שָׁחַר shâchar

Meaning

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

In the King James Version: (do something) betimes, enquire early, rise (seek) betimes, seek diligently) early, in the morning).

Derivation: a primitive root;

Where it is used

• Job 7:21 Why do You not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For soon I will lie down in the dust; You will seek me, but I will be no more.”
• Job 8:5 But if you would earnestly seek God and ask the Almighty for mercy,
• Job 24:5 Indeed, like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go to work foraging for food; the wasteland is food for their children.
• Psalms 63:1 A Psalm of David, when he was in the Wilderness of Judah. O God, You are my God. Earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You. My body yearns for You in a dry and weary land without water.
• Psalms 78:34 When He slew them, they would seek Him; they repented and searched for God.
• Proverbs 1:28 Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will earnestly seek me, but will not find me.
• Proverbs 7:15 So I came out to meet you; I sought you, and I have found you.
• Proverbs 8:17 I love those who love me, and those who seek me early shall find me.
• Proverbs 11:27 He who searches out good finds favor, but evil will come to him who seeks it.
• Proverbs 13:24 He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently.
• Isaiah 26:9 My soul longs for You in the night; indeed, my spirit seeks You at dawn. For when Your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.
• Hosea 5:15 Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”