To forget
נָשָׁהStrong’s H5382nashah (na-shah)
Appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Nashah is the Hebrew word usually translated “has made forget me”, “cause to forget” and “has made forget it”. It appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.”
Meaning
- To forget, deprive(Qal) to forget · (Niphal) to be forgotten · (Piel) to cause to forget · (Hiphil) to cause to forget, allow to be forgotten
How it's translated
- he has made forget me 1
- he will cause to forget 1
- he has made forget it 1
- you will be forgotten by me 1
- and i will surely 1
- i have forgotten 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Job 2
- Genesis 1
- Isaiah 1
- Jeremiah 1
- Lamentations 1
5 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Job 11:6And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.
- Job 39:17Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
- Isaiah 44:21Remember these, O Jacob and Israel; for thou art my servant: I have formed thee; thou art my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me.
- Jeremiah 23:39Therefore, behold, I, even I, will utterly forget you, and I will forsake you, and the city that I gave you and your fathers, and cast you out of my presence:
- Lamentations 3:17And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.
Hebrew dictionary
נָשָׁה nashah · to forget
1) to forget, deprive 1a) (Qal) to forget 1b) (Niphal) to be forgotten 1c) (Piel) to cause to forget 1d) (Hiphil) to cause to forget, allow to be forgotten
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “surely” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SU'RELY, adverb
Certainly; infallibly; undoubtedly.
- “In the day thou eatest thereof, thou shalt surely die” Genesis 2:17
- Firmly; without danger of falling.“He that walketh uprightly, walketh surely” Proverbs 10:9
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.