שָׁכַחshâkach
forget
Pronunciation: shaw-kakh' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7911
Meanings
Qal: forget (Psalms 9:13; Isaiah 49:14; Jeremiah 13:25)
1. subject man
a. forget and leave (Genesis 27:45; Deuteronomy 4:9; Deuteronomy 9:7)
b. forgetting to mention, ceasing to care for (Genesis 40:23; Jeremiah 30:14; Isaiah 49:15)
2. subject ׳ י (God)
Niph`al: be forgotten (Ecclesiastes 9:5; Psalms 9:19; Jeremiah 20:11)
Pi`el: hath caused to forget (be forgotten) (Lamentations 2:6)
Hiph`il: to make, forget (Jeremiah 23:27)
Hithpa`el: they were forgotten (Ecclesiastes 8:10)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 102 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 27:45 When he calms down and forgets what you have done to him, I will send for you to come back. Why should I lose both of you in one day?”
- Genesis 40:23 Pharaoh’s chief cup-bearer, however, forgot all about Joseph, never giving him another thought.
- Genesis 41:30 But afterward there will be seven years of famine so great that all the prosperity will be forgotten in Egypt. Famine will destroy the land.
- Deuteronomy 4:9 “But watch out! Be careful never to forget what you yourself have seen. Do not let these memories escape from your mind as long as you live! And be sure to pass them on to your children and grandchildren.
- Deuteronomy 4:23 So be careful not to break the covenant the Lord your God has made with you. Do not make idols of any shape or form, for the Lord your God has forbidden this.
- Deuteronomy 4:31 For the Lord your God is a merciful God; he will not abandon you or destroy you or forget the solemn covenant he made with your ancestors.
See every passage
- Genesis 27:45, 40:23, 41:30
- Deuteronomy 4:9, 4:23, 4:31, 6:12, 8:11, 8:14, 8:19, 9:7, 24:19, 25:19, 26:13, 31:21, 32:18
- Judges 3:7
- 1 Samuel 1:11, 12:9
- 2 Kings 17:38
- Job 8:13, 9:27, 11:16, 19:14, 24:20, 28:4, 39:15
- Psalms 9:12, 9:18, 10:11, 10:12, 13:1, 31:12, 42:9, 44:17, 44:20, 44:24, 45:10, 50:22, 59:11, 74:19, 74:23, 77:9, 78:7, 78:11, 102:4, 103:2, 106:13, 106:21, 119:16, 119:61, 119:83, 119:93, 119:109, 119:139, 119:141, 119:153, 119:176, 137:5
- Proverbs 2:17, 3:1, 4:5, 31:5, 31:7
- Ecclesiastes 2:16, 8:10, 9:5
- Isaiah 17:10, 23:15, 23:16, 49:14, 49:15, 51:13, 54:4, 65:16
- Jeremiah 2:32, 3:21, 13:25, 18:15, 20:11, 23:27, 23:40, 30:14, 44:9, 50:5, 50:6
- Lamentations 2:6, 5:20
- Ezekiel 22:12, 23:35
- Hosea 2:13, 4:6, 8:14, 13:6
- Amos 8:7
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).