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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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86 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.

Judges 19:8
H7925

And he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart: and the damsel's father said, Comfort thine heart, I pray thee. And they tarried until afternoon, and they did eat both of them.

Judges 19:9
H7925

And when the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his father in law, the damsel's father, said unto him, Behold, now the day draweth toward evening, I pray you tarry all night: behold, the day groweth to an end, lodge here, that thine heart may be merry; and to morrow get you early on your way, that thou mayest go home.

Judges 21:4
H7925

And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people rose early, and built there an altar, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.

1 Samuel 1:19
H7925

And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her.

1 Samuel 5:3
H7925

And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the LORD. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again.

1 Samuel 5:4
H7925

And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold; only the stump of Dagon was left to him.

1 Samuel 9:26
H7925

And they arose early: and it came to pass about the spring of the day, that Samuel called Saul to the top of the house, saying, Up, that I may send thee away. And Saul arose, and they went out both of them, he and Samuel, abroad.

1 Samuel 15:12
H7925

And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a place, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal.

1 Samuel 17:20
H7925

And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the trench, as the host was going forth to the fight, and shouted for the battle.

1 Samuel 29:10
H7925

Wherefore now rise up early in the morning with thy master's servants that are come with thee: and as soon as ye be up early in the morning, and have light, depart.

1 Samuel 29:10
H7925

Wherefore now rise up early in the morning with thy master's servants that are come with thee: and as soon as ye be up early in the morning, and have light, depart.

1 Samuel 29:11
H7925

So David and his men rose up early to depart in the morning, to return into the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.

2 Samuel 15:2
H7925

And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was so, that when any man that had a controversy came to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.

2 Kings 3:22
H7925

And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the water, and the Moabites saw the water on the other side as red as blood:

2 Kings 6:15
H7925

And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?

2 Kings 19:35
H7925

And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.

2 Chronicles 20:20
H7925

And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.

2 Chronicles 29:20
H7925

Then Hezekiah the king rose early, and gathered the rulers of the city, and went up to the house of the LORD.

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.

Psalms 46:5
H1242

God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.

Psalms 57:8
H7837

Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.

Psalms 63:1
no direct Strong's tag

<<A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.>> O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;

Psalms 78:34
H7836

When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and inquired early after God.

Psalms 90:14
H1242

O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

Psalms 101:8
H1242

I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the LORD.

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.

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