קְרָא

qᵉrâʼ · Hebrew · Strong's H7123 · 11 occurrences

The KJV renders 18 different Hebrew and Greek words as “cry”

What it means

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

(Aramaic) corresponding to H7121 (קָרָא)

How the KJV renders it

call, cry, read

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

“cry”

also renders epiphōnéō (G2019), phōnéō (G5455), aphíēmi (G863), boḗ (G995), boáō (G994), krázō (G2896), kraugḗ (G2906), zᵉʻiq (H2200), zaʻaq (H2201), ʻârag (H6165), pâʻâh (H6463), tsᵉvâchâh (H6682), tsaʻăqâh (H6818), tsârach (H6873), rinnâh (H7440), shûwaʻ (H7769), shevaʻ (H7773)

“call”

also renders phōnéō (G5455), onomázō (G3687), epilégomai (G1951), kaléō (G2564), eréō (G2046), eponomázō (G2028), prosagoreúō (G4316), légō (G3004)

“read”

also renders anaginṓskō (G314)

Where it appears

11 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 10 verses shown.

Daniel 3:4 AVqrmsaDaniel 4:14 AVqrmsaDaniel 5:7 AVqi3msDaniel 5:8 AR/VqcDaniel 5:12 AVui3msDaniel 5:15 AVqi3mpDaniel 5:16 AR/VqcDaniel 5:17 AVqi1csEzra 4:18 AVQp3msEzra 4:23 AVQp3ms

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.