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H7836

שָׁחַר

shâchar · shaw-khar'

properly, to dawn, i.e. (figuratively) be (up) early at any task (with the implication of earnestness); by extension, to search for (with painstaking)

Lexicon

Derivation: a primitive root;

properly, to dawn, i.e. (figuratively) be (up) early at any task (with the implication of earnestness); by extension, to search for (with painstaking)

  1. properly, to dawn, i.e. (figuratively) be (up) early at any task (with the implication of earnestness)
  2. by extension, to search for (with painstaking)

Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.

KJV renderings: (do something) betimes, enquire early, rise (seek) betimes, seek diligently) early, in the morning).

Letters

ש
Shin
ח
Het
ר
Resh
  1. שShin300

    Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)

    Concrete
    teeth · sharp · press · bow
    Extended
    to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
  2. חHet8

    Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure

    Concrete
    wall · fence · tent wall
    Extended
    to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
  3. רResh200

    Picture: a human head

    Concrete
    head · face · person
    Extended
    first · top · beginning · chief · the highest

Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)

to consume, to destroy › to separate and protect › the head, the highest

To consume, to destroy that works to separate and protect of the head, the highest.

Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׁחַר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.

Usage

12 occurrences · 12 OT · 0 NT · 12 distinct forms

KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.

  • and thou shalt seek me in the morning1 · 8%
  • if thou wouldest seek1 · 8%
  • betimes1 · 8%
  • rising betimes1 · 8%
  • early will i seek1 · 8%
  • and enquired early1 · 8%
  • they shall seek me early1 · 8%
  • thee, diligently to seek1 · 8%
  • me; and those that seek me early1 · 8%
  • he that diligently seeketh1 · 8%
  • him betimes1 · 8%
  • me will i seek thee early1 · 8%
  • they will seek me early1 · 8%

Where it is used, by book.

Inflected forms found in the text.

יְשַׁחֲרֻֽנְנִי׃1יְ֝שַׁחֲרֻ֗נְנִי1וְשִׁ֖חֲרְתַּ֣נִי1אֲֽשַׁחֲ֫רֶ֥ךָּ1וְשִֽׁחֲרוּ־1תְּשַׁחֵ֣ר1מְשַׁחֲרֵ֣י1שֹׁ֣חֵֽר1שִֽׁחֲר֥וֹ1לְשַׁחֵ֥ר1וּ֝מְשַׁחֲרַ֗י1אֲשַֽׁחֲרֶ֑ךָּ1

Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.

Concordance