Shâkam — H7925

H7925 · Hebrew — שכם

Pronunciation: shaw-kam'

Definition

verb

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

  1. to rise or start early
    1. (Hiphil)
      1. to rise early, make an early start
      2. early (as adverb)

Usually translated as

early, morning

Origin

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

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Shâkam occurs 64 times in 63 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (7), Exodus (5), Numbers (1), Joshua (6), Judges (8), 1 Samuel (9), 2 Samuel (1), 2 Kings (3), 2 Chronicles (3), Job (1), Psalms (1), Proverbs (1), Song of Songs (1), Isaiah (2), Jeremiah (11), Hosea (2), Zephaniah (1)

Strong's Lexicon — S