Bible word study

Qarah (Strong’s H7136): Meaning in the Bible

Qarah (קָרָה) is the Hebrew word numbered H7136 in Strong’s concordance of the Bible. Strong’s defines it as to light upon (chiefly by accident); causatively, to bring about; specifically, to impose timbers (for roof or floor). In the King James Bible it is translated appoint, lay (make) beams, befall, bring, come (to pass unto).

• Original wordקָרָה
• Transliterationqârâh
• Pronunciationkaw-raw'
• Part of speechverb (v)
• Strong’s numberH7136
• LanguageHebrew

The full Strong’s definition

Derivation. a primitive root;

How the King James Bible translates it

Where Qarah appears in the Bible

In the King James Bible’s text tagged with Strong’s numbers, Qarah (H7136) stands behind 27 English renderings in 27 verses across 14 of the 66 books. It is most frequent in Numbers (6), Genesis (4), Nehemiah (3).

How the King James Bible renders Qarah, by count

• beams4 of 27 (15 percent)
• met4 of 27 (15 percent)
• happeneth3 of 27 (11 percent)
• happen2 of 27 (7 percent)
• happened2 of 27 (7 percent)
• appoint1 of 27 (4 percent)

Three places to read Qarah

• 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.
• Numbers 23:16 And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.
• 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 doors thereof, and the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.

Counts are made at build time from the King James text tagged with Strong’s numbers (eBible.org, public domain). Verses are read from the stored King James text, never typed.

Why the word matters

Every word the biblical writers chose carries weight. Studying Qarah in the original Hebrew lets you read the passages where it appears more carefully, closer to what the first hearers understood, so the meaning is drawn from the text itself rather than from the English alone.

The lexical data on this page comes from the public-domain Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890), a Hebrew and Greek dictionary keyed to the King James Bible. It is a reference tool, not a settled verdict: no single word decides a doctrine, and meaning is finally shaped by how a word is used in its sentences. Read the passages themselves, prayerfully, and in full.

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