Strong's Definition
to light upon (chiefly by accident); causatively, to bring about; specifically, to impose timbers (for roof or floor)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: appoint, lay (make) beams, befall, bring, come (to pass unto), floor, (hap) was, happen (unto), meet, send good speed.
TWOT Reference: 2068,e
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) to encounter, meet, befall, happen, come to meet
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to encounter, meet
1a2) to befall
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to encounter, meet (without pre-arrangement)
1b2) to chance to be present
1b3) to come to meet
1c) (Hiphil) to cause to meet, appoint
2) to build with beams
2a) (Piel) to lay the beams of, furnish with beams
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
קָרָה
qârâh
BDB Definition:
1) to encounter, meet, befall, happen, come to meet
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to encounter, meet
1a2) to befall
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to encounter, meet (without pre-arrangement)
1b2) to chance to be present
1b3) to come to meet
1c) (Hiphil) to cause to meet, appoint
2) to build with beams
2a) (Piel) to lay the beams of, furnish with beams
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 2068, 2068e
Total KJV Occurrences: 28