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מִקְרֶה H4745

H4745 is the Hebrew word מִקְרֶה, transliterated miqreh and said mik-reh'. The King James Version most often renders it event.

Word: מִקְרֶהTransliteration: miqrehSaid: mik-reh'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 8 verses

What it means

something met with, i.e. an accident or fortune.

Where it comes from

from H7136 (קָרָה).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 10 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

event 3×befalleth 3×hap 1×chance 1×something hath befallen 1×happeneth 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: something befallen, befalleth, chance, event, hap(-peneth).

Verses using מִקְרֶה

All 8 verses, quoted in full.

Ruth 2:3 · KJV

And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech.

1 Samuel 6:9 · KJV

And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to Bethshemesh, then he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that smote us: it was a chance that happened to us.

1 Samuel 20:26 · KJV

Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean.

Ecclesiastes 2:14 · KJV

The wise man’s eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.

Ecclesiastes 2:15 · KJV

Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 3:19 · KJV

For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 9:2 · KJV

All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.

Ecclesiastes 9:3 · KJV

This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.

Common questions

What does Strong's H4745 mean?

H4745 is the Hebrew word מִקְרֶה (miqreh), meaning something met with, i.e. an accident or fortune.

How is H4745 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it event (3 times), befalleth (3 times), hap (1 time), chance (1 time), something hath befallen (1 time), among others.

How many times does H4745 appear in the Bible?

מִקְרֶה (miqreh) is tagged in 8 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H4745 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: from H7136 (קָרָה).

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