Quick Definition
to forget
Strong's Definition
to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention
Derivation: or שָׁכֵחַ; a primitive root;
KJV Usage: [idiom] at all, (cause to) forget.
TWOT Reference: 2383
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שָׁכַח (sha.khach) — to forget. 1) to forget, ignore, wither 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to forget 1a2) to cease to care 1b) (Niphal) to be forgotten 1c) (Piel) to cause to forget 1d) (Hiphil) to make or cause to forget 1e) (Hithpael) to be forgotten Aramaic equivalent: she.khach (שְׁכַח "to find" H7912)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · שָׁכֵחַ
Non-Know | verb qal, verb nif, verb hit
to forget = process by which animals, humans, or deities lose recollection of other humans or deities, or something that happened in the past
GEN 27:45 · GEN 40:23 · GEN 41:30 · DEU 4:9 · DEU 4:23 · DEU 4:31 · DEU 6:12 · DEU 8:11 · DEU 8:14 · DEU 8:19 · DEU 8:19 · DEU 9:7 · DEU 24:19 · DEU 25:19 · DEU 26:13 · DEU 31:21 · DEU 32:18 · JDG 3:7 · 1SA 1:11 · 1SA 12:9 · 2KI 17:38 · JOB 8:13 · JOB 9:27 · JOB 11:16 · JOB 19:14 · JOB 24:20 · JOB 28:4 · JOB 39:15 · PSA 9:13 · PSA 9:19 · PSA 10:11 · PSA 10:12 · PSA 13:2 · PSA 31:13 · PSA 42:10 · PSA 44:18 · PSA 44:21 · PSA 44:25 · PSA 45:11 · PSA 50:22 · PSA 59:12 · PSA 74:19 · PSA 74:23 · PSA 77:10 · PSA 78:7 · PSA 78:11 · PSA 102:5 · PSA 103:2 · PSA 106:13 · PSA 106:21 · PSA 119:16 · PSA 119:61 · PSA 119:83 · PSA 119:93 · PSA 119:109 · PSA 119:139 · PSA 119:141 · PSA 119:153 · PSA 119:176 · PSA 137:5 · PSA 137:5 · PRO 2:17 · PRO 3:1 · PRO 4:5 · PRO 31:5 · PRO 31:7 · ECC 2:16 · ECC 8:10 · ECC 9:5 · ISA 17:10 · ISA 23:15 · ISA 23:16 · ISA 49:14 · ISA 49:15 · ISA 49:15 · ISA 49:15 · ISA 51:13 · ISA 54:4 · ISA 65:16 · JER 2:32 · JER 2:32 · JER 3:21 · JER 13:25 · JER 18:15 · JER 20:11 · JER 23:27 · JER 23:40 · JER 30:14 · JER 44:9 · JER 50:5 · JER 50:6 · LAM 5:20 · EZK 22:12 · EZK 23:35 · HOS 2:15 · HOS 4:6 · HOS 4:6 · HOS 8:14 · HOS 13:6 · AMO 8:7
verb
Find | verb haf'el, verb hitpe'el
to find = process by which humans discover a person or object they were looking for
Know | verb haf'el, verb hitpe'el
to find, to find out literally: to find (a condition or quality); hence: = process by which humans or deities discover a certain quality, condition, or event related to a particular person or location
EZR 4:15 · EZR 4:19 · DAN 5:11 · DAN 5:12 · DAN 5:14 · DAN 5:27 · DAN 6:5 · DAN 6:5 · DAN 6:5 · DAN 6:6 · DAN 6:6 · DAN 6:23 · DAN 6:24
verb
Weak
to wilt, to wither, to go limp = state in which part of the human body is unable to function as can be expected
1 PSA 137:5 NIV ESV "forget" GNT "never be able ... again" = [1a] | LXX "ἐπιλησθείη" VUL "in oblivione sit" = passive | RSV NJPS NJB REB "wither (away)" CEV "go limp" = [3a] 2 ECC 8:10 MT NJPS CEV "were forgotten" NJB "forgetting" | LXX "ἐπῃνέθησαν" VUL "laudabantur" RSV NRSV ESV "were praised" NIV "receive praise" REB "priding themselves" GNT "praise" = וישׁתבחו
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שָׁכַח 102 vb. forget Qal 86 forget
Niph. be forgotten
Pi. י׳ hath caused to forget
Hiph. to make my people forget my name
Hithp. they were forgotten in the city.
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