H7836 שָׁחַר
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 13 KJV occurrences
שָׁחַר
shâchar · shaw-khar'
Definition
properly, to dawn, i.e. (figuratively) be (up) early at any task (with the implication of earnestness); by extension, to search for (with painstaking)
KJV Renderings
(do something) betimes, enquire early, rise (seek) betimes, seek diligently) early, in the morning).
Derivation / Etymology
a primitive root;
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 13)
- Job 7:21And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.
- Job 8:5If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
- Job 24:5Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.
- Psalms 63:1O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
- Proverbs 1:28Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
- Proverbs 8:17I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
- Proverbs 11:27He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.
- Isaiah 26:9With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.