Forgetful
שָׁכֵחַStrong’s H7913shakheach (sha-khe-ach)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Shakheach is the Hebrew word usually translated “forgetful of” and “forgetting”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.”
Meaning
- Forgetting, forgetful, forget
How it's translated
- forgetful of 1
- forgetting 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 1
- Isaiah 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
שָׁכֵחַ shakheach · forgetful
forgetting, forgetful, forget
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “forgetful” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
FORGET'FUL, adjective
- Apt to forget; easily losing the remembrance of.
- Heedless; careless; neglectful; inattentive.“Be not forgetful to entertain strangers” Hebrews 13:2
- Causing to forget; inducing oblivion; oblivious; as forgetful draughts.
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.