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Lexicon :: Strong's H7837 - šaḥar

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שַׁחַר
Transliteration
šaḥar
Pronunciation
shakh'-ar
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2369a

Strong’s Definitions

שַׁחַר shachar, shakh'-ar; from H7836; dawn (literal, figurative or adverbial):—day(-spring), early, light, morning, whence riseth.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 24x

The KJV translates Strong's H7837 in the following manner: morning (12x), day (6x), early (2x), dayspring (1x), light (1x), riseth (1x), Shahar (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 24x
The KJV translates Strong's H7837 in the following manner: morning (12x), day (6x), early (2x), dayspring (1x), light (1x), riseth (1x), Shahar (1x).

  1. dawn

    1. dawn

    2. at dawn (as adverb)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שַׁחַר shachar, shakh'-ar; from H7836; dawn (literal, figurative or adverbial):—day(-spring), early, light, morning, whence riseth.
STRONGS H7837: Abbreviations
† שַׁ֫חַר noun masculineGenesis 19:15 dawn; — absolute שׁ׳ 1 Samuel 9:26 +, שָׁ֑חַר Judges 19:25 +; suffix שַׁחְרָךְ Isaiah 47:11 (but read probably שַׁחֲדָהּ); — dawn, with עָלָה rise Genesis 19:15; Genesis 32:25, 27; Joshua 6:15 (all J), Judges 19:25; 1 Samuel 9:26; Nehemiah 4:15; Jonah 4:7; opposed to עֵיפָה Amos 4:13; as adverb at dawn Psalm 57:9 = Psalm 108:3; עַפְעַפֵּי־שׁ׳ Job 3:9; Job 41:10; כַּנְפֵישֿׁ׳ Psalm 139:9; Psalm 110:3 read probably רֶחֶם שׁ׳ (see מִשְׁחָר below); שׁ׳ also Job 38:12, in simile Hosea 6:3 (but read כְּשַׁחֲרֵנוּ כֵּן נִמְצָאֵהוּ as infinitive, see following, GieBeitr. 208 We Now GASm Marti), Isaiah 58:8; Songs 6:10; Joel 2:2 (others blackness, || עָנָן וַעֲרָפֶל); בֶּןשֿׁ׳ Isaiah 14:12 (of star, figurative of royal splendour; — literal as myth RSK 300); אֵין לוֺ שׁ׳ Isaiah 8:20 is obscure, so also בַּשּׁ׳ Hosea 10:15 (We in storm, i.e. בַּשַּׂעַר). — Isaiah 47:11 usually, but improbably, dawn (origin) of calamity: JHMich Hi Ew Rö (Thes) De Di and others charm away (RVm) (Arabic bdb100704 enchant (WeHeid. 2. 159, 200), bdb100705 enchantment [= Sabean סחר DHMHofmus. 24. 1]); but see [שָׁחַד].
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

19:15; 19:15; 32:25; 32:27

Joshua

6:15

Judges

19:25; 19:25

1 Samuel

9:26; 9:26

Nehemiah

4:15

Job

3:9; 38:12; 41:10

Psalms

57:9; 108:3; 110:3; 139:9

Song of Songs

6:10

Isaiah

8:20; 14:12; 47:11; 47:11; 58:8

Hosea

6:3; 10:15

Joel

2:2

Amos

4:13

Jonah

4:7

H7837

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Strong's Number H7837 matches the Hebrew שַׁחַר (šaḥar),
which occurs 24 times in 24 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:15 - But when it was morning, the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise and take thy wife, and thy two daughters whom thou hast, and go forth; lest thou also be destroyed with the iniquities of the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:24 - (LXX 32:25) And Jacob was left alone; and a man wrestled with him till the morning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:26 - (LXX 32:27) And he said to him, Let me go, for the day has dawned; but he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:15 - And on the seventh day they rose up early, and compassed the city on that day seven times.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:25 - But the men would not consent to hearken to him; so the man laid hold of his concubine, and brought her out to them; and they knew her, and abused her all night till the morning, and let her go when the morning dawned.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:26 - And it came to pass when the morning [fn]dawned, that Samuel called Saul on the roof, saying, Rise up, and I will dismiss thee. And Saul arose, and he and Samuel went out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:21 - (LXX 4:15) So we continued labouring at the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning until the stars appeared.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:9 - Let the stars of that night be darkened; let it remain dark, and not come into light; and let it not see the morning star arise:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:12 - Or did I order the morning light in thy time; and did the morning star then first see his appointed place;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:18 - (LXX 41:10) At his sneezing a light shines, and his eyes are as the appearance of the morning star.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:1 - (LXX 21:1) For the end, concerning the morning aid, a Psalm of David. (21:2) [fn] O God, my God, attend to me: why hast thou forsaken me? the account of my transgressions is far from my salvation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:8 - (LXX 56:9) Awake, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I will awake early.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:2 - (LXX 107:3) Awake, psaltery and harp; I will awake early.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:9 - (LXX 138:9) If I should spread my wings to fly [fn]straight forward, and sojourn at the extremity of the sea, it would be vain,

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:10 - Who is this that looks forth as the morning, fair as the moon, choice as the sun, terrible as armies set in array?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:20 - For he has given the law for a help, that they should not speak according to this word, concerning which there are no [fn]gifts to give for it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:12 - How has Lucifer, that rose in the morning, fallen from heaven! He that sent orders to all the nations is crushed to the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:11 - And destruction shall come upon thee, and thou shalt not be aware; there shall be a pit, and thou shalt fall into it: and grief shall come upon thee, and thou shalt not be able to be [fn]clear; and destruction shall come suddenly upon thee, and thou shalt not know.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:8 - Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thy health shall speedily spring forth: and thy righteousness shall go before thee, and the glory of God shall compass thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:3 - let us follow on to know the Lord: we shall find him ready as the morning, and he will come to us as the early and latter rain to the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:15

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:15 - thus will I do to you, O house of Israel, because of the unrighteousness of your sins.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:2 - for a day of darkness and gloominess is near, a day of cloud and mist: a numerous and strong people shall be spread upon the mountains as the morning; there has not been from the [fn]beginning one like it, and after it there shall not be again even to the years of many generations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:13 - For, behold, I am he that strengthens the thunder, and creates the wind, and proclaims to men his Christ, forming the morning and the darkness, and mounting on the high places of the earth, The Lord God Almighty is his name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:7 - And God commanded a worm the next morning, and it smote the gourd, and it withered away.
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