Definition

something called out, i.e. a public meeting (the act, the persons, or the place); also a rehearsal

Etymology

from H7121 (קָרָא);

Where the KJV renders it

• assembly
• calling
• convocation
• reading

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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