 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.

Usages throughout the bible

2 Kings 23:17 - Then he said, What title is that that I see? And the men of the city told him, It is the sepulchre of the man of God, which came from Judah, and proclaimed H7121 these things that thou hast done against the altar of Bethel.

1 Chronicles 4:9 - And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called H7121 his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.

1 Chronicles 4:10 - And Jabez called H7121 on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.

1 Chronicles 6:65 - And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities, which are called H7121 by their names.

1 Chronicles 7:16 - And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called H7121 his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.

1 Chronicles 7:23 - And when he went in to his wife, she conceived, and bare a son, and he called H7121 his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house.

1 Chronicles 11:7 - And David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called H7121 it the city of David.

1 Chronicles 13:6 - And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Kirjathjearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up thence the ark of God the LORD, that dwelleth between the cherubims, whose name is called H7121 on it.

1 Chronicles 13:11 - And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzza: wherefore that place is called H7121 Perezuzza to this day.

1 Chronicles 14:11 - So they came up to Baalperazim; and David smote them there. Then David said, God hath broken in upon mine enemies by mine hand like the breaking forth of waters: therefore they called H7121 the name of that place Baalperazim.

1 Chronicles 15:11 - And David called H7121 for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab,

1 Chronicles 16:8 - Give thanks unto the LORD, call H7121 upon his name, make known his deeds among the people.

1 Chronicles 21:26 - And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called H7121 upon the LORD; and he answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt offering.

1 Chronicles 22:6 - Then he called H7121 for Solomon his son, and charged him to build an house for the LORD God of Israel.

1 Chronicles 23:14 - Now concerning Moses the man of God, his sons were named H7121 of the tribe of Levi.

2 Chronicles 3:17 - And he reared up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left; and called H7121 the name of that on the right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.

2 Chronicles 6:33 - Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth H7121 to thee for; that all people of the earth may know thy name, and fear thee, as doth thy people Israel, and may know that this house which I have built is called H7121 by thy name.

2 Chronicles 7:14 - If my people, which are called H7121 by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

2 Chronicles 10:3 - And they sent and called H7121 him. So Jeroboam and all Israel came and spake to Rehoboam, saying,

2 Chronicles 14:11 - And Asa cried H7121 unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O LORD, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee.

2 Chronicles 18:8 - And the king of Israel called H7121 for one of his officers, and said, Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imla.

2 Chronicles 18:12 - And the messenger that went to call H7121 Micaiah spake to him, saying, Behold, the words of the prophets declare good to the king with one assent; let thy word therefore, I pray thee, be like one of theirs, and speak thou good.

2 Chronicles 20:3 - And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed H7121 a fast throughout all Judah.

2 Chronicles 20:26 - And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Berachah; for there they blessed the LORD: therefore the name of the same place was called, H7121 The valley of Berachah, unto this day.

2 Chronicles 24:6 - And the king called H7121 for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the collection, according to the commandment of Moses the servant of the LORD, and of the congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of witness?

2 Chronicles 32:18 - Then they cried H7121 with a loud voice in the Jews' speech unto the people of Jerusalem that were on the wall, to affright them, and to trouble them; that they might take the city.

2 Chronicles 34:18 - Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath given me a book. And Shaphan read H7121 it before the king.

2 Chronicles 34:24 - Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the curses that are written in the book which they have read H7121 before the king of Judah:

2 Chronicles 34:30 - And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people, great and small: and he read H7121 in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of the LORD.

Ezra 2:61 - And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai; which took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called H7121 after their name:

Ezra 8:21 - Then I proclaimed H7121 a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.

Nehemiah 5:12 - Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do as thou sayest. Then I called H7121 the priests, and took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise.

Nehemiah 6:7 - And thou hast also appointed prophets to preach H7121 of thee at Jerusalem, saying, There is a king in Judah: and now shall it be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together.

Nehemiah 7:63 - And of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai, which took one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite to wife, and was called H7121 after their name.

Nehemiah 8:3 - And he read H7121 therein before the street that was before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law.

Nehemiah 8:8 - So they read H7121 in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.

Nehemiah 8:18 - Also day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he read H7121 in the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according unto the manner.

Nehemiah 9:3 - And they stood up in their place, and read H7121 in the book of the law of the LORD their God one fourth part of the day; and another fourth part they confessed, and worshipped the LORD their God.

Nehemiah 13:1 - On that day they read H7121 in the book of Moses in the audience of the people; and therein was found written, that the Ammonite and the Moabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever;

Esther 2:14 - In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king's chamberlain, which kept the concubines: she came in unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and that she were called H7121 by name.

Esther 3:12 - Then were the king's scribes called H7121 on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors that were over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king's ring.

Esther 4:5 - Then called H7121 Esther for Hatach, one of the king's chamberlains, whom he had appointed to attend upon her, and gave him a commandment to Mordecai, to know what it was, and why it was.

Esther 4:11 - All the king's servants, and the people of the king's provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, H7121 there is one law of his to put him to death, except such to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live: but I have not been called H7121 to come in unto the king these thirty days.

Esther 5:12 - Haman said moreover, Yea, Esther the queen did let no man come in with the king unto the banquet that she had prepared but myself; and to morrow am I invited H7121 unto her also with the king.

Esther 6:1 - On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read H7121 before the king.

Esther 6:9 - And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, that they may array the man withal whom the king delighteth to honour, and bring him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaim H7121 before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honour.

Esther 6:11 - Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and brought him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaimed H7121 before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour.

Esther 8:9 - Then were the king's scribes called H7121 at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.

Esther 9:26 - Wherefore they called H7121 these days Purim after the name of Pur. Therefore for all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and which had come unto them,

Job 1:4 - And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day; and sent and called H7121 for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.