Qᵉrâʼ — H7123

Definition

verb

to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)

1. to call, read aloud, read out, shout
1. (P'al)
1. to call, proclaim
2. to read aloud, read out
2. (Ithp'el) to be summoned, be called

Usually translated as

read, call, cry

Origin

(Aramaic) corresponding to H7121

• Qârâʼ (H7121)

Occurrences

Qᵉrâʼ occurs 11 times in 10 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Ezra (2), Daniel (8)

• Ezra 4:18 — The letter which ye sent unto us hath been plainly read (קֱרִ֖י) before me.
• Ezra 4:23 — Now when the copy of king Artaxerxes’ letter was read (קֱרִ֧י) before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went up in haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews, and made them to cease by force and power.
• Daniel 3:4 — Then an herald cried (קָרֵ֣א) aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages,
• Daniel 4:14 — He cried (קָרֵ֨א) aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off his branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from his branches:
• Daniel 5:7 — The king cried (קָרֵ֤א) aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.
• Daniel 5:7 — The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read (יִקְרֵ֞ה) this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.
• Daniel 5:8 — Then came in all the king’s wise men: but they could not read (לְמִקְרֵ֔א) the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof.
• Daniel 5:12 — Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called (יִתְקְרֵ֖י), and he will shew the interpretation.
• Daniel 5:15 — And now the wise men, the astrologers, have been brought in before me, that they should read (יִקְר֔וֹן) this writing, and make known unto me the interpretation thereof: but they could not shew the interpretation of the thing:
• Daniel 5:16 — And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read (לְמִקְרֵ֗א) the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom.
• Daniel 5:17 — Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet I will read (אֶקְרֵ֣א) the writing unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation.