שָׁחַרshâchar

look early, diligently for, (late; originally look for dawn)

Pronunciation: shaw-khar' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7836

Meanings

Qal: seeks him early, discipline (Proverbs 11:27; Proverbs 13:24; Job 7:21)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 12 times in the Bible.

  • Job 7:21 Why not just forgive my sin and take away my guilt? For soon I will lie down in the dust and die. When you look for me, I will be gone.”
  • Job 8:5 But if you pray to God and seek the favor of the Almighty,
  • Job 24:5 Like wild donkeys in the wilderness, the poor must spend all their time looking for food, searching even in the desert for food for their children.
  • Psalms 63:1 O God, you are my God; I earnestly search for you. My soul thirsts for you; my whole body longs for you in this parched and weary land where there is no water.
  • Psalms 78:34 When God began killing them, they finally sought him. They repented and took God seriously.
  • Proverbs 1:28 “When they cry for help, I will not answer. Though they anxiously search for me, they will not find me.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).