Strong's Lexicon

H4745

H4745 — מִקרֶה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewmiqrehnoun mascOccurrences: 10TWOT: 2068c

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H4745
Word:	מִקרֶה
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	from H7136
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	10
Transliteration:	miqreh
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	mik-reh'
Meaning:	1. something met with, i.e. an accident or fortune
KJV Renderings:	something befallen, befalleth, chance, event, hap(-peneth).

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BDB7572

מִקְרֶה noun masculine^{1Sam 6:9} accident, chance, fortune; — absolute ׳ מ 1Sam 6:9 +; construct מִקְרֵה Eccl 2:15 (so read also Eccl 3:19 (twice in verse) with ᵐ5 Ruët^Kau Wild, for ᵑ0 מִקְרֶה); —

1. accident, chance, 1Sam 6:9; 1Sam 20:26 with קָרָה Ruth 2:2 (see ׳ ק 1).

2. in Ecclesiastes, fortune, fate, ׳ מ אֶחָד יִקְרֶה אֶתכֻּֿלָּם Eccl 2:14 compare Eccl 2:15, Eccl 3:19 (3 t. in verse); Eccl 9:2; Eccl 9:3.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מִקְרָה (mik-reh’)

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.hap…: Heb. hap happened

EHCC: her hap was to light on a part of the field

Ruth 188:6

EHCC: 9.6 chance (that) happened to us.

Ruth 20:26

EHCC: Something hath befallen him,

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.

EHCC: that one event happeneth to them all.

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.

EHCC: that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth

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.

EHCC: one event to the righteous,