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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 - At dawn the angels hurried Lot along, saying, "Get going! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or else you will be destroyed when the city is judged!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 32:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:24 - So Jacob was left alone. Then a man wrestled with him until daybreak.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 32:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:26 - Then the man said, "Let me go, for the dawn is breaking." "I will not let you go," Jacob replied, "unless you bless me."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:15 - On the seventh day they were up at the crack of dawn and marched around the city as before - only this time they marched around it seven times.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:25 - The men refused to listen to him, so the Levite grabbed his concubine and made her go outside. They raped her and abused her all night long until morning. They let her go at dawn.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:26 - They got up at dawn and Samuel called to Saul on the roof, "Get up, so I can send you on your way." So Saul got up and the two of them - he and Samuel - went outside.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 4:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:21 - So we worked on, with half holding spears, from dawn till dusk.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:9 - Let its morning stars be darkened; let it wait for daylight but find none, nor let it see the first rays of dawn,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:12 - Have you ever in your life commanded the morning, or made the dawn know 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 red glow of dawn.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:1 - My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? I groan in prayer, but help seems far away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 57:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:8 - Awake, my soul! Awake, O stringed instrument and harp! I will wake up at dawn!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 108:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:2 - Awake, O stringed instrument and harp! I will wake up at dawn!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 139:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:9 - If I were to fly away on the wings of the dawn, and settle down on the other side of the sea,

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:10 - "Who is this who appears like the dawn? Beautiful as the moon, bright as the sun, awe-inspiring as the stars in procession?" The Lover to His Beloved:

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 8:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:20 - Then you must recall the LORD's instructions and the prophetic testimony of what would happen. Certainly they say such things because their minds are spiritually darkened.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:12 - Look how you have fallen from the sky, O shining one, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, O conqueror of the nations!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 47:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:11 - Disaster will overtake you; you will not know how to charm it away. Destruction will fall on you; you will not be able to appease it. Calamity will strike you suddenly, before you recognize it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 58:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:8 - Then your light will shine like the sunrise; your restoration will quickly arrive; your godly behavior will go before you, and the LORD's splendor will be your rear guard.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:3 - So let us acknowledge him! Let us seek to acknowledge the LORD! He will come to our rescue as certainly as the appearance of the dawn, as certainly as the winter rain comes, as certainly as the spring rain that waters the land."

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 10:15

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:2 - It will be a day of dreadful darkness, a day of foreboding storm clouds, like blackness spread over the mountains. It is a huge and powerful army - there has never been anything like it ever before, and there will not be anything like it for many generations to come!

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:13 - For here he is! He formed the mountains and created the wind. He reveals his plans to men. He turns the dawn into darkness and marches on the heights of the earth. The LORD, the God who commands armies, is his name!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:7 - So God sent a worm at dawn the next day, and it attacked the little plant so that it dried up.
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