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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Hebrew: 7838. שָׁחֹר (shachor) -- Black</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/hebrew/7838.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/zechariah/6-6.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/hebrew/7838.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Hebrew</a> > 7838</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../hebrew/7837.htm" title="7837">◄</a> 7838. shachor <a href="../hebrew/7839.htm" title="7839">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">shachor: Black</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="hebrew">שָׁחֹר</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Adjective<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>shachor<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>sha-khor<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(shaw-khore')<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Black<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>dusky, jetty<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from the root שָׁחַר (shachar), which means to be or become dark.<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>While there is no direct Greek equivalent in Strong's Concordance, the Greek word μέλας (melas, Strong's G3189) is often used to denote the color black in the New Testament.<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The Hebrew word "shachor" is used to describe the color black. It is often used in the Bible to denote darkness or the color of an object, such as hair or skin. The term can also carry metaphorical connotations, symbolizing mourning, mystery, or the unknown.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Hebrew culture, colors often held symbolic meanings. Black, or "shachor," was associated with mourning and lamentation, as seen in the wearing of sackcloth. It could also represent the mysterious or the hidden aspects of life. In the agrarian society of ancient Israel, the color black might also be associated with fertile soil, which is dark and rich.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/hebrew/7835.htm">shachar</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>black<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>black (6).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> <font class="hebrew2">שָׁחֹר</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>adjective</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>black</b></font>; — <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">שׁ</font> of hair <a href="/interlinear/leviticus/13-31.htm">Leviticus 13:31</a>,37 (P), so feminine plural <font class="hebrew2">שְׁחֹרוֺת</font> <a href="/interlinear/songs/5-11.htm">Songs 5:11</a>; of skin, feminine singular <font class="hebrew2">שְׁחוֺרָה</font> <a href="/interlinear/songs/1-5.htm">Songs 1:5</a>; of horses, masculine plural <font class="hebrew2">שְׁחֹרִים</font> <a href="/interlinear/zechariah/6-2.htm">Zechariah 6:2</a>,6. <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>black <p>Or shachowr {shaw-khore'}; from <a href="/hebrew/7835.htm">shachar</a>; properly, dusky, but also (absol.) Jetty -- black. <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/7835.htm">shachar</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>הַשְּׁחֹרִ֗ים השחרים שְׁחֹר֖וֹת שְׁחֹרִֽים׃ שְׁחוֹרָ֤ה שָׁחֹ֖ר שָׁחֹ֧ר שחורה שחר שחרות שחרים׃ haš·šə·ḥō·rîm hashshechoRim haššəḥōrîm šā·ḥōr šāḥōr šə·ḥō·rîm šə·ḥō·rō·wṯ šə·ḥō·w·rāh šəḥōrîm šəḥōrōwṯ šəḥōwrāh shaChor shechoRah shechoRim shechoRot<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/leviticus/13-31.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Leviticus 13:31</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/leviticus/13.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">הָע֔וֹר וְשֵׂעָ֥ר <b> שָׁחֹ֖ר </b> אֵ֣ין בּ֑וֹ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/leviticus/13.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and there is no <span class="itali">black</span> hair<br><a href="/kjvs/leviticus/13.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> than the skin, <span class="itali">and [that there is] no black</span> hair<br><a href="/interlinear/leviticus/13-31.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the skin hair <span class="itali">black</span> and there shall isolate<p><b><a href="/text/leviticus/13-37.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Leviticus 13:37</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/leviticus/13.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">הַנֶּ֜תֶק וְשֵׂעָ֨ר <b> שָׁחֹ֧ר </b> צָֽמַח־ בּ֛וֹ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/leviticus/13.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> has remained, <span class="itali">however, and black</span> hair<br><a href="/kjvs/leviticus/13.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> at a stay, <span class="itali">and [that] there is black</span> hair<br><a href="/interlinear/leviticus/13-37.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the scale hair <span class="itali">and black</span> has grown has healed<p><b><a href="/text/songs/1-5.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Songs 1:5</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/songs/1.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> <b> שְׁחוֹרָ֤ה </b> אֲנִי֙ וְֽנָאוָ֔ה</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/songs/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">I am black</span> but lovely, O daughters<br><a href="/kjvs/songs/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">I [am] black,</span> but comely,<br><a href="/interlinear/songs/1-5.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> <span class="itali">I am black</span> I lovely<p><b><a href="/text/songs/5-11.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Songs 5:11</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/songs/5.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">קְוּצּוֹתָיו֙ תַּלְתַּלִּ֔ים <b> שְׁחֹר֖וֹת </b> כָּעוֹרֵֽב׃ </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/songs/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> are [like] clusters of dates <span class="itali">[And] black</span> as a raven.<br><a href="/kjvs/songs/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> [are] bushy, <span class="itali">[and] black</span> as a raven.<br><a href="/interlinear/songs/5-11.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> his locks are clusters <span class="itali">black</span> A raven<p><b><a href="/text/zechariah/6-2.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Zechariah 6:2</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/zechariah/6.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">הַשֵּׁנִ֖ית סוּסִ֥ים <b> שְׁחֹרִֽים׃ </b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/zechariah/6.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> with the second chariot <span class="itali">black</span> horses,<br><a href="/kjvs/zechariah/6.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> chariot <span class="itali">black</span> horses;<br><a href="/interlinear/zechariah/6-2.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the second horses <span class="itali">black</span><p><b><a href="/text/zechariah/6-6.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Zechariah 6:6</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/zechariah/6.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">בָּ֞הּ הַסּוּסִ֣ים <b> הַשְּׁחֹרִ֗ים </b> יֹֽצְאִים֙ אֶל־</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/zechariah/6.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> with one of which <span class="itali">the black</span> horses<br><a href="/kjvs/zechariah/6.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">The black</span> horses<br><a href="/interlinear/zechariah/6-6.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of which horses <span class="itali">the black</span> are going about<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7838.htm">6 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7838.htm">Strong's Hebrew 7838<br>6 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/hashshechorim_7838.htm">haš·šə·ḥō·rîm — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/shachor_7838.htm">šā·ḥōr — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/shechorah_7838.htm">šə·ḥō·w·rāh — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/shechorim_7838.htm">šə·ḥō·rîm — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/shechorot_7838.htm">šə·ḥō·rō·wṯ — 1 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 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