Strong’s H7136 · Hebrew
קָרָה
qârâh
kaw-raw'
Definition
to light upon (chiefly by accident); causatively, to bring about; specifically, to impose timbers (for roof or floor)
Etymology
a primitive root;
How the KJV renders it
- appoint
- lay (make) beams
- befall
- bring
- come (to pass unto)
- floor
- (hap) was
- happen (unto)
- meet
- send good speed
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.