To encounter
קָרָאStrong’s H7122qara (qa-ra)
Appears in 135 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Qara is the Hebrew word usually translated “meet”, “meet him” and “meet them”. It appears in 135 verses of the Old Testament.
“And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,”
Meaning
- To encounter, befall, meet(Qal) · (Niphal) to meet, meet unexpectedly · (Hiphil) to cause to meet
How it's translated
- to meet 53
- to meet him 28
- to meet them 15
- to meet you 7
- to meet me 7
- to meet us 6
- to meet her 4
- it should happen to him 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Samuel 19
- 2 Samuel 16
- 2 Kings 16
- Genesis 14
- Judges 11
- Exodus 9
20 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 14:17And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king’s dale.
- Genesis 15:10And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not.
- Genesis 18:2And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,
- Genesis 19:1And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;
- Genesis 24:17And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher.
- Genesis 24:65For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant had said, It is my master: therefore she took a vail, and covered herself.
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Hebrew dictionary
קָרָא qara · to encounter
: meet 1) to encounter, befall, meet 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to meet, encounter 1a2) to befall (fig) 1b) (Niphal) to meet, meet unexpectedly 1c) (Hiphil) to cause to meet
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “encounter” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
ENCOUNT'ER, noun
[Latin contra, against, or rather rencontre.]
- A meeting, particularly a sudden or accidental meeting of two or more persons.
- A meeting in contest; a single combat, on a sudden meeting of parties; sometimes less properly, a duel.
- A fight; a conflict; a skirmish; a battle; but more generally, a fight between a small number of men, or an accidental meeting and fighting of detachments, rather than a set battle or general engagement.
- Eager and warm conversation, either in love or anger.
All definitions and other forms of “encounter”
- A sudden or unexpected address or accosting.
- Occasion; casual incident. [Unusual.]
ENCOUNT'ER, verb transitive
- To meet face to face; particularly, to meet suddenly or unexpectedly.
- To meet in opposition, or in a hostile manner; to rush against in conflict; to engage with in battle; as, two armies encounter each other.
- To meet and strive to remove or surmount; as, to encounter obstacles, impediments or difficulties.
- To meet and oppose; to resist; to attack and attempt to confute; as, to encounter the arguments of opponents. Acts 17:18
- To meet as an obstacle.
- To oppose; to oppugn.
- To meet in mutual kindness. [Little used.]
ENCOUNT'ER, verb intransitive
To meet face to face; to meet unexpectedly. [Little used.]
- To rush together in combat; to fight; to conflict.
- To meet in opposition or debate.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.