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Lexicon :: Strong's H7837 - šaḥar

Aa
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

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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 BoxGen 19:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:15 - And when morning came, the angels did all in their power to make Lot go, saying, Get up quickly and take your wife and your two daughters who are here, and go, for fear that you come to destruction in the punishment of the town.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:24 - Then Jacob was by himself; and a man was fighting with him till dawn.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:26 - And he said to him, Let me go now, for the dawn is near. But Jacob said, I will not let you go till you have given me your blessing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:15 - Then on the seventh day they got up early, at the dawn of the day, and went round the town in the same way, but that day they went round it seven times.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:25 - But the men would not give ear to him: so the man took his woman and sent her out to them; and they took her by force, using her for their pleasure all night till the morning; and when dawn came they let her go.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:26 - And about dawn Samuel said to Saul on the roof, Get up so that I may send you away. So Saul got up, and he and Samuel went out together.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:21 - So we went on with the work: and half of them had spears in their hands from the dawn of the morning till the stars were seen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:9 - Let its morning stars be dark; let it be looking for light, but may it not have any; let it not see the eyes of the dawn.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:12 - Have you, from your earliest days, given orders to the morning, or made the dawn conscious of its place;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:18 - His sneezings give out flames, and his eyes are like the eyes of the dawn.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:1 - <To the chief music-maker on Aijeleth-hash-shahar. A Psalm. Of David.> My God, my God, why are you turned away from me? why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my crying?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:8 - You are my glory; let the instruments of music be awake; I myself will be awake with the dawn.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:2 - Give out your sounds, O corded instruments: the dawn will be awaking with my song.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:9 - If I take the wings of the morning, and go to the farthest parts of the sea;

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:10 - Who is she, looking down as the morning light, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, who is to be feared like an army with flags?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:20 - Then say to them, Put your faith in the teaching and the witness. ... If they do not say such things. ... For him there is no dawn. ...

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:12 - How great is your fall from heaven, O shining one, son of the morning! How are you cut down to the earth, low among the dead bodies!

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:11 - Because of this evil will come on you, which may not be turned away for any price: and trouble will overtake you, from which no money will give salvation: destruction will come on you suddenly, without your knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:8 - Then will light be shining on you like the morning, and your wounds will quickly be well: and your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the Lord will come after you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:3 - And let us have knowledge, let us go after the knowledge of the Lord; his going out is certain as the dawn, his decisions go out like the light; he will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain watering the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:15

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:15 - So will Beth-el do to you because of your evil-doing; at dawn will the king of Israel be cut off completely.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:2 - For a day of dark and deep shade is near, a day of cloud and black night: like a black cloud a great and strong people is covering the mountains; there has never been any like them and will not be after them again, from generation to generation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:13 - For see, he who gave form to the mountains and made the wind, giving knowledge of his purpose to man, who makes the morning dark, and is walking on the high places of the earth: the Lord, the God of armies, is his name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:7 - But early on the morning after, God made ready a worm for the destruction of the vine, and it became dry and dead.
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