To seek
שָׁחַרStrong’s H7836shachar (sha-char)
Appears in 12 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Shachar is the Hebrew word usually translated “look for me”, “seek” and “seeking”. It appears in 12 verses of the Old Testament.
“And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.”
Meaning
- To seek, seek early or earnestly, look early or diligently for(Qal) to look for diligently, seek · (Piel) to seek, seek early
How it's translated
- and you will look for me 1
- you will seek 1
- seeking 1
- i am seeking earnestly you 1
- and they sought earnestly 1
- they will earnestly seek me 1
- to seek 1
- and earnestly seek me 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Proverbs 5
- Job 3
- Psalms 2
- Isaiah 1
- Hosea 1
5 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Job 8:5If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
- Job 24:5Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.
- Psalms 63:1O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
- Psalms 78:34When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God.
- Proverbs 1:28Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
- Proverbs 7:15Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
Hebrew dictionary
שָׁחַר shachar · 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
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “seek” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SEEK, verb transitive
pret and participle passive sought, pronounced sawt. [L. sequor, to follow; for to seek is to go after, and the primary sense is to advance, to press, to drive forward, as in the L. peto.]
- To go in searh or quest of; to look for; to search for by going from place to place.
- To inquire for; to ask for; to solicit; to endeavor to find or gain by any means.“The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God” Psalms 104:21“He found no place for repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears” Hebrews 12:17“Others tempting him, sought of him a sign” Luke 11:16
- Seek is followed sometimes by out or after.
- To make search or inquiry; to endeavor to make discovery.“Seek ye out of the book of the Lord” Isaiah 34:16
All definitions
- To endeavor.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.