qera (to read) · Rightly

Meaning

To call, read aloud, read out, shout(P'al) · (Ithp'el) to be summoned, be called

How it's translated

it was read aloud 2
proclaiming 2
to read aloud 2
calling 1
he will read aloud 1
let him be summoned 1
they will read aloud 1
i will read aloud 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

Daniel 8
Ezra 2

2 books in all.

Related words

Explore in Scripture

Daniel 4:14In contextHe cried 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 5:7In contextThe 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 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 5:8In contextThen came in all the king’s wise men: but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof.
Daniel 5:12In contextForasmuch 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, and he will shew the interpretation.
Daniel 5:15In contextAnd now the wise men, the astrologers, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known unto me the interpretation thereof: but they could not shew the interpretation of the thing:
Daniel 5:16In contextAnd I have heard of thee, that thou canst make interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read 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.

All 10 verses, by book

Ezra 2: 4:18 4:23
Daniel 8: 3:4 4:14 5:7 5:8 5:12 5:15 5:16 5:17

Aramaic dictionary

קְרָא qera · to read

1) to call, read aloud, read out, shout 1a) (P'al) 1a1) to call, proclaim 1a2) to read aloud, read out 1b)(Ithp'el) to be summoned, be called

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “read” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

READ, noun

[See the Verb.]

Counsel. [Obs.]
Saying; sentence. obsolete

All definitions and other forms of “read”

READ, verb transitive

The preterit and participle passive read is pronounced red. [Gr. to say or tell, to flow; a speaker, a rhetorician. The primary sense of read is to speak, to utter, that is, to push, drive or advance. This is also the primary sense of ready, that is, prompt or advancing, quick. Latin gratia, the primary sense of which is prompt to favor, advancing towards, free. The elements of these words are the same as those of ride and Latin gradior, etc. The sense of reason is secondary, that which is uttered, said or set forth; hence counsel also. See Ready.]

To utter or pronounce written or printed words, letters or characters in the proper order; to repeat the names or utter the sounds customarily annexed to words, letters or characters; as, to read a written or printed discourse; to read the letters of an alphabet; to read figures; to read the notes of music, or to read music.
To inspect and understand words or characters; to peruse silently; as, to read a paper or letter without uttering the words; to read to one's self.
To discover or understand by characters, marks or features; as, to read a man's thoughts in his countenance.
To learn by observation.
To know fully.
To suppose; to guess. obsolete
To advise. obsolete

READ, verb intransitive

To perform the act of reading.“So they read in the book of the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense” Nehemiah 8:8
To be studious; to practice much reading.
To learn by reading.
To tell; to declare. [Not in use.]

READ, participle passive

red.

Uttered; pronounced, as written words in the proper order; as, the letter was read to the family.
Silently perused.

READ, adjective

red. Instructed or knowing by reading; versed in books; learned. Well read is the phrase commonly used; as well read in history; well read in the classics.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.