Quick Definition
to encounter: meet
Strong's Definition
to encounter, whether accidentally or in a hostile manner
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: befall, (by) chance, (cause to) come (upon), fall out, happen, meet.
TWOT Reference: 2064
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) to encounter, befall, meet
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to meet, encounter
1a2) to befall (fig)
1b) (Niphal) to meet, meet unexpectedly
1c) (Hiphil) to cause to meet
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
: meet
1) to encounter, befall, meet
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to meet, encounter
1a2) to befall (fig)
1b) (Niphal) to meet, meet unexpectedly
1c) (Hiphil) to cause to meet
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
קָרָא
qârâ
BDB Definition:
1) to encounter, befall, meet
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to meet, encounter
1a2) to befall (figuratively)
1b) (Niphal) to meet, meet unexpectedly
1c) (Hiphil) to cause to meet
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: a primitive root, to encounter, whether accidentally or in a hostile manner
Same Word by TWOT Number: 2064
Total KJV Occurrences: 19