שָׁחַר

Strong’s Definition

properly, to dawn, i.e. (figuratively) be (up) early at any task (with the implication of earnestness); by extension, to search for (with painstaking)

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root;

KJV Usage

(do something) betimes, enquire early, rise (seek) betimes, seek diligently) early, in the morning).

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.to seek, seek early or earnestly, look early or diligently for
• 2.(qal) to look for diligently, seek
• 3.(piel) to seek, seek early

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: shâchar; Pronunciation: shaw-khar'