Strong's Lexicon

H7837

H7837 — שַׁחַר

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewshacharnoun mascOccurrences: 25TWOT: 2369a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H7837
Word:שַׁחַר
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from H7836
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:25
Transliteration:shachar
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:shakh'-ar
Meaning:1. dawn (literal, figurative or adverbial)
KJV Renderings:day(-spring), early, light, morning, whence riseth.

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BDB8610

שַׁ֫חַר noun masculine Gen 19:15 dawn; — absolute ׳ שׁ 1Sam 9:26 +, שָׁ֑חַר Judg 19:25 +; suffix שַׁחְרָךְ Isa 47:11 (but read probably שַׁחֲדָהּ); — dawn, with עָלָה rise Gen 19:15; Gen 32:25; Gen 32:27; Josh 6:15 (all J ), Judg 19:25; 1Sam 9:26; Neh 4:15 ; Jonah 4:7 opposed to עֵיפָה Amos 4:13 as adverb at dawn Ps 57:9 = Ps 108:3 ׳ עַפְעַפֵּישֿׁ Job 3:9; Job 41:10 ׳ כַּנְפֵישֿׁ Ps 139:9; Ps 110:3 read probably ׳ רֶחֶם שׁ (see מִשְׁחָר below); ׳ שׁ also Job 38:12, in simile Hos 6:3 (but read כְּשַׁחֲרֵנוּ כֵּן נִמְצָאֵהוּ as infinitive, see following, GieBeitr. 208 We Now GASm Marti), Isa 58:8; Song 6:10; Joel 2:2 (al. blackness, || עָנָן וַעֲרָפֶל ); ׳ בֶּןשֿׁ Isa 14:12 (of star, figurative of royal splendour; — literal as myth RSK 300); ׳ אֵין לוֺ שׁ Isa 8:20 is obscure, so also ׳ בַּשּׁ Hos 10:15 ( We in storm, i.e. בַּשַּׂעַר). — Isa 47:11 usually, but improbably, dawn (origin) of calamity: JHMich Hi Ew (Thes) De Di and others charm away ( RVm ) (Arabic [untranscribed source text 5498] enchant (WeHeid. 2. 159, 200), [untranscribed source text 5499] enchantment [= Sabean סחר DHMHofmus. 24. 1]); but see [ שָׁחַד ].


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

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