Genesis 26:31
And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
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Betimes
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Proverbs 13:24
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
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שָׁחַר
shâchar · shaw-khar'
3 times translated as this KJV form13 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to dawn, i.e. (figuratively) be (up) early at any task (with the implication of earnestness); by extension, to search for (with painstaking)
Strong's KJV usage: (do something) betimes, enquire early, rise (seek) betimes, seek diligently) early, in the morning).
Strong's first: Job 8:5Strong's last: Proverbs 13:24
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shâkam · shaw-kam'
2 times translated as this KJV form67 total Strong's occurrences
literally, to load up (on the back of man or beast), i.e. to start early in the morning
Strong's KJV usage: (arise, be up, get (oneself) up, rise up) early (betimes), morning.
Strong's first: Genesis 26:31Strong's last: 2 Chronicles 36:15
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H7925
And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
H7925
And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place:
H7836
If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
H7836
Behold, 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.
H7836
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
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betime
BETI'ME
BETI'MES, adverb [be and time, that is, by the time.]
1. Seasonably; in good season or time; before it is late.
To measure life learn thou betimes.
2. Soon; in a short time.
He tires betimes, that spurs too fast betimes.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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