Hebrew word study

שָׁחַרshâchar properly, to dawn, i.e. (figuratively) be (up) early at a…

Pronounced “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)

Translated in the King James as: (do something) betimes, enquire early, rise (seek) betimes, seek diligently) early, in the morning).

Appears 12 times in Scripture

Origin: a primitive root;

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Where it appears

Job 3×
Job 7:21Job 8:5Job 24:5
Psalms 2×
Psalms 63:1Psalms 78:34
Proverbs 5×
Proverbs 1:28Proverbs 7:15Proverbs 8:17Proverbs 11:27Proverbs 13:24
Isaiah 1×
Isaiah 26:9
Hosea 1×
Hosea 5:15

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