Strong's Hebrew · H7836
שָׁחַר
shâchar · shaw-khar'
(do something) betimes, enquire early, rise (seek) betimes, seek diligently) early, in the morning).
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)
Derivation
a primitive root;
Appears 12 times in Scripture
“Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will earnestly seek me, but will not find me.”
“When He slew them, they would seek Him; they repented and searched for God.”
“He who searches out good finds favor, but evil will come to him who seeks it.”
“So I came out to meet you; I sought you, and I have found you.”
“He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently.”
“Indeed, like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go to work foraging for food; the wasteland is food for their children.”
“Why do You not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For soon I will lie down in the dust; You will seek me, but I will be no more.””
“O God, You are my God. Earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You. My body yearns for You in a dry and weary land without water.”
“I love those who love me, and those who seek me early shall find me.”
“But if you would earnestly seek God and ask the Almighty for mercy,”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).