To forget
שָׁכַחStrong’s H7911shakhach (sha-khach)
Appears in 95 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Shakhach is the Hebrew word usually translated “forget”, “have forgotten” and “should forget”. It appears in 95 verses of the Old Testament.
“Until thy brother’s anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch thee from thence: why should I be deprived also of you both in one day?”
Meaning
- To forget, ignore, wither(Qal) · (Niphal) to be forgotten · (Piel) to cause to forget · (Hiphil) to make or cause to forget · (Hithpael) to be forgotten
How it's translated
- you forget 7
- i have forgotten 7
- you will forget 5
- i will forget 5
- you should forget 4
- it will be forgotten 4
- you have forgotten 4
- and they forgot 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 32
- Deuteronomy 13
- Jeremiah 11
- Isaiah 8
- Job 7
- Proverbs 5
15 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 40:23Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.
- Genesis 41:30And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land;
- Deuteronomy 4:9Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons’ sons;
- Deuteronomy 4:23Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee.
- Deuteronomy 4:31(For the LORD thy God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them.
- Deuteronomy 6:12Then beware lest thou forget the LORD, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
All 95 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
שָׁכַח shakhach · 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)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.