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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 25 times in 24 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:15 - And when the dawn hath ascended, then the messengers press upon Lot, saying, 'Rise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters who are found present, lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 32:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:24 - And Jacob is left alone, and one wrestleth with him till the ascending of the dawn;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 32:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:26 - and he saith, 'Send me away, for the dawn hath ascended:' and he saith, 'I send thee not away, except thou hast blessed me.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:15 - And it cometh to pass, on the seventh day, that they rise early, at the ascending of the dawn, and compass the city, according to this manner, seven times; (only, on that day they have compassed the city seven times);

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:25 - And the men have not been willing to hearken to him, and the man taketh hold on his concubine, and bringeth her out unto them without, and they know her, and roll themselves upon her all the night, till the morning, and send her away in the ascending of the dawn;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:26 - And they rise early, and it cometh to pass, at the ascending of the dawn, that Samuel calleth unto Saul, on the roof, saying, 'Rise, and I send thee away;' and Saul riseth, and they go out, both of them -- he and Samuel, without.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 4:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:21 - And we are working in the business, and half of them are keeping hold of the spears, from the going up of the dawn till the coming forth of the stars.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:9 - Let the stars of its twilight be dark, Let it wait for light, and there is none, And let it not look on the eyelids of the dawn.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:12 - Hast thou commanded morning since thy days? Causest thou the dawn to know its place?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:18 - His sneezings cause light to shine, And his eyes are as the eyelids of the dawn.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:1 - To the Overseer, on 'The Hind of the Morning.' -- A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me? Far from my salvation, The words of my roaring?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 57:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:8 - Awake, mine honour, awake, psaltery and harp, I awake the morning dawn.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 108:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:2 - Awake, psaltery and harp, I awake the dawn.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 139:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:9 - I take the wings of morning, I dwell in the uttermost part of the sea,

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:10 - 'Who is this that is looking forth as morning, Fair as the moon -- clear as the sun, Awe-inspiring as bannered hosts?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 8:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:20 - To the law and to the testimony! If not, let them say after this manner, 'That there is no dawn to it.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:12 - How hast thou fallen from the heavens, O shining one, son of the dawn! Thou hast been cut down to earth, O weakener of nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 47:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:11 - And come in on thee hath evil, Thou knowest not its rising, And fall on thee doth mischief, Thou art not able to pacify it, And come on thee suddenly doth desolation, Thou knowest not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 58:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:8 - Then broken up as the dawn is thy light, And thy health in haste springeth up, Gone before thee hath thy righteousness, The honour of Jehovah doth gather thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:3 - And we know -- we pursue to know Jehovah, As the dawn prepared is His going forth, And He cometh in as a shower to us, As gathered rain -- sprinkling earth.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 10:15

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:15 - Thus hath Beth-El done to you, Because of the evil of your wickedness, In the dawn cut off utterly is a king of Israel!

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:2 - A day of darkness and thick darkness, A day of cloud and thick darkness, As darkness spread on the mountains, A people numerous and mighty, Like it there hath not been from of old, And after it there is not again -- till the years of generation and generation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:13 - For, lo, the former of mountains, and creator of wind, And the declarer to man what is His thought, He is making dawn obscurity, And is treading on high places of earth, Jehovah, God of Hosts, is His name!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:7 - And God appointeth a worm at the going up of the dawn on the morrow, and it smiteth the gourd, and it drieth up.
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