Strong's Hebrew · H7121
קָרָא
qârâʼ · kaw-raw'
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.
Definition
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
Derivation
a primitive root (rather identical with H7122 (קָרָא) through the idea of accosting a person met);
Appears 733 times in Scripture
“And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and He brought them to the man to see what he would name each one. And whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.”
“God called the light “day,” and the darkness He called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.”
“When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see, he called his older son Esau and said to him, “My son.” “Here I am,” Esau replied.”
“God called the expanse “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.”
“God called the dry land “earth,” and the gathering of waters He called “seas.” And God saw that it was good.”
“The man gave names to all the livestock, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam no suitable helper was found.”
“So he called it Shibah, and to this day the name of the city is Beersheba.”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).