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H7925 שָׁכַם (shâkam) shaw-kam'

Hebrew
Verb (Hebrew)
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Quick Definition

to rise

Strong's Definition

literally, to load up (on the back of man or beast), i.e. to start early in the morning

Derivation: a primitive root; properly, to incline (the shoulder to a burden); but used only as denominative from H7926 (שְׁכֶם);

KJV Usage: (arise, be up, get (oneself) up, rise up) early (betimes), morning.

TWOT Reference: 2386

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) to rise or start early
1a) (Hiphil)
1a1) to rise early, make an early start
1a2) early (as adverb)

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

שָׁכַם (sha.kham) — to rise. 1) to rise or start early 1a) (Hiphil) 1a1) to rise early, make an early start 1a2) early (as adverb)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

verb

Time | Stance | verb hif

to rise early = action by which humans rise from their beds at early dawn

GEN 19:2 · GEN 19:27 · GEN 20:8 · GEN 21:14 · GEN 22:3 · GEN 26:31 · GEN 28:18 · GEN 32:1 · EXO 8:16 · EXO 9:13 · EXO 24:4 · EXO 32:6 · EXO 34:4 · NUM 14:40 · JOS 3:1 · JOS 6:12 · JOS 6:15 · JOS 7:16 · JOS 8:10 · JOS 8:14 · JDG 6:28 · JDG 6:38 · JDG 7:1 · JDG 9:33 · JDG 19:5 · JDG 19:8 · JDG 19:9 · JDG 21:4 · 1SA 1:19 · 1SA 5:3 · 1SA 5:4 · 1SA 9:26 · 1SA 15:12 · 1SA 17:16 · 1SA 17:20 · 1SA 29:10 · 1SA 29:10 · 1SA 29:11 · 2SA 15:2 · 2KI 3:22 · 2KI 6:15 · 2KI 19:35 · 2CH 20:20 · 2CH 29:20 · JOB 1:5 · PSA 127:2 · PRO 27:14 · SNG 7:13 · ISA 5:11 · ISA 37:36 · HOS 6:4 · HOS 13:3

Endure | verb hif

to persist, to do (something) persistently literally: to rise early (and do something); hence: = state in which humans or deities perform a certain action again and again

2CH 36:15 · JER 7:13 · JER 7:25 · JER 11:7 · JER 25:3 · JER 25:4 · JER 26:5 · JER 29:19 · JER 32:33 · JER 35:14 · JER 35:15 · JER 44:4 · ZEP 3:7

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UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[שָׁכַם] 65 vb. Hiph. denom. start, rise, early base

Bible Occurrences (63)

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