- Original: שׁחר - Transliteration: Shachar - Phonetic: shaw-khar' - Definition: 1. to seek, seek early or earnestly, look early or diligently for a. (Qal) to look for diligently, seek b. (Piel) to seek, seek early - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 2369 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; properly to dawn that is (figuratively) be (up) early at any task (with the implication of earnestness); by extension to search for (with painstaking): - [do something] betimes enquire early rise (seek) betimes seek (diligently) early in the morning). Total KJV Occurrences: 12 • early, 5 Psalm 78:34; Proverbs 1:28; Proverbs 8:17; Isaiah 26:9; Hosea 5:15 • morning, 1 Job 7:21 • quickly, 3 Job 8:5; Job 24:5; Proverbs 13:24 • seek, 2 Psalm 63:1; Proverbs 7:15 • seeketh, 1 Proverbs 11:27