4745. miqreh

Lexicon

miqreh: Chance, accident, event, occurrence

Original Word: מִקְרֶה
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: miqreh
Pronunciation: mik-reh'
Phonetic Spelling: (mik-reh')
Definition: Chance, accident, event, occurrence
Meaning: something met with, an accident, fortune

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

something befallen, befall, chance, event, happen

From qarah; something met with, i.e. An accident or fortune -- something befallen, befalleth, chance, event, hap(-peneth).

see HEBREW qarah

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from qarah
Definition
accident, chance, fortune
NASB Translation
accident (1), chance (1), fate (6), happened* (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

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

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

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

Topical Lexicon

Word Origin: Derived from the root verb קָרָה (qarah), which means "to encounter" or "to meet."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: • The concept of chance or fortune in the Hebrew Bible, as expressed by מִקְרֶה, finds a parallel in the Greek New Testament with the term τύχη (tyche), which is often translated as "fortune" or "chance." However, the Greek term does not have a direct Strong's number equivalent, as the New Testament context emphasizes divine sovereignty over chance occurrences.

Usage: The word מִקְרֶה is used in the Hebrew Bible to describe events or situations that appear to occur by chance or without human intention. It is often associated with the concept of fate or divine providence, where what seems accidental is understood within the larger framework of God's sovereign plan.

Context: • The term מִקְרֶה appears in several key passages in the Hebrew Bible, illustrating the tension between human perception of chance and the theological assertion of divine control.
• In Ecclesiastes 9:11, the Preacher observes, "I saw something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or favor to the learned; but time and chance (מִקְרֶה) happen to them all." This verse highlights the unpredictability of life and the limits of human understanding.
• In 1 Samuel 6:9, the Philistines test whether the return of the Ark of the Covenant is a result of divine intervention or mere chance: "But keep watching it. If it goes up to its own territory, toward Beth Shemesh, then the LORD has brought this great disaster upon us. But if it does not, then we will know that it was not His hand that struck us; it happened to us by chance (מִקְרֶה)."
• Theologically, מִקְרֶה challenges the reader to consider the role of divine providence in what appears to be random events. While humans may perceive certain occurrences as accidental, the biblical narrative often reveals a deeper divine purpose at work.

Forms and Transliterations

וּמִקְרֶ֣ה וּמִקְרֶ֤ה ומקרה כְּמִקְרֵ֤ה כמקרה מִקְרֶ֔הָ מִקְרֶ֣ה מִקְרֶ֥ה מִקְרֶ֨ה מקרה שֶׁמִּקְרֶ֥ה שמקרה kə·miq·rêh kemikReh kəmiqrêh mikReh mikReha miq·re·hā miq·reh miqreh miqrehā šem·miq·reh šemmiqreh shemmikReh ū·miq·reh umikReh ūmiqreh

Englishman's Concordance

Ruth 2:3
HEB: הַקֹּצְרִ֑ים וַיִּ֣קֶר מִקְרֶ֔הָ חֶלְקַ֤ת הַשָּׂדֶה֙
KJV: the reapers: and her hap was to light
INT: the reapers to come hap to the portion of the field

1 Samuel 6:9
HEB: נָ֣גְעָה בָּ֔נוּ מִקְרֶ֥ה ה֖וּא הָ֥יָה
NAS: us; it happened to us by chance.
KJV: [that] smote us: it [was] a chance [that] happened to us.
INT: his hand struck chance it happened

1 Samuel 20:26
HEB: כִּ֤י אָמַר֙ מִקְרֶ֣ה ה֔וּא בִּלְתִּ֥י
NAS: for he thought, It is an accident, he is not clean,
KJV: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he [is] not
INT: surely thought is an accident him he not

Ecclesiastes 2:14
HEB: גַם־ אָ֔נִי שֶׁמִּקְרֶ֥ה אֶחָ֖ד יִקְרֶ֥ה
NAS: that one fate befalls
KJV: also that one event happeneth
INT: and yet I fate one befalls

Ecclesiastes 2:15
HEB: אֲנִ֜י בְּלִבִּ֗י כְּמִקְרֵ֤ה הַכְּסִיל֙ גַּם־
NAS: to myself, As is the fate of the fool,
KJV: I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool,
INT: I to myself is the fate of the fool will also

Ecclesiastes 3:19
HEB: כִּי֩ מִקְרֶ֨ה בְֽנֵי־ הָאָדָ֜ם
NAS: For the fate of the sons of men
KJV: For that which befalleth the sons
INT: For the fate of the sons of men

Ecclesiastes 3:19
HEB: בְֽנֵי־ הָאָדָ֜ם וּמִקְרֶ֣ה הַבְּהֵמָ֗ה וּמִקְרֶ֤ה
NAS: of men and the fate of beasts
KJV: of men befalleth beasts;
INT: of the sons of men and the fate of beasts the fate

Ecclesiastes 3:19
HEB: וּמִקְרֶ֣ה הַבְּהֵמָ֗ה וּמִקְרֶ֤ה אֶחָד֙ לָהֶ֔ם
KJV: even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth,
INT: and the fate of beasts the fate is the same dies

Ecclesiastes 9:2
HEB: כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר לַכֹּ֗ל מִקְרֶ֨ה אֶחָ֜ד לַצַּדִּ֤יק
NAS: There is one fate for the righteous
KJV: All [things come] alike to all: [there is] one event to the righteous,
INT: who for all fate is one the righteous

Ecclesiastes 9:3
HEB: הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁ כִּֽי־ מִקְרֶ֥ה אֶחָ֖ד לַכֹּ֑ל
NAS: that there is one fate for all men.
KJV: that [there is] one event unto all: yea, also the heart
INT: the sun for fate is one for all

10 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 4745
10 Occurrences

kə·miq·rêh — 1 Occ.
miq·reh — 5 Occ.
miq·re·hā — 1 Occ.
šem·miq·reh — 1 Occ.
ū·miq·reh — 2 Occ.