Quick Definition
dawn
Strong's Definition
dawn (literal, figurative or adverbial)
Derivation: from H7836 (שָׁחַר);
KJV Usage: day(-spring), early, light, morning, whence riseth.
TWOT Reference: 2369a
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
שַׁ֫חַר (sha.char) — dawn. 1) dawn 1a) dawn 1b) at dawn (as adverb)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · שׁחר
Time | ≈ בֹּקֶר · נֶשֶׁף
dawn = the first appearance of light in the sky in the early morning
GEN 19:15 · GEN 32:25 · GEN 32:27 · JOS 6:15 · JDG 19:25 · 1SA 9:26 · NEH 4:15 · JOB 3:9 · JOB 38:12 · JOB 41:10 · PSA 22:1 · PSA 57:9 · PSA 108:3 · PSA 139:9 · SNG 6:10 · ISA 8:20 · ISA 14:12 · ISA 58:8 · HOS 6:3 · HOS 10:15 · AMO 4:13 · JON 4:7
Dark
darkness literally: dawn; hence: = state in which there is (almost) no light, ► resulting in a state in which no one can readily see, and colors and shapes cannot yet be distinguished
1 JOB 38:12 MT-K ידעת השׁחר | MT-Q יִדַּעְתָּ הַשַּׁחַר 2 ISA 8:20 REB "force" | Driver (1940,162) "magical power"
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שַׁ֫חַר n.m. dawn base