Bible word study

Shachar (Strong’s H7836): Meaning in the Bible

Shachar (שָׁחַר) is the Hebrew word numbered H7836 in Strong’s concordance of the Bible. Strong’s defines it as properly, to dawn, i.e. (figuratively) be (up) early at any task (with the implication of earnestness); by extension, to search for (with painstaking). In the King James Bible it is translated (do something) betimes, enquire early, rise (seek) betimes, seek diligently) early, in the morning)..

• Original wordשָׁחַר
• Transliterationshâchar
• Pronunciationshaw-khar'
• Part of speechverb (v)
• Strong’s numberH7836
• LanguageHebrew

The full Strong’s definition

Derivation. a primitive root;

How the King James Bible translates it

Where Shachar appears in the Bible

In the King James Bible’s text tagged with Strong’s numbers, Shachar (H7836) stands behind 13 English renderings in 12 verses across 5 of the 66 books. It is most frequent in Proverbs (5), Job (4), Psalms (2).

How the King James Bible renders Shachar, by count

• early5 of 13 (38 percent)
• betimes3 of 13 (23 percent)
• seek3 of 13 (23 percent)
• morning1 of 13 (8 percent)
• seeketh1 of 13 (8 percent)

Three places to read Shachar

• Job 7:21 And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.
• Psalms 78:34 When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God.
• Proverbs 11:27 He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.

Counts are made at build time from the King James text tagged with Strong’s numbers (eBible.org, public domain). Verses are read from the stored King James text, never typed.

Why the word matters

Every word the biblical writers chose carries weight. Studying Shachar in the original Hebrew lets you read the passages where it appears more carefully, closer to what the first hearers understood, so the meaning is drawn from the text itself rather than from the English alone.

The lexical data on this page comes from the public-domain Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890), a Hebrew and Greek dictionary keyed to the King James Bible. It is a reference tool, not a settled verdict: no single word decides a doctrine, and meaning is finally shaped by how a word is used in its sentences. Read the passages themselves, prayerfully, and in full.

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