Quick Definition
befall
Strong's Definition
an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
Derivation: from H7122 (קָרָא);
KJV Usage: [idiom] against (he come), help, meet, seek, [idiom] to, [idiom] in the way.
TWOT Reference: 2064
Outline of Biblical Usage
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
קִרְאָה (qir.ah) — befall. 1) (BDB) to encounter, befall, meet 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to meet, encounter 1a2) to befall (fig)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · מִקְרָא · קֹרֵא · קָרִיא · קְרִיאָה
Shout | verb qal, verb pe'al, verb pu'al, verb nif
to cry out = action by which humans or deities speak with a loud voice, often to draw attention to themselves or to their situation and expecting someone to respond in one way or another
GEN 3:9 · GEN 4:26 · GEN 12:8 · GEN 13:4 · GEN 19:5 · GEN 21:17 · GEN 21:33 · GEN 22:11 · GEN 22:15 · GEN 26:25 · GEN 28:1 · GEN 39:14 · GEN 39:15 · GEN 39:18 · GEN 41:43 · GEN 45:1 · GEN 49:1 · EXO 3:4 · EXO 8:21 · EXO 10:24 · EXO 19:3 · EXO 24:16 · EXO 33:19 · EXO 34:5 · EXO 34:6 · EXO 34:31 · EXO 36:2 · LEV 1:1 · LEV 10:4 · LEV 13:45 · DEU 4:7 · DEU 5:1 · DEU 15:9 · DEU 20:10 · DEU 24:15 · DEU 29:1 · DEU 32:3 · JOS 4:4 · JOS 6:6 · JOS 10:24 · JDG 7:20 · JDG 9:7 · JDG 9:54 · JDG 15:18 · JDG 16:28 · JDG 18:23 · JDG 21:13 · 1SA 3:4 · 1SA 3:5 · 1SA 3:6 · 1SA 3:6 · 1SA 3:9 · 1SA 3:10 · 1SA 9:26 · 1SA 12:17 · 1SA 12:18 · 1SA 16:8 · 1SA 17:8 · 1SA 20:37 · 1SA 20:38 · 1SA 24:9 · 1SA 26:14 · 1SA 26:14 · 1SA 29:6 · 2SA 1:7 · 2SA 2:26 · 2SA 9:9 · 2SA 14:33 · 2SA 15:2 · 2SA 18:25 · 2SA 18:26 · 2SA 18:28 · 2SA 20:16 · 2SA 22:4 · 2SA 22:7 · 2SA 22:7 · 1KI 8:43 · 1KI 8:52 · 1KI 13:2 · 1KI 13:4 · 1KI 13:21 · 1KI 13:32 · 1KI 17:10 · 1KI 17:11 · 1KI 17:20 · 1KI 17:21 · 1KI 18:3 · 1KI 18:24 · 1KI 18:24 · 1KI 18:25 · 1KI 18:26 · 1KI 18:27 · 1KI 18:28 · 1KI 22:9 · 2KI 4:22 · 2KI 4:36 · 2KI 4:36 · 2KI 5:11 · 2KI 6:11 · 2KI 7:10 · 2KI 7:11 · 2KI 11:14 · 2KI 18:18 · 2KI 18:28 · 2KI 20:11 · 1CH 16:8 · 1CH 21:26 · 2CH 6:33 · 2CH 14:10 · 2CH 18:8 · 2CH 32:18 · EST 6:9 · EST 6:11 · JOB 5:1 · JOB 9:16 · JOB 13:22 · JOB 14:15 · JOB 27:10 · PSA 3:5 · PSA 4:2 · PSA 4:4 · PSA 14:4 · PSA 17:6 · PSA 18:4 · PSA 18:7 · PSA 20:10 · PSA 22:3 · PSA 27:7 · PSA 28:1 · PSA 30:9 · PSA 31:18 · PSA 34:7 · PSA 42:8 · PSA 50:4 · PSA 50:15 · PSA 53:5 · PSA 55:17 · PSA 56:10 · PSA 61:3 · PSA 66:17 · PSA 69:4 · PSA 81:8 · PSA 86:3 · PSA 86:5 · PSA 86:7 · PSA 88:10 · PSA 89:27 · PSA 91:15 · PSA 99:6 · PSA 99:6 · PSA 102:3 · PSA 105:1 · PSA 116:2 · PSA 116:4 · PSA 116:13 · PSA 116:17 · PSA 118:5 · PSA 119:145 · PSA 119:146 · PSA 120:1 · PSA 130:1 · PSA 138:3 · PSA 141:1 · PSA 145:18 · PSA 145:18 · PSA 147:9 · PRO 1:21 · PRO 1:24 · PRO 1:28 · PRO 8:1 · PRO 8:4 · PRO 9:3 · PRO 21:13 · ISA 6:3 · ISA 6:4 · ISA 8:4 · ISA 12:4 · ISA 21:8 · ISA 21:11 · ISA 34:14 · ISA 36:13 · ISA 40:2 · ISA 40:3 · ISA 40:6 · ISA 40:6 · ISA 43:22 · ISA 44:5 · ISA 48:13 · ISA 50:2 · ISA 55:6 · ISA 58:1 · ISA 58:9 · ISA 65:1 · ISA 65:12 · ISA 65:24 · ISA 66:4 · JER 2:2 · JER 3:12 · JER 4:5 · JER 7:2 · JER 7:13 · JER 7:27 · JER 11:6 · JER 11:14 · JER 12:6 · JER 19:2 · JER 20:8 · JER 29:12 · JER 31:6 · JER 33:3 · JER 35:17 · JER 44:26 · JER 49:29 · LAM 1:19 · LAM 3:55 · LAM 3:57 · LAM 4:15 · EZK 8:18 · EZK 9:1 · EZK 9:3 · EZK 36:29 · DAN 3:4 · DAN 4:11 · DAN 5:7 · DAN 8:16 · HOS 7:7 · HOS 7:11 · JOL 1:19 · JON 1:2 · JON 1:6 · JON 1:14 · JON 2:3 · JON 3:2 · JON 3:4 · JON 3:8 · MIC 3:5 · ZEC 1:4 · ZEC 1:14 · ZEC 1:17 · ZEC 7:7 · ZEC 7:13 · ZEC 7:13 · ZEC 13:9
Shout | verb qal, verb pe'al, verb pe'il, verb nif
to read, to recite = action by which humans speak written words aloud
EXO 24:7 · DEU 17:19 · DEU 31:11 · JOS 8:34 · JOS 8:35 · JOS 21:9 · 2KI 5:7 · 2KI 19:14 · 2KI 22:8 · 2KI 22:10 · 2KI 22:16 · 2KI 23:2 · 1CH 6:50 · 2CH 34:18 · 2CH 34:24 · 2CH 34:30 · EZR 4:18 · EZR 4:23 · NEH 8:3 · NEH 8:8 · NEH 8:18 · NEH 9:3 · NEH 13:1 · EST 6:1 · ISA 29:11 · ISA 29:12 · ISA 34:16 · ISA 37:14 · JER 29:29 · JER 36:6 · JER 36:6 · JER 36:8 · JER 36:10 · JER 36:13 · JER 36:14 · JER 36:15 · JER 36:15 · JER 36:18 · JER 36:21 · JER 36:23 · JER 51:61 · JER 51:63 · DAN 5:7 · DAN 5:8 · DAN 5:15 · DAN 5:16 · DAN 5:17 · HAB 2:2
Great | verb qal ptc.pass, verb nif
to be renowned literally: to be called (by name); hence: = state in which humans have a high reputation which results in their names being pronounced on a regular basis
Know | verb nif
to be named, to be known literally: to be called; hence: = state in which a person is known with certain characteristics and treated as such
GEN 21:12 · GEN 48:6 · GEN 48:16 · 1CH 23:14 · EZR 2:61 · NEH 7:63 · ISA 14:20
Know | verb qal
to proclaim, to make a proclamation literally: to cry out; hence: = causative action by which humans or deities make a public announcement
EXO 32:5 · LEV 23:2 · LEV 23:4 · LEV 23:21 · LEV 23:37 · LEV 25:10 · DEU 15:2 · JDG 7:3 · 1KI 21:9 · 1KI 21:12 · 2KI 10:20 · 2KI 23:16 · 2KI 23:16 · 2KI 23:17 · 2CH 20:3 · EZR 8:21 · NEH 6:7 · PRO 12:23 · PRO 20:6 · ISA 1:13 · ISA 22:12 · ISA 44:7 · ISA 61:1 · ISA 61:2 · JER 34:8 · JER 34:15 · JER 34:17 · JER 34:17 · JER 36:9 · LAM 1:21 · JOL 1:14 · JOL 2:15 · JOL 4:9 · AMO 4:5 · JON 3:5
Move | verb qal, verb nif, verb pu'al, verb hitpe'el
to call, to summon, to invite literally: to cry out; hence: = causative action by which humans or deities let (other) humans know that they are to come, either by approaching them directly or sending a message
GEN 12:18 · GEN 20:8 · GEN 20:9 · GEN 24:57 · GEN 24:58 · GEN 26:9 · GEN 27:1 · GEN 27:42 · GEN 31:4 · GEN 31:54 · GEN 39:14 · GEN 41:8 · GEN 41:14 · GEN 46:33 · GEN 47:29 · EXO 1:18 · EXO 2:7 · EXO 2:8 · EXO 2:20 · EXO 7:11 · EXO 8:4 · EXO 9:27 · EXO 10:16 · EXO 12:21 · EXO 12:31 · EXO 19:7 · EXO 19:20 · EXO 31:2 · EXO 34:15 · EXO 35:30 · LEV 9:1 · NUM 12:5 · NUM 16:12 · NUM 22:5 · NUM 22:20 · NUM 22:37 · NUM 24:10 · NUM 25:2 · DEU 25:8 · DEU 31:7 · DEU 31:14 · DEU 33:19 · JOS 9:22 · JOS 22:1 · JOS 23:2 · JOS 24:1 · JOS 24:9 · JDG 4:6 · JDG 8:1 · JDG 12:1 · JDG 14:15 · JDG 16:18 · JDG 16:19 · JDG 16:25 · JDG 16:25 · 1SA 3:5 · 1SA 3:6 · 1SA 3:8 · 1SA 3:8 · 1SA 3:8 · 1SA 3:16 · 1SA 6:2 · 1SA 9:13 · 1SA 9:22 · 1SA 9:24 · 1SA 16:3 · 1SA 16:5 · 1SA 19:7 · 1SA 22:11 · 1SA 28:15 · 2SA 1:15 · 2SA 9:2 · 2SA 11:13 · 2SA 13:17 · 2SA 13:23 · 2SA 15:11 · 2SA 17:5 · 2SA 21:2 · 1KI 1:9 · 1KI 1:10 · 1KI 1:19 · 1KI 1:19 · 1KI 1:25 · 1KI 1:26 · 1KI 1:28 · 1KI 1:32 · 1KI 1:41 · 1KI 1:49 · 1KI 2:36 · 1KI 2:42 · 1KI 12:3 · 1KI 12:20 · 1KI 20:7 · 1KI 22:13 · 2KI 3:10 · 2KI 3:13 · 2KI 4:12 · 2KI 4:12 · 2KI 4:15 · 2KI 4:15 · 2KI 4:36 · 2KI 8:1 · 2KI 9:1 · 2KI 10:19 · 2KI 12:8 · 1CH 4:10 · 1CH 15:11 · 1CH 22:6 · 2CH 10:3 · 2CH 18:12 · 2CH 24:6 · NEH 5:12 · EST 2:14 · EST 3:12 · EST 4:5 · EST 4:11 · EST 4:11 · EST 5:12 · EST 8:9 · JOB 1:4 · JOB 12:4 · JOB 19:16 · PSA 50:1 · PSA 57:3 · PSA 105:16 · PSA 141:1 · PRO 2:3 · PRO 9:15 · PRO 9:18 · PRO 18:6 · SNG 5:6 · ISA 13:3 · ISA 22:20 · ISA 31:4 · ISA 40:26 · ISA 41:4 · ISA 41:9 · ISA 42:6 · ISA 43:1 · ISA 43:7 · ISA 45:3 · ISA 45:4 · ISA 46:11 · ISA 48:12 · ISA 48:15 · ISA 49:1 · ISA 51:2 · ISA 54:6 · ISA 55:5 · ISA 59:4 · JER 1:15 · JER 9:16 · JER 36:4 · JER 42:8 · LAM 1:15 · DAN 2:2 · DAN 5:12 · HOS 11:1 · HOS 11:2 · HOS 11:7 · JOL 3:5 · AMO 5:8 · AMO 5:16 · AMO 7:4 · AMO 9:6 · MIC 6:9 · ZEP 1:7 · ZEC 3:10
Happen | verb qal
to summon, to call for (an event) literally: to call, summon; hence: = causative action by which deities cause certain things to happen, ◄ as if they were people that were summoned
Name | verb qal, verb nif, verb pu'al
to name literally: to cry out; hence: = action by which humans or deities assign a name to a person, place, object, or phenomenon
GEN 1:5 · GEN 1:5 · GEN 1:8 · GEN 1:10 · GEN 1:10 · GEN 2:19 · GEN 2:19 · GEN 2:20 · GEN 2:23 · GEN 16:14 · GEN 21:31 · GEN 26:18 · GEN 26:18 · GEN 26:33 · GEN 31:47 · GEN 31:47 · GEN 33:20 · GEN 35:7 · GEN 35:18 · EXO 33:7 · NUM 13:16 · NUM 13:24 · NUM 32:41 · NUM 32:42 · DEU 2:11 · DEU 2:20 · DEU 3:9 · DEU 3:9 · DEU 3:13 · DEU 3:14 · JOS 19:47 · JOS 22:34 · JDG 6:24 · JDG 6:32 · JDG 10:4 · JDG 15:17 · JDG 18:12 · RUT 1:20 · RUT 1:20 · RUT 1:21 · RUT 4:17 · 1SA 4:21 · 1SA 9:9 · 1SA 23:28 · 2SA 2:16 · 2SA 5:9 · 2SA 6:8 · 2SA 18:18 · 2SA 18:18 · 1KI 9:13 · 2KI 18:4 · 1CH 11:7 · 1CH 13:11 · EST 9:26 · JOB 17:14 · PSA 49:12 · PSA 147:4 · PRO 7:4 · PRO 16:21 · PRO 24:8 · PRO 27:16 · ECC 6:10 · ISA 1:26 · ISA 30:7 · ISA 32:5 · ISA 34:12 · ISA 35:8 · ISA 47:1 · ISA 47:5 · ISA 48:1 · ISA 48:2 · ISA 48:8 · ISA 54:5 · ISA 56:7 · ISA 58:5 · ISA 58:12 · ISA 58:13 · ISA 60:14 · ISA 60:18 · ISA 61:3 · ISA 61:6 · ISA 62:4 · ISA 62:12 · ISA 62:12 · JER 3:4 · JER 3:17 · JER 3:19 · JER 6:30 · JER 19:6 · JER 30:17 · JER 33:16 · JER 46:17 · EZK 10:13 · EZK 39:11 · HOS 2:18 · HOS 2:18 · ZEC 8:3 · ZEC 11:7 · ZEC 11:7 · MAL 1:4
Name | verb qal, verb nif, verb pu'al
Collocation: קרא שֵׁם
to name literally: to cry out (someone's) name (something); hence: = action by which humans assign a name to a person or place
GEN 3:20 · GEN 4:17 · GEN 4:25 · GEN 4:26 · GEN 5:2 · GEN 5:3 · GEN 5:29 · GEN 11:9 · GEN 16:11 · GEN 16:13 · GEN 16:15 · GEN 17:5 · GEN 17:15 · GEN 17:19 · GEN 19:22 · GEN 19:37 · GEN 19:38 · GEN 21:3 · GEN 22:14 · GEN 25:25 · GEN 25:26 · GEN 25:30 · GEN 26:20 · GEN 26:21 · GEN 26:22 · GEN 27:36 · GEN 28:19 · GEN 29:32 · GEN 29:33 · GEN 29:34 · GEN 29:35 · GEN 30:6 · GEN 30:8 · GEN 30:11 · GEN 30:13 · GEN 30:18 · GEN 30:20 · GEN 30:21 · GEN 30:24 · GEN 31:48 · GEN 32:3 · GEN 32:31 · GEN 33:17 · GEN 35:8 · GEN 35:10 · GEN 35:10 · GEN 35:15 · GEN 35:18 · GEN 38:3 · GEN 38:4 · GEN 38:5 · GEN 38:29 · GEN 38:30 · GEN 41:45 · GEN 41:51 · GEN 41:52 · GEN 50:11 · EXO 2:10 · EXO 2:22 · EXO 15:23 · EXO 16:31 · EXO 17:7 · EXO 17:15 · NUM 11:3 · NUM 11:34 · NUM 21:3 · NUM 32:38 · DEU 25:10 · JOS 5:9 · JOS 7:26 · JDG 1:17 · JDG 1:26 · JDG 2:5 · JDG 13:24 · JDG 15:19 · JDG 18:29 · RUT 4:17 · 1SA 1:20 · 1SA 7:12 · 2SA 5:20 · 2SA 12:24 · 2SA 12:25 · 1KI 7:21 · 1KI 7:21 · 1KI 16:24 · 2KI 14:7 · 1CH 4:9 · 1CH 7:16 · 1CH 7:23 · 1CH 14:11 · 2CH 3:17 · 2CH 20:26 · JOB 42:14 · ISA 7:14 · ISA 8:3 · ISA 9:5 · ISA 62:2 · ISA 65:15 · JER 11:16 · JER 20:3 · JER 23:6 · EZK 20:29 · DAN 10:1 · HOS 1:4 · HOS 1:6 · HOS 1:9
Associate | verb nif
Collocation: קרא שֵׁם
to be called (by someone's name) literally: (one's) name is called (over someone); hence: = state in which a person or building is closely associate to another person or a deity
DEU 28:10 · 2SA 6:2 · 2SA 12:28 · 1KI 8:43 · 1CH 13:6 · 2CH 6:33 · 2CH 7:14 · ISA 4:1 · ISA 63:19 · JER 7:10 · JER 7:11 · JER 7:14 · JER 7:30 · JER 14:9 · JER 15:16 · JER 25:29 · JER 32:34 · JER 34:15 · DAN 9:18 · DAN 9:19 · AMO 9:12
Serve | verb qal | ≈ ידע
Collocation: קרא בְּשֵׁם
to acknowledge (a deity) literally: to call on (someone's) name; hence: = action by which humans acknowledge a deity and are willing to live in accordance with some of the requirements of that deity
PSA 79:6 · PSA 80:19 · ISA 41:25 · ISA 64:6 · JER 10:25 · JOL 3:5 · ZEP 3:9
Dissociate | verb qal ptc.pass
to choose, to elect literally: to cry out; hence: = causative action by which a community selects leader by calling out their name
verb
Meet | verb qal, verb nif
to meet = action by which humans purposefully move in the direction of (another) human, deity, or object to engage with them
GEN 14:17 · GEN 18:2 · GEN 19:1 · GEN 24:17 · GEN 24:65 · GEN 29:13 · GEN 30:16 · GEN 32:7 · GEN 33:4 · GEN 46:29 · EXO 4:14 · EXO 4:27 · EXO 5:3 · EXO 5:20 · EXO 7:15 · EXO 14:27 · EXO 18:7 · EXO 19:17 · NUM 20:18 · NUM 20:20 · NUM 21:23 · NUM 21:33 · NUM 22:34 · NUM 22:36 · NUM 23:3 · NUM 31:13 · DEU 1:44 · DEU 2:32 · DEU 3:1 · DEU 22:6 · DEU 29:6 · JOS 8:5 · JOS 8:14 · JOS 8:22 · JOS 9:11 · JOS 11:20 · JDG 4:18 · JDG 4:22 · JDG 6:35 · JDG 7:24 · JDG 11:31 · JDG 11:34 · JDG 14:5 · JDG 15:14 · JDG 19:3 · JDG 20:25 · JDG 20:31 · 1SA 4:1 · 1SA 4:2 · 1SA 9:14 · 1SA 10:10 · 1SA 13:10 · 1SA 15:12 · 1SA 16:4 · 1SA 17:2 · 1SA 17:21 · 1SA 17:48 · 1SA 17:48 · 1SA 17:55 · 1SA 18:6 · 1SA 21:2 · 1SA 23:28 · 1SA 25:20 · 1SA 25:32 · 1SA 25:34 · 1SA 30:21 · 1SA 30:21 · 2SA 6:20 · 2SA 10:5 · 2SA 10:9 · 2SA 10:10 · 2SA 10:17 · 2SA 15:32 · 2SA 16:1 · 2SA 18:6 · 2SA 18:9 · 2SA 19:16 · 2SA 19:17 · 2SA 19:21 · 2SA 19:25 · 2SA 19:26 · 1KI 2:8 · 1KI 2:19 · 1KI 18:7 · 1KI 18:16 · 1KI 18:16 · 1KI 20:27 · 1KI 21:18 · 2KI 1:3 · 2KI 1:6 · 2KI 1:7 · 2KI 2:15 · 2KI 4:26 · 2KI 4:31 · 2KI 5:21 · 2KI 5:26 · 2KI 8:8 · 2KI 8:9 · 2KI 9:17 · 2KI 9:18 · 2KI 9:21 · 2KI 10:15 · 2KI 16:10 · 2KI 23:29 · 1CH 19:5 · 1CH 19:10 · 1CH 19:11 · 1CH 19:17 · 2CH 35:20 · JOB 39:21 · PSA 35:3 · PSA 59:5 · PRO 7:10 · PRO 7:15 · ISA 7:3 · ISA 14:9 · ISA 21:14 · JER 41:6 · JER 51:31 · JER 51:31 · AMO 4:12 · ZEC 2:7
Engage | verb qal
to happen (to someone) literally: to meet; hence: = process by which a certain event starts affecting someone
GEN 42:4 · GEN 42:38 · GEN 49:1 · LEV 10:19 · DEU 31:29 · JOB 4:14 · ISA 41:2 · ISA 51:19 · JER 13:22 · JER 44:23
Engage | verb hif
to make happen (to someone) literally: to cause to meet; hence: = causative process by which a deity causes a certain event to start affecting someone
Happen | verb qal, verb nif
to happen literally: to meet; hence: = process by which a certain event starts taking place
Space | verb nif
to happen to be (somewhere) = state in which humans happen to be in a certain place
Search | verb qal
to look for literally: to meet; hence: = action by which humans are actively looking around for certain things to happen
Space | verb qal
opposite literally: to meet; hence: = state in which two inanimate objects are located in a certain place facing one another
1 PRO 27:16 MT NJPS "declare" | RSV NRSV ESV "grasp" NIV "grasping" REB "pick up" GNT CEV "hold"
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[קָרָא] 137 vb. encounter, befall Qal 131 meet, encounter
fig. befall
Niph. meet unexpectedly
Hiph. thou didst cause all this evil to befall them
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