שָׁכַם shakham

Hebrew word for “to rise” · Strong’s H7925 · used 65 times in 64 verses

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Meaning

1) to rise or start early; 1a) (Hiphil); 1a1) to rise early, make an early start; 1a2) early (as adverb)

How it is translated

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

• rose early 39
• rising early 16
• will rise early 4
• rise early 3
• who rise early 1
• us rise early 1
• those who rise early 1

Where it is used

Also in 5 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Judges 19 (3), Genesis 19 (2), Joshua 6 (2), Joshua 8 (2), Judges 6 (2), 1 Samuel 5 (2), 1 Samuel 17 (2), 1 Samuel 29 (2), Jeremiah 7 (2), Jeremiah 25 (2)

Forms

• וישׁכם 20
• השׁכם 12
• וישׁכימו 10
• וישׁכמו 6
• והשׁכמתם 3
• השׁכים 3
• והשׁכים 2
• משׁכימי 2
• משׁכים 2
• תשׁכים 1

Words used with it

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

• בֹּקֶר boqer “morning” 35
• שָׁלַח shalach “to send” 13
• עָלָה alah “to ascend” 12
• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 14
• הִנֵּה hinneh “behold” 11
• עֶבֶד eved “servant/slave” 10
• מׇחֳרָת mochorat “morrow” 5
• יָצָא yatsa “to come out” 10
• נָבִיא navi “prophet” 7
• שָׁמַע shama “to hear” 10
• קוּם qum “to arise” 8
• אָב av “father” 8

Key verses

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

• 2 Kings 19:35 — And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when…
• 2 Chronicles 20:20 — And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye…
• 2 Chronicles 36:15 — And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling…
• Job 1:5 — And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt…
• Song of Solomon 7:12 — Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud forth: there will I give thee…
• Isaiah 5:11 — Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!
• Isaiah 37:36 — Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the…
• Jeremiah 11:7 — For I earnestly protested unto your fathers in the day that I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, even unto this day, rising early and protesting,…
• Jeremiah 25:3 — From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even unto this day, that is the three and twentieth year, the word of the LORD hath come unto…
• Jeremiah 35:15 — I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your…
• Jeremiah 44:4 — Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate.
• Hosea 6:4 — O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.

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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.