שַׁחַר shachar

Hebrew word for “dawn” · Strong’s H7837 · used 24 times in 24 verses

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Meaning

1) dawn; 1a) dawn; 1b) at dawn (as adverb)

How it is translated

Glosses given for shachar in context, with how often each is used:

• dawn 20
• like the dawn 2
• charm away 1
• like dawn 1

Where it is used

Also in 1 more book.

Chapters where it is used most

Genesis 32 (2), Genesis 19 (1), Joshua 6 (1), Judges 19 (1), 1 Samuel 9 (1), Nehemiah 4 (1), Job 3 (1), Job 38 (1), Job 41 (1), Psalms 22 (1)

Forms

• השׁחר 10
• שׁחר 9
• כשׁחר 3
• שׁחרה 1
• בשׁחר 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with shachar more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• עָלָה alah “to ascend” 8
• אוֹר or “light” 3
• כְּמוֹ kemo “like” 3
• עַפְעַף aphaph “eyelid” 2
• יָדַע yada “to know” 4
• כּוֹכָב kokhav “star” 2
• נֵבֶל nevel “harp” 2
• כִּנּוֹר kinnor “lyre” 2
• עַד ad “till” 4
• שָׁכַם shakham “to rise” 2
• עוּר ur “to rouse” 2
• שָׁלַח shalach “to send” 3

Key verses

The verses using shachar that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 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.
• Job 38:12 — Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;
• Psalms 22:1 — [To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David.] My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the…
• Psalms 57:8 — Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.
• 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 — 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 — 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 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; the glory of the…
• 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 the latter and…
• 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 strong; there hath…
• 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, and treadeth upon…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.