Strong's Hebrew · H7837
שַׁחַר
shachar · shakh'-ar
day(-spring), early, light, morning, whence riseth.
Definition
dawn (literal, figurative or adverbial)
Derivation
from H7836 (שָׁחַר);
Appears 24 times in Scripture
“At daybreak the angels hurried Lot along, saying, “Get up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away in the punishment of the city.””
“In your days, have you commanded the morning or assigned the dawn its place,”
“They got up early in the morning, and just before dawn Samuel called to Saul on the roof, “Get ready, and I will send you on your way!” So Saul got ready, and both he and Samuel went outside together.”
“So Jacob was left all alone, and there a man wrestled with him until daybreak.”
“So we continued the work, while half of the men held spears from the break of dawn until the stars came out.”
“Then on the seventh day, they got up at dawn and marched around the city seven times in the same manner. That was the only day they circled the city seven times.”
“Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.””
“His snorting flashes with light, and his eyes are like the rays of dawn.”
“May its morning stars grow dark; may it wait in vain for daylight; may it not see the breaking of dawn.”
“But the men would not listen to him. So the Levite took his concubine and sent her outside to them, and they raped her and abused her throughout the night, and at dawn they let her go.”
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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).