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

Psalms 127:2
H7925

It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.

Proverbs 1:28
H7836

Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:

Proverbs 8:17
H7836

I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.

Proverbs 27:14
H7925

He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.

Song of Solomon 7:12
H7925

Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud forth: there will I give thee my loves.

Isaiah 5:11
H7925

Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!

Isaiah 26:9
H7836

With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.

Isaiah 37:36
H7925

Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.

Jeremiah 7:13
H7925

And now, because ye have done all these works, saith the LORD, and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not;

Jeremiah 7:25
H7925

Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day I have even sent unto you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them:

Jeremiah 11:7
H7925

For I earnestly protested unto your fathers in the day that I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, even unto this day, rising early and protesting, saying, Obey my voice.

Jeremiah 25:3
H7925

From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even unto this day, that is the three and twentieth year, the word of the LORD hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened.

Jeremiah 25:4
H7925

And the LORD hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets, rising early and sending them; but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear.

Jeremiah 26:5
H7925

To hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I sent unto you, both rising up early, and sending them, but ye have not hearkened;

Jeremiah 29:19
H7925

Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith the LORD, which I sent unto them by my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; but ye would not hear, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 32:33
H7925

And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction.

Jeremiah 35:14
H7925

The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons not to drink wine, are performed; for unto this day they drink none, but obey their father's commandment: notwithstanding I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye hearkened not unto me.

Jeremiah 35:15
H7925

I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto me.

Jeremiah 44:4
H7925

Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate.

Daniel 6:19
H8238

Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste unto the den of lions.

Hosea 5:15
H7836

I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.

Hosea 6:4
H7925

O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.

Hosea 13:3
H7925

Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.

Zephaniah 3:7
H7925

I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: but they rose early, and corrupted all their doings.

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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