kera · read aloud, call

What it means

kera (קְרָא) is an Aramaic word of the Bible that means “read aloud, call”.

To read aloud; to call (Aramaic). Related to the Hebrew "qara".

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To say in a very loud voice so that all may hear (Aramaic).
2. To speak a written text aloud.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• read ×6
• called out ×2
• be called ×1
• reads ×1
• was calling out ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Ezra×2
• Daniel×9

• Ezra 4:18

  the letter that you sent to us has been read clearly before me.

• Ezra 4:23

  Then, as soon as the copy of the letter of Artaxerxes the king was read before Rehum and Shimshai the scribe and their companions, they went in haste to Jerusalem, to the Jews, and made them cease by force and with troops.

• Daniel 3:4

  And the herald was calling out with strength, “To you it is said, peoples, nations, and languages:

• Daniel 4:14

  He called out with strength and said this: ‘Cut down the tree and cut off its branches; strip off its foliage and scatter its fruit. Let the animals flee from under it, and the birds from its branches.

• Daniel 5:7

  The king called out with strength to bring in the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the diviners. The king answered and said to the wise men of Babylon, “Any man who reads this writing and declares to me its interpretation will be clothed with purple, and a necklace of gold will be on his neck, and as third in the kingdom he will rule.”

• Daniel 5:8

  Then all the king’s wise men came in, but they were not able to read the writing or make known its interpretation to the king.

• Daniel 5:12

  because an extraordinary spirit and knowledge and insight for interpreting dreams and declaring riddles and loosening knots were found in him, in Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar. Now let Daniel be called, and he will declare the interpretation.”

• Daniel 5:15

  And now the wise men, the enchanters, were brought in before me that they might read this writing and make known to me its interpretation, but they were not able to declare the interpretation of the matter.

• Daniel 5:16

  But I have heard of you that you can give interpretations and loosen knots. Now if you can read the writing and make known to me its interpretation, you will be clothed with purple, and a necklace of gold will be on your neck, and as third in the kingdom you will rule.”

• Daniel 5:17

  Then Daniel answered and said before the king, “Let your gifts be for yourself, and give your rewards to another; nevertheless I will read the writing to the king and make known to him the interpretation.

And 1 more times.