Strong's Hebrew · H7837

שַׁחַר

shachar · shakh'-ar

Definitiondawn (literal, figurative or adverbial)
Derivationfrom H7836 (שָׁחַר);
KJV usageday(-spring), early, light, morning, whence riseth.
Occurrences24 in the KJV · 24 verses

שַׁחַר in Scripture

Genesis 19:15 And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city. Genesis 32:24 And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. Genesis 32:26 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. Joshua 6:15 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early about the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven times: only on that day they compassed the city seven times. Judges 19:25 But the men would not hearken to him: so the man took his concubine, and brought her forth unto them; and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the morning: and when the day began to spring, they let her go. 1 Samuel 9:26 And they arose early: and it came to pass about the spring of the day, that Samuel called Saul to the top of the house, saying, Up, that I may send thee away. And Saul arose, and they went out both of them, he and Samuel, abroad. Nehemiah 4:21 So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared. Job 3:9 Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day: Job 38:12 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place; Job 41:18 By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning. Psalms 22:1 My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring? Psalms 57:8 Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.
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