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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Early

Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.

86exact KJV occurrences 75Old Testament 11New Testament 24books containing the word 11mapped Strong's IDs 80occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

Genesis 19:2

And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.

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LAST OCCURRENCE

James 5:7

Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where early appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?

These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.

HebrewH7925
שָׁכַם

shâkam · shaw-kam'

62 times translated as this KJV form67 total Strong's occurrences

v

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.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Genesis 19:2Strong's last: Zephaniah 3:7

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HebrewH7836
שָׁחַר

shâchar · shaw-khar'

5 times translated as this KJV form13 total Strong's occurrences

v

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: Psalms 78:34Strong's last: Hosea 5:15

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GreekG3721
ὄρθριος

órthrios · or'-three-os

1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences

in the dawn, i.e. up at day-break

Strong's KJV usage: :--early.

Strong's first: Luke 24:22Strong's last: Luke 24:22

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GreekG4406
πρώϊμος

prṓïmos · pro'-ee-mos

1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences

dawning, i.e. (by analogy) autumnal (showering, the first of the rainy season)

Strong's KJV usage: :--early.

Strong's first: James 5:7Strong's last: James 5:7

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HebrewH6852
צָפַר

tsâphar · tsaw-far'

1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences

v

to skip about, i.e. return

Strong's KJV usage: depart early.

Strong's first: Judges 7:3Strong's last: Judges 7:3

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AramaicH8238
שְׁפַרְפַר

shᵉpharphar · shef-ar-far'

1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

the dawn (as brilliant with aurora)

Strong's KJV usage: × very early in the morning.

Strong's first: Daniel 6:19Strong's last: Daniel 6:19

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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Clear
Job 1:5
H7925

And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.

early

EARLY, adjective er'ly. [Eng.ere.]

1. In advance of something else; prior in time; forward; as early fruit, that is, fruit that comes to maturity before other fruit; early growth; early manhood; early old age or decrepitude, that is, premature old age. So an early spring; an early harvest.

2. First; being at the beginning; as early dawn.

3. Being in good season; as, the court met at an early hour.

EARLY, adverb er'ly. Soon; in good season; betimes; as, rise early; come early; begin early to instill into children principles of piety.

Those who seek me early shall find me. Proverbs 8:17.

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.

SOURCE & METHOD

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KJV English usageExact token counts, verse counts, first/last occurrence, and book distribution come from the canonical TWBC PCE KJV index.
Webster 1828Historical English dictionary material is reproduced as dictionary data, not as inspired Scripture or TWBC commentary.
Original Word / Strong'sHebrew, Aramaic, and Greek links attach by exact verse + KJV token position. No global “English word always equals Strong's ID” rule is used.

Curated TWBC teaching will remain a separate editorial layer. Raw source data is never silently rewritten to force a doctrinal conclusion.