מִקְרֶהmiqreh

Meanings

Same root

• קָרָהqârâh · H7136to light upon (chiefly by accident); causatively, to bring about; specifically, to impose timbers (for roof or floor)

Where it appears

Appears 10 times in the Bible.

• Ruth 2:3 So Ruth went out to gather grain behind the harvesters. And as it happened, she found herself working in a field that belonged to Boaz, the relative of her father-in-law, Elimelech.
• 1 Samuel 6:9 If they cross the border of our land and go to Beth-shemesh, we will know it was the Lord who brought this great disaster upon us. If they don’t, we will know it was not his hand that caused the plague. It came simply by chance.”
• 1 Samuel 20:26 Saul didn’t say anything about it that day, for he said to himself, “Something must have made David ceremonially unclean.”
• Ecclesiastes 2:14 For the wise can see where they are going, but fools walk in the dark.” Yet I saw that the wise and the foolish share the same fate.
• Ecclesiastes 2:15 Both will die. So I said to myself, “Since I will end up the same as the fool, what’s the value of all my wisdom? This is all so meaningless!”
• Ecclesiastes 3:19 For people and animals share the same fate—both breathe and both must die. So people have no real advantage over the animals. How meaningless!