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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 - And as the dawn arose, the angels urged Lot, saying, Up, take thy wife and thy two daughters who are present, lest thou perish in the iniquity of the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 32:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:24 - And Jacob remained alone; and a man wrestled with him until the rising of the dawn.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 32:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:26 - And he said, Let me go, for the dawn ariseth. And he said, I will not let thee go except thou bless me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:15 - And it was so that on the seventh day they rose early, about the morning-dawn, and went round the city after the same manner seven times; only on that day they went round the city seven times.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:25 - But the men would not hearken to him; and the man took his concubine, and brought her forth to them; and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the morning; and let her go when the morning-dawn arose.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:26 - And they arose early; and when it was about the dawning of the day, Samuel called to Saul on the roof, saying, Arise, that I may send thee away. And Saul arose, and they went out both of them, he and Samuel, into the street.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 4:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:21 - And we laboured in the work; and half of them held the spears from the rising of the dawn till the stars appeared.

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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 have none, neither let it see the eyelids of the dawn:

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:12

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:18 - His sneezings flash light, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:1 - {To the chief Musician. Upon Aijeleth-Shahar. A Psalm of David.} My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou far from my salvation, from the words of my groaning?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 57:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:8 - Awake, my glory; awake, lute and harp: I will wake the dawn.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 108:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:2 - Awake, lute and harp: I will wake the dawn.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 139:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:9 - If I take the wings of the dawn and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:10 - Who is she that looketh forth as the dawn, Fair as the moon, clear as the sun, Terrible as troops with banners?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 8:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:20 - To the law and the testimony! If they speak not according to this word, for them there is no daybreak.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:12 - How art thou fallen from heaven, Lucifer, son of the morning! Thou art cut down to the ground, that didst prostrate the nations!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 47:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:11 - But evil shall come upon thee -- thou shalt not know from whence it riseth; and mischief shall fall upon thee, which thou shalt not be able to ward off; and desolation that thou suspectest not shall come upon thee suddenly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 58:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:8 - Then shall thy light break forth as the dawn, and thy health shall spring forth speedily; and thy righteousness shall go before thee, the glory of Jehovah shall be thy rearguard.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:3 - and we shall know, -- we shall follow on to know Jehovah: his going forth is assured as the morning dawn; and he will come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain which watereth the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 10:15

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:15 - So shall Bethel do unto you because of the wickedness of your wickedness: at day-break shall the king of Israel utterly be cut off.

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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 gross darkness, as the dawn spread upon the mountains; -- a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after them, to the years of generations and generations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:13 - For behold, he who formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what is his thought, who maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, -- Jehovah, the God of hosts, is his name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:7 - But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd, that it withered.
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