מִקְרֶה
Transliteration
miqrê
Pronunciation
mik-reh'
Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From קָרָה (H7136)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2068c

Strong’s Definitions

מִקְרֶה miqreh, mik-reh'; from H7136; something met with, i.e. an accident or fortune:—something befallen, befalleth, chance, event, hap(-peneth).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x

The KJV translates Strong's H4745 in the following manner: befall (4x), event (3x), hap (1x), chance (1x), happeneth (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x
The KJV translates Strong's H4745 in the following manner: befall (4x), event (3x), hap (1x), chance (1x), happeneth (1x).

  1. unforeseen meeting or event, accident, happening, chance, fortune

    1. accident, chance

    2. fortune, fate

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מִקְרֶה miqreh, mik-reh'; from H7136; something met with, i.e. an accident or fortune:—something befallen, befalleth, chance, event, hap(-peneth).
STRONGS H4745: Abbreviations
† מִקְרֶה noun masculine1 Samuel 6:9 accident, chance, fortune; — absolute מ׳ 1 Samuel 6:9 +; construct מִקְרֵה Ecclesiastes 2:15 (so read also Ecclesiastes 3:19 (twice in verse) with RuëtKau Wild, for MT מִקְרֶה); —
1. accident, chance, 1 Samuel 6:9; 1 Samuel 20:26; with קָרָה Ruth 2:3 (see ק׳ 1).
2. in Ecclesiastes, fortune, fate, מ׳ אֶחָד יִקְרֶה אֶתכֻּֿלָּם Ecclesiastes 2:14 compare Ecclesiastes 2:15, 3:19 (3 times in verse); Ecclesiastes 9:2, 3.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Ruth

Ruth 2:3

1 Samuel

1 Samuel 6:9; 1 Samuel 6:9; 1 Samuel 6:9; 1 Samuel 20:26

Ecclesiastes

Ecclesiastes 2:14; Ecclesiastes 2:15; Ecclesiastes 2:15; Ecclesiastes 3:19; Ecclesiastes 3:19; Ecclesiastes 9:2; Ecclesiastes 9:3