Shachar שַׁ֫חַר

Shachar (Hebrew שַׁ֫חַר, Strong's H7837) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “dawn”. It occurs 23 times in 23 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Topics

• Morning

Verses

Every verse with Shachar, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

• Genesis 19:15
  And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.At daybreak the angels hurried Lot along, saying, “Get up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away in the punishment of the city.”
• Genesis 32:24
  And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.So Jacob was left all alone, and there a man wrestled with him until daybreak.
• Genesis 32:26
  And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”

Joshua

• Joshua 6:15
  And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early about the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven times: only on that day they compassed the city seven times.Then on the seventh day, they got up at dawn and marched around the city seven times in the same manner. That was the only day they circled the city seven times.

Judges

• Judges 19:25
  But the men would not hearken to him: so the man took his concubine, and brought her forth unto them; and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the morning: and when the day began to spring, they let her go.But the men would not listen to him. So the Levite took his concubine and sent her outside to them, and they raped her and abused her throughout the night, and at dawn they let her go.

1 Samuel

• 1 Samuel 9:26
  And they arose early: and it came to pass about the spring of the day, that Samuel called Saul to the top of the house, saying, Up, that I may send thee away. And Saul arose, and they went out both of them, he and Samuel, abroad.They got up early in the morning, and just before dawn Samuel called to Saul on the roof, “Get ready, and I will send you on your way!” So Saul arose, and both he and Samuel went outside together.

Nehemiah

• Nehemiah 4:21
  So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.So we continued the work, while half of the men held spears from the break of dawn until the stars came out.

Job

• Job 3:9
  Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:May its morning stars grow dark; may it wait in vain for daylight; may it not see the breaking of dawn.
• Job 38:12
  Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;In your days, have you commanded the morning or assigned the dawn its place,
• Job 41:18
  By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.His snorting flashes with light, and his eyes are like the rays of dawn.

Psalms

• Psalm 57:8
  Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.Awake, my glory! Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn.
• Psalm 108:2
  Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn.
• Psalm 139:9
  If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle by the farthest sea,

Song of Solomon

• Song of Solomon 6:10
  Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners?Who is this who shines like the dawn, as fair as the moon, as bright as the sun, as majestic as the stars in procession?

Isaiah

• Isaiah 8:20
  To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.
• Isaiah 14:12
  How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!How you have fallen from heaven, O day star, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, O destroyer of nations.
• Isaiah 47:11
  Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know.But disaster will come upon you; you will not know how to charm it away. A calamity will befall you that you will be unable to ward off. Devastation will happen to you suddenly and unexpectedly.
• Isaiah 58:8
  Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the Lord shall be thy rereward.Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will come quickly. Your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.

Hosea

• Hosea 6:3
  Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.So let us know— let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the earth.
• Hosea 10:15
  So shall Beth–el do unto you because of your great wickedness: in a morning shall the king of Israel utterly be cut off.Thus it will be done to you, O Bethel, because of your great wickedness. When the day dawns, the king of Israel will be utterly cut off.

Joel

• Joel 2:2
  A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. Like the dawn overspreading the mountains a great and strong army appears, such as never was of old, nor will ever be in ages to come.

Amos

• Amos 4:13
  For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what is his thought, that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, The Lord, The God of hosts, is his name.For behold, He who forms the mountains, who creates the wind and reveals His thoughts to man, who turns the dawn to darkness and strides on the heights of the earth— the LORD, the God of Hosts, is His name.”

Jonah

• Jonah 4:7
  But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.When dawn came the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant so that it withered.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).