Quick Definition
to seek
Strong's 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;
KJV Usage: (do something) betimes, enquire early, rise (seek) betimes, seek diligently) early, in the morning).
TWOT Reference: 2369
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שָׁחַר (sha.char) — to seek. 1) to seek, seek early or earnestly, look early or diligently for 1a) (Qal) to look for diligently, seek 1b) (Piel) to seek, seek early
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · מִשְׁחָר · שְׁחֹור · שַׁחַר · שָׁחֹר · שְׁחַרְחֹר · שַׁחֲרוּת
Color | verb qal
to turn black = process by which the color of an object turns darker until it is (almost) black
verb
Search | verb pi
to search, to look for = action by which deities, humans, or animals make an intensive effort to locate (other) humans, animals, objects, or activities, which often requires them to move from one location to another
verb
Non-Happen | verb pi
to ward off = action by which humans perform certain rituals to prevent harmful events from happening
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[שָׁחַר] vb. denom. look early, diligently for Qal Pr 11:27, elsewhere
Pi. seeks him early (with) discipline
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