Know the Word.

Hebrew word

qârâʼ

kaw-raw'

קָרָא

What it means

to call out to

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

Where it comes from

a primitive root (rather identical with qârâʼ (קָרָא) through the idea of accosting a person met)

How the King James translates it

  • called375
  • call125
  • cried53
  • read35
  • cry33
  • proclaim21
  • proclaimed12
  • calleth12

Every place it appears 715

Ecclesiastes6:10
Song of Solomon5:6
Micah3:56:9
Zephaniah3:9
Haggai1:11
Malachi1:4