שַׁחַר

shachar · Hebrew · Strong's H7837 · 24 occurrences

The KJV renders 19 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), ʼûwr (H217), 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)

Answers that weigh this word

Where it appears

24 occurrences in the Hebrew text.

1 Samuel 9:26 · HTd/Ncmsa

They arose early; and about daybreak, Samuel called to Saul on the housetop, saying, “Get up, that I may send you away.” Saul arose, and they both went outside, he and Samuel, together.

Amos 4:13 · HNcmsa

For, behold, he who forms the mountains, creates the wind, declares to man what is his thought, who makes the morning darkness, and treads on the high places of the earth: Yahweh, the God of Armies, is his name.”

Genesis 19:15 · HTd/Ncmsa

When the morning came, then the angels hurried Lot, saying, “Get up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, lest you be consumed in the iniquity of the city.”

Genesis 32:24 · HTd/Ncmsa

Jacob was left alone, and wrestled with a man there until the breaking of the day.

Genesis 32:26 · HTd/Ncmsa

The man said, “Let me go, for the day breaks.” Jacob said, “I won’t let you go unless you bless me.”

Hosea 6:3 · HR/Ncmsa

Let’s acknowledge Yahweh. Let’s press on to know Yahweh. As surely as the sun rises, Yahweh will appear. He will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain that waters the earth.”

Hosea 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.