Strong's Hebrew · H7136
H7136 qârâh
קָרָה
kaw-raw'
to meet
qârâh appears 27 times in Scripture, including Genesis 24:12 and Exodus 3:18. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
to light upon (chiefly by accident); causatively, to bring about; specifically, to impose timbers (for roof or floor)
In the King James Version
appoint, lay (make) beams, befall, bring, come (to pass unto), floor, (hap) was, happen (unto), meet, send good speed.
Derivation
a primitive root;
Appears 27 times in Scripture
“The LORD answered Moses, “Is the LORD’s arm too short? Now you will see whether or not My word will come to pass.””
“But Isaac asked his son, “How did you ever find it so quickly, my son?” “Because the LORD your God brought it to me,” he replied.”
“And the LORD met with Balaam and put a message in his mouth, saying, “Return to Balak and speak what I tell you.””
““Stay here by your burnt offering while I am gone,” Balaam said to Balak. “Perhaps the LORD will meet with me. And whatever He reveals to me, I will tell you.” So Balaam went off to a barren height,”
“Now if you also take this one from me and harm comes to him, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.’”
“When they reached their father Jacob in the land of Canaan, they described to him all that had happened to them:”
“and God met with him. “I have set up seven altars,” Balaam said, “and on each altar I have offered a bull and a ram.””
“The elders of Israel will listen to what you say, and you must go with them to the king of Egypt and tell him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Now please let us take a three-day journey into the wilderness, so that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.’”
““O LORD, God of my master Abraham,” he prayed, “please grant me success today, and show kindness to my master Abraham.”
“Balaam said to Balak, “Stay here beside your burnt offering while I meet the LORD over there.””
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
