# קָרָה (qarah)

Israeli respelling: qa-rah. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H7136. 27 Old Testament occurrences.

to light upon (chiefly by accident); causatively, to bring about; specifically, to impose timbers (for roof or floor)

King James renderings: appoint, lay (make) beams, befall, bring, come (to pass unto), floor, (hap) was, happen (unto), meet, send good speed.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/qarah-h7136

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 24:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/24/12) — And he said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good speed this day, and shew kindness unto my master Abraham.
- [Genesis 27:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/27/20) — And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the LORD thy God brought it to me.
- [Genesis 42:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/42/29) — And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell unto them; saying,
- [Genesis 44:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/44/29) — And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
- [Exodus 3:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/3/18) — And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him,…
- [Numbers 11:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/11/23) — And the LORD said unto Moses, Is the LORD’s hand waxed short? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not.
- [Numbers 23:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/23/3) — And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure the LORD will come to meet me: and whatsoever he shewe…
- [Numbers 23:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/23/4) — And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon every altar a bullock and a ram.
- [Numbers 23:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/23/15) — And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the LORD yonder.
- [Numbers 23:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/23/16) — And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.
- [Numbers 35:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/35/11) — Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares.
- [Deuteronomy 25:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/25/18) — How he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, even all that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast faint and weary; and he f…
- [Ruth 2:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ruth/2/3) — And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz, wh…
- [1 Samuel 28:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/28/10) — And Saul sware to her by the LORD, saying, As the LORD liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing.
- [2 Samuel 1:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/1/6) — And the young man that told him said, As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots…
- [2 Chronicles 34:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/34/11) — Even to the artificers and builders gave they it, to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and to floor the houses which the kings of J…
- [Nehemiah 2:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/2/8) — And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which apperta…
- [Nehemiah 3:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/3/3) — But the fish gate did the sons of Hassenaah build, who also laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and th…
- [Nehemiah 3:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/3/6) — Moreover the old gate repaired Jehoiada the son of Paseah, and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah; they laid the beams thereof, and set up the…
- [Esther 4:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/esther/4/7) — And Mordecai told him of all that had happened unto him, and of the sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the king’s treasurie…
- [Esther 6:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/esther/6/13) — And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him,…
- [Psalms 104:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/104/3) — Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:
- [Ecclesiastes 2:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/2/14) — The wise man’s eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.
- [Ecclesiastes 2:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/2/15) — Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, th…
- [Ecclesiastes 9:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/9/11) — I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet…
- [Isaiah 41:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/41/22) — Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen: let them shew the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and kno…
- [Daniel 10:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/10/14) — Now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people in the latter days: for yet the vision is for many days.
