{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H7836",
  "lemma": "שָׁחַר",
  "transliteration": "shâchar",
  "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)",
  "kjv": "(do something) betimes, enquire early, rise (seek) betimes, seek diligently) early, in…",
  "occurrences": 12,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "[שָׁחַר] vb. denom. look early, diligently for",
    "Qal Pr 11:27, elsewhere",
    "Pi. seeks him early (with) discipline"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 26:9",
      "text": "With my soul I have desired you in the night. Yes, with my spirit within me I will seek you earnestly; for when your…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/26?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Hosea 5:15",
      "text": "I will go and return to my place, until they acknowledge their offense, and seek my face. In their affliction they will…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/hosea/5?v=15"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Psalms 63:2",
      "text": "God, you are my God. I will earnestly seek you. My soul thirsts for you. My flesh longs for you, in a dry and weary…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/63?v=2"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Psalms 78:34",
      "text": "When he killed them, then they inquired after him. They returned and sought God earnestly.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/78?v=34"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Proverbs 1:28",
      "text": "Then they will call on me, but I will not answer. They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me,",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/1?v=28"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Proverbs 7:15",
      "text": "Therefore I came out to meet you, to diligently seek your face, and I have found you.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/7?v=15"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Proverbs 8:17",
      "text": "I love those who love me. Those who seek me diligently will find me.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/8?v=17"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Proverbs 11:27",
      "text": "He who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but he who searches after evil, it shall come to him.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/11?v=27"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Proverbs 13:24",
      "text": "One who spares the rod hates his son, but one who loves him is careful to discipline him.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/13?v=24"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Job 7:21",
      "text": "Why do you not pardon my disobedience, and take away my iniquity? For now will I lie down in the dust. You will seek me…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/job/7?v=21"
    }
  ],
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