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 · AVqrmsa

Then the herald cried aloud, “To you it is commanded, peoples, nations, and languages,

Daniel 4:14 · AVqrmsa

He cried aloud and said this: ‘Cut down the tree, and cut off its branches! Shake off its leaves and scatter its fruit! Let the animals get away from under it and the birds from its branches.

Daniel 5:7 · AVqi3ms

The king cried aloud to bring in the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. The king spoke and said to the wise men of Babylon, “Whoever reads this writing and shows me its interpretation shall be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.”

Daniel 5:8 · AR/Vqc

Then all the king’s wise men came in; but they could not read the writing, and couldn’t make known to the king the interpretation.

Daniel 5:12 · AVui3ms

because an excellent spirit, knowledge, understanding, interpreting of dreams, showing of dark sentences, and dissolving of doubts were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar. Now let Daniel be called, and he will show the interpretation.”

Daniel 5:15 · AVqi3mp

Now the wise men, the enchanters, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known to me its interpretation; but they could not show the interpretation of the thing.

Daniel 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.