Definition

to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)

Etymology

a primitive root (rather identical with H7122 (קָרָא) through the idea of accosting a person met);

Word family

• קָרָא qârâʼ

How the KJV renders it

• bewray (self)
• that are bidden
• call (for
• forth
• self
• upon)
• cry (unto)
• (be) famous
• guest
• invite
• mention
• (give) name
• preach
• (make) proclaim(-ation)
• pronounce
• publish
• read
• renowned
• say

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.