Limitless Word
שָׁחַרshâchar/shaw-khar'/
HebrewH783613 occurrences (KJV)

properly, to dawn, i.e. (figuratively) be (up) early at any task (with the implication of earnestness); by extension, to search for (with painstaking)

KJV renders it: (do something) betimes, enquire early, rise (seek) betimes, seek diligently) early, in the morning).

Where it appears(showing the first 12 of 13)

  • Job 7:21Why do you not pardon my disobedience, and take away my iniquity? For now shall I lie down in the dust. You will seek me diligently, but I shall not be.”
  • Job 8:5If you want to seek God diligently, make your supplication to the Almighty.
  • Job 24:5Behold, as wild donkeys in the desert, they go out to their work, seeking diligently for food. The wilderness yields them bread for their children.
  • Ps 63:1A Psalm by David, when he was in the desert of Judah. God, you are my God. I will earnestly seek you. My soul thirsts for you. My flesh longs for you, in a dry and weary land, where there is no water.
  • Ps 78:34When he killed them, then they inquired after him. They returned and sought God earnestly.
  • Prov 1:28Then will they call on me, but I will not answer. They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me;
  • Prov 7:15Therefore I came out to meet you, to diligently seek your face, and I have found you.
  • Prov 8:17I love those who love me. Those who seek me diligently will find me.
  • Prov 11:27He who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but he who searches after evil, it shall come to him.
  • Prov 13:24One who spares the rod hates his son, but one who loves him is careful to discipline him.
  • Isa 26:9With my soul I have desired you in the night. Yes, with my spirit within me will I seek you earnestly; for when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
  • Hos 5:15I will go and return to my place, until they acknowledge their offense, and seek my face. In their affliction they will seek me earnestly.”

Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.