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Proverbs 11:27
“He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
שָׁחַרshâchar · shaw-khar'
H7836 · Hebrew
H7836 · Hebrew
- 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 renderings
- (do something) betimes, enquire early, rise (seek) betimes, seek diligently) early, in the morning).
- Grammar
- שֹׁ֣חֵֽר — verb Qal, active participle, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 12 times in the Hebrew Bible.Job 7:21Job 8:5Job 24:5Psalms 63:2Psalms 78:34
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read שָׁחַר here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.