Lexicon shachar: to look early or diligently for Original Word: שָׁחַרPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: shachar Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-khar') Short Definition: seek NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origindenominative verb from shacharDefinitionto look early or diligently for NASB Translationdiligently (1), diligently seek (1), diligently seeks (1), earnestly seek (1), searched diligently (1), seek (2), seek me diligently (1), seek you earnestly (1), seek your earnestly (1), seeking (1), seeks you diligently (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs [ שָׁחר] verb denominative look early, diligently for (late; originally look for dawn); — Qal Participle שֹׁחֵר טוֺב Proverbs 11:27 ("" בִּקֵּשׁ, דָּרַשׁ), elsewhere Pi`el with accusative (suffix) Perfect3masculine singular suffix שִׁחֲרוֺ מוּסָר Proverbs 13:24 seeks him early (with) discipline (chastises him be-times); 2 masculine singular suffix consecutive וְשִׁחַרְתַּ֫נִי וְאֵינֶנִּי Job 7:21; literally Infinitive לְשַׁחֵר מָּנֶיךָ Proverbs 7:15; of wild asses, Participle מְשַׁחֲרֵי לַטָּ֑רֶף Job 24:5 (Ges§ 130a) seeking eagerly for their food; usually of seeking God (׳י) earnestly, Perfect וְשִׁחֲרוּאֵֿל Psalm 78:34 ("" דָּרַשׁ), Imperfect2masculine singular תְּשַׁחֵר אֶלאֵֿל Job 8:5 (si vera lectio), 3masculine singular suffix יְשַׁחֲרֻנְנִי (Ges§ 60e) Hosea 5:15 ("" בִּקֵּשׁ), + Hosea 6:3 (see שַׁחַר), and, accusative wisdom, Proverbs 1:28, Participle suffix מְשַׁחֲרַי Proverbs 8:17; seek with longing, long for (׳י), אֲשַׁחֲרֶ֑ךָּ Isaiah 26:9; Psalm 63:2. שַׁחֲרוּת see I. שָׁחַר. above
Strong's do something betimes, enquire early, seek betimes, seek diligently early, in the morning A primitive root; properly, to dawn, i.e. (figuratively) be (up) early at any task (with the implication of earnestness); by extension, to search for (with painstaking) -- (do something) betimes, enquire early, rise (seek) betimes, seek diligently) early, in the morning). |
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