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Strong’s H7836 · Hebrew

שָׁחַר

shâchar · shaw-khar'

Origin a primitive root;

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

In the King James Version (do something) betimes, enquire early, rise (seek) betimes, seek diligently) early, in the morning).

In 12 verses of the King James Version

  1. 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.
  2. Job 8:5If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
  3. 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.
  4. Psalms 63:1A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O 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;
  5. Psalms 78:34When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and inquired early after God.
  6. Proverbs 1:28Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
  7. Proverbs 7:15Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
  8. Proverbs 8:17I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
  9. Proverbs 11:27He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.
  10. Proverbs 13:24He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
  11. 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.
  12. Hosea 5:15I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.

From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.

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