The meaning of “מִקְרֶה”
Understanding miqreh reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
something befallen, befalleth, chance, event, hap(-peneth). - something met with, i.e. an accident or fortune 1) unfores...
מִקְרֶה
something befallen, befalleth, chance, event, hap(-peneth). - something met with, i.e. an accident or fortune 1) unforeseen meeting or event, accident, happening, chance, fortune 1a) accident, chance 1b) fortune, fate
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Ruth 2:3 | “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.” Word: מִקְרֶה (miqreh) | |
| 1 Samuel 20:26 | “Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean.” Word: מִקְרֶה (miqreh) | |
| Ecclesiastes 3:19 | “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.” Word: מִקְרֶה (miqreh) |