שַׁחַר

shachar · Hebrew · Strong's H7837 · 24 occurrences

The KJV renders 18 different Hebrew and Greek words as “light”

What it means

dawn (literal, figurative or adverbial)

from H7836 (שָׁחַר);

How the KJV renders it

day, early, light, morning, whence riseth

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

“light”

also renders phōstḗr (G5458), lampás (G2985), phōtismós (G5462), elaphrós (G1645), háptō (G681), phéngos (G5338), phōs (G5457), lýchnos (G3088), kaíō (G2545), anáptō (G381), ʼôwr (H216), ʼôwrâh (H219), mechĕzâh (H4237), nᵉhîyr (H5094), nᵉhârâh (H5105), nîyr (H5216), qal (H7031)

“morning”

also renders prōïnós (G4407), prōḯa (G4405), orthrinós (G3720), prōḯ (G4404), ʼôwr (H216), mishchâr (H4891), nôgahh (H5053)

“early”

also renders prṓïmos (G4406), prōḯa (G4405), prōḯ (G4404)

“day”

also renders hṓra (G5610), yôwm (H3118)

Questions this word decides

Should Christians pray to saints?

Where it appears

24 occurrences in the Hebrew text.

1 Samuel 9:26 HTd/NcmsaAmos 4:13 HNcmsaGenesis 19:15 HTd/NcmsaGenesis 32:24 HTd/NcmsaGenesis 32:26 HTd/NcmsaHosea 6:3 HR/NcmsaHosea 10:15 HRd/NcmsaIsaiah 8:20 HNcmsaIsaiah 14:12 HNcmsaIsaiah 47:11 HVpc/Sp3fsIsaiah 58:8 HRd/NcmsaJudges 19:25 HTd/NcmsaJob 3:9 HNcmsaJob 38:12 HNcmsaJob 41:18 HNcmsaJoel 2:2 HR/NcmsaJonah 4:7 HTd/NcmsaJoshua 6:15 HTd/NcmsaNehemiah 4:21 HTd/NcmsaPsalm 22:0 HTd/NcmsaPsalm 57:8 HNcmsaPsalm 108:2 HNcmsaPsalm 139:9 HNcmsaSong of Solomon 6:10 HNcmsa

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.