# שָׁחַר (shachar)

Israeli respelling: sha-char. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H7836. 12 Old Testament occurrences.

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

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

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/shachar-h7836

## Occurrences

- [Job 7:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/7/21) — And 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 th…
- [Job 8:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/8/5) — If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
- [Job 24:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/24/5) — Behold, 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…
- [Psalms 63:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/63/1) — 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 w…
- [Psalms 78:34](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/78/34) — When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God.
- [Proverbs 1:28](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/1/28) — Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
- [Proverbs 7:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/7/15) — Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
- [Proverbs 8:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/8/17) — I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
- [Proverbs 11:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/11/27) — He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.
- [Proverbs 13:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/13/24) — He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
- [Isaiah 26:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/26/9) — With 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 eart…
- [Hosea 5:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hosea/5/15) — I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.