# שַׁחַר (shachar) Israeli respelling: sha-char. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew. Strong’s H7837. 24 Old Testament occurrences. dawn (literal, figurative or adverbial) King James renderings: day(-spring), early, light, morning, whence riseth. Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/shachar-h7837 ## Occurrences - [Genesis 19:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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… - [Genesis 32:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/32/24) — And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. - [Genesis 32:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 sev… - [Judges 19:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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… - [1 Samuel 9:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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… - [Nehemiah 4:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/38/12) — Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place; - [Job 41:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/41/18) — By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning. - [Psalms 22:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/57/8) — Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early. - [Psalms 108:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/108/2) — Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early. - [Psalms 139:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/139/9) — If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; - [Song of Solomon 6:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/song-of-solomon/6/10) — Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners? - [Isaiah 8:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/8/20) — To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them. - [Isaiah 14:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/14/12) — How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! - [Isaiah 47:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/47/11) — Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able t… - [Isaiah 58:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/58/8) — Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee;… - [Hosea 6:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hosea/6/3) — Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as… - [Hosea 10:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hosea/10/15) — So shall Bethel do unto you because of your great wickedness: in a morning shall the king of Israel utterly be cut off. - [Joel 2:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joel/2/2) — A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a… - [Amos 4:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/amos/4/13) — For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what is his thought, that maketh the morning darkness… - [Jonah 4:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jonah/4/7) — But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.