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It is used in the context of events that seem random or coincidental from a human perspective, though within the biblical worldview, such occurrences are ultimately under God's sovereign control.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Israelite culture, the concept of chance or randomness was often viewed through the lens of divine providence. While events might appear coincidental, the Israelites believed that God orchestrated all things according to His purposes. This understanding is reflected in the use of "miqreh" in the Hebrew Bible, where seemingly random events are often shown to be part of God's larger plan.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/hebrew/7136.htm">qarah</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>accident, chance, fortune<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>accident (1), chance (1), fate (6), happened* (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> <font class="hebrew2">מִקְרֶה</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>noun masculine</b></font><sup>1Samuel 6:9</sup> <font size="+1"><b>accident, chance, fortune</b></font>; — absolute <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">מ</font> <a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/6-9.htm">1 Samuel 6:9</a> +; construct <font class="hebrew2">מִקְרֵה</font> <a href="/interlinear/ecclesiastes/2-15.htm">Ecclesiastes 2:15</a> (so read also <a href="/interlinear/ecclesiastes/3-19.htm">Ecclesiastes 3:19</a> (twice in verse) with <font class="hebrew2">ᵐ5</font> Ruët<sup>Kau</sup> Wild, for <font class="hebrew2">ᵑ0</font> <font class="hebrew2">מִקְרֶה</font>); — <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>1</b></font> <em>accident, chance</em>, <a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/6-9.htm">1 Samuel 6:9</a>; <a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/20-26.htm">1 Samuel 20:26</a>; with <font class="hebrew2">קָרָה</font> <a href="/interlinear/ruth/2-2.htm">Ruth 2:2</a> (see <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">ק</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>1</b></font>). <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>2</b></font> in Ecclesiastes, <em>fortune, fate</em>, <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">מ</font> <font class="hebrew2">אֶחָד יִקְרֶה אֶתכֻּֿלָּם</font> <a href="/interlinear/ecclesiastes/2-14.htm">Ecclesiastes 2:14</a> compare <a href="/interlinear/ecclesiastes/2-15.htm">Ecclesiastes 2:15</a>, <a href="/interlinear/ecclesiastes/3-19.htm">Ecclesiastes 3:19</a> (3 t. in verse); <a href="/interlinear/ecclesiastes/9-2.htm">Ecclesiastes 9:2</a>,3.<br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>something befallen, befall, chance, event, happen <p>From <a href="/hebrew/7136.htm">qarah</a>; something met with, i.e. An accident or fortune -- something befallen, befalleth, chance, event, hap(-peneth). <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/7136.htm">qarah</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>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<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/ruth/2-3.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ruth 2:3</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ruth/2.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">הַקֹּצְרִ֑ים וַיִּ֣קֶר <b> מִקְרֶ֔הָ </b> חֶלְקַ֤ת הַשָּׂדֶה֙</span><br><a href="/kjvs/ruth/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> the reapers: <span class="itali">and her hap</span> was to light<br><a href="/interlinear/ruth/2-3.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the reapers to come <span class="itali">hap</span> to the portion of the field<p><b><a href="/text/1_samuel/6-9.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Samuel 6:9</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/6.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">נָ֣גְעָה בָּ֔נוּ <b> מִקְרֶ֥ה </b> ה֖וּא הָ֥יָה</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_samuel/6.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> us; it happened <span class="itali">to us by chance.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/1_samuel/6.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> [that] smote <span class="itali">us: it [was] a chance</span> [that] happened to us.<br><a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/6-9.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> his hand struck <span class="itali">chance</span> it happened<p><b><a href="/text/1_samuel/20-26.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Samuel 20:26</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/20.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">כִּ֤י אָמַר֙ <b> מִקְרֶ֣ה </b> ה֔וּא בִּלְתִּ֥י</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_samuel/20.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> for he thought, <span class="itali">It is an accident,</span> he is not clean,<br><a href="/kjvs/1_samuel/20.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> for he thought, <span class="itali">Something hath befallen</span> him, he [is] not<br><a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/20-26.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> surely thought <span class="itali">is an accident</span> him he not<p><b><a href="/text/ecclesiastes/2-14.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ecclesiastes 2:14</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ecclesiastes/2.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">גַם־ אָ֔נִי <b> שֶׁמִּקְרֶ֥ה </b> אֶחָ֖ד יִקְרֶ֥ה</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ecclesiastes/2.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> that one <span class="itali">fate</span> befalls<br><a href="/kjvs/ecclesiastes/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> also that one <span class="itali">event</span> happeneth<br><a href="/interlinear/ecclesiastes/2-14.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and yet I <span class="itali">fate</span> one befalls<p><b><a href="/text/ecclesiastes/2-15.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ecclesiastes 2:15</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ecclesiastes/2.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">אֲנִ֜י בְּלִבִּ֗י <b> כְּמִקְרֵ֤ה </b> הַכְּסִיל֙ גַּם־</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ecclesiastes/2.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> to myself, <span class="itali">As is the fate</span> of the fool,<br><a href="/kjvs/ecclesiastes/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> I in my heart, <span class="itali">As it happeneth</span> to the fool,<br><a href="/interlinear/ecclesiastes/2-15.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> I to myself <span class="itali">is the fate</span> of the fool will also<p><b><a href="/text/ecclesiastes/3-19.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ecclesiastes 3:19</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ecclesiastes/3.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> כִּי֩ <b> מִקְרֶ֨ה </b> בְֽנֵי־ הָאָדָ֜ם</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ecclesiastes/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">For the fate</span> of the sons of men<br><a href="/kjvs/ecclesiastes/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">For that which befalleth</span> the sons<br><a href="/interlinear/ecclesiastes/3-19.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> For <span class="itali">the fate</span> of the sons of men<p><b><a href="/text/ecclesiastes/3-19.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ecclesiastes 3:19</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ecclesiastes/3.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">בְֽנֵי־ הָאָדָ֜ם <b> וּמִקְרֶ֣ה </b> הַבְּהֵמָ֗ה וּמִקְרֶ֤ה</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ecclesiastes/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of men <span class="itali">and the fate</span> of beasts<br><a href="/kjvs/ecclesiastes/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of men <span class="itali">befalleth</span> beasts;<br><a href="/interlinear/ecclesiastes/3-19.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of the sons of men <span class="itali">and the fate</span> of beasts the fate<p><b><a href="/text/ecclesiastes/3-19.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ecclesiastes 3:19</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ecclesiastes/3.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וּמִקְרֶ֣ה הַבְּהֵמָ֗ה <b> וּמִקְרֶ֤ה </b> אֶחָד֙ לָהֶ֔ם</span><br><a href="/kjvs/ecclesiastes/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> even one thing <span class="itali">befalleth</span> them: as the one dieth,<br><a href="/interlinear/ecclesiastes/3-19.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and the fate of beasts <span class="itali">the fate</span> is the same dies<p><b><a href="/text/ecclesiastes/9-2.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ecclesiastes 9:2</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ecclesiastes/9.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר לַכֹּ֗ל <b> מִקְרֶ֨ה </b> אֶחָ֜ד לַצַּדִּ֤יק</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ecclesiastes/9.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> There is one <span class="itali">fate</span> for the righteous<br><a href="/kjvs/ecclesiastes/9.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> All [things come] alike to all: [there is] one <span class="itali">event</span> to the righteous,<br><a href="/interlinear/ecclesiastes/9-2.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> who for all <span class="itali">fate</span> is one the righteous<p><b><a href="/text/ecclesiastes/9-3.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ecclesiastes 9:3</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ecclesiastes/9.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁ כִּֽי־ <b> מִקְרֶ֥ה </b> אֶחָ֖ד לַכֹּ֑ל</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ecclesiastes/9.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> that there is one <span class="itali">fate</span> for all men.<br><a href="/kjvs/ecclesiastes/9.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> that [there is] one <span class="itali">event</span> unto all: yea, also the heart<br><a href="/interlinear/ecclesiastes/9-3.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the sun for <span class="itali">fate</span> is one for all<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4745.htm">10 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4745.htm">Strong's Hebrew 4745<br>10 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/kemikreh_4745.htm">kə·miq·rêh — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/mikreh_4745.htm">miq·reh — 5 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/mikreha_4745.htm">miq·re·hā — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/shemmikreh_4745.htm">šem·miq·reh — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/umikreh_4745.htm">ū·miq·reh — 2 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div 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