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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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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7837 matches the Hebrew שַׁחַר (šaḥar),
which occurs 25 times in 24 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:15 - With the coming of dawn, the angels urged Lot, saying, “Hurry! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away when the city is punished.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 32:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:24 - So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him till daybreak.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 32:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:26 - Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:15 - On the seventh day, they got up at daybreak and marched around the city seven times in the same manner, except that on that day they circled the city seven times.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:25 - But the men would not listen to him. So the man took his concubine and sent her outside to them, and they raped her and abused her throughout the night, and at dawn they let her go.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:26 - They rose about daybreak, and Samuel called to Saul on the roof, “Get ready, and I will send you on your way.” When Saul got ready, he and Samuel went outside together.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 4:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:21 - So we continued the work with half the men holding spears, from the first light of dawn till the stars came out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:9 - May its morning stars become dark; may it wait for daylight in vain and not see the first rays of dawn,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:12 - “Have you ever given orders to the morning, or shown the dawn its place,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:18 - Its snorting throws out flashes of light; its eyes are like the rays of dawn.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:1 - [fn]For the director of music. To the tune of “The Doe of the Morning.” A psalm of David. My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from my cries of anguish?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 57:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:8 - Awake, my soul! Awake, harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 108:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:2 - Awake, harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 139:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:9 - If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea,

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:10 - Friends: Who is this that appears like the dawn, fair as the moon, bright as the sun, majestic as the stars in procession?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 8:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:20 - Consult God’s instruction and the testimony of warning. If anyone does not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:12 - How you have fallen from heaven, morning star, son of the dawn! You have been cast down to the earth, you who once laid low the nations!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 47:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:11 - Disaster will come upon you, and you will not know how to conjure it away. A calamity will fall upon you that you cannot ward off with a ransom; a catastrophe you cannot foresee will suddenly come upon you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 58:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:8 - Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear; then your righteousness[fn] will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:3 - Let us acknowledge the LORD; let us press on to acknowledge him. As surely as the sun rises, he will appear; he will come to us like the winter rains, like the spring rains that water the earth.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 10:15

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:15 - So will it happen to you, Bethel, because your wickedness is great. When that day dawns, the king of Israel will be completely destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:2 - a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. Like dawn spreading across the mountains a large and mighty army comes, such as never was in ancient times nor ever will be in ages to come.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:13 - He who forms the mountains, who creates the wind, and who reveals his thoughts to mankind, who turns dawn to darkness, and treads on the heights of the earth— the LORD God Almighty is his name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:7 - But at dawn the next day God provided a worm, which chewed the plant so that it withered.
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