שָׁכַח

sha.khachto forgetHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb102 occurrences15 books95 verses

Definition

or שָׁכֵחַ; a primitive root; to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention
Traditional renderings: × at all, (cause to) forget.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders שָׁכַח:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

102 total
  1. Psalm 119:16אֶשְׁכַּ֣ח · forget
    I will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.
  2. Psalm 119:61שָׁכָֽחְתִּי׃ · forget
    Though the ropes of the wicked bind me, I do not forget Your law.
  3. Psalm 119:83שָׁכָֽחְתִּי׃ · forget
    Though I am like a wineskin dried up by smoke, I do not forget Your statutes.
  4. Psalm 119:93אֶשְׁכַּ֣ח · forget
    I will never forget Your precepts, for by them You have revived me.
  5. Psalm 119:109שָׁכָֽחְתִּי׃ · forget
    I constantly take my life in my hands, yet I do not forget Your law.
  6. Psalm 119:139שָׁכְח֖וּ · forget
    My zeal has consumed me because my foes forget Your words.
  7. Psalm 119:141שָׁכָֽחְתִּי׃ · forget
    I am lowly and despised, but I do not forget Your precepts.
  8. Psalm 119:153שָׁכָֽחְתִּי׃ · forgotten
    Look upon my affliction and rescue me, for I have not forgotten Your law.
  9. Psalm 119:176שָׁכָֽחְתִּי׃ · forgotten
    I have strayed like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, for I have not forgotten Your commandments.
  10. Psalm 137:5אֶשְׁכָּחֵ֥ךְ · I forget you; תִּשְׁכַּ֥ח · cease to function
    If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand cease to function.
  11. Proverbs 2:17שָׁכֵֽחָה׃ · and forgets
    …who abandons the partner of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.
  12. Proverbs 3:1תִּשְׁכָּ֑ח · forget
    My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;
  13. Proverbs 4:5תִּשְׁכַּ֥ח · forget
    Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or turn from them.
  14. Proverbs 31:5וְיִשְׁכַּ֣ח · and forget
    …lest they drink and forget what is decreed, depriving all the oppressed of justice.
  15. Proverbs 31:7וְיִשְׁכַּ֣ח · and forget
    Let him drink and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.
  16. Ecclesiastes 2:16נִשְׁכָּ֔ח · will be forgotten
    For there is no lasting remembrance of the wise, just as with the fool, seeing that both will be forgotten in the days to come. Alas, the wise man will die just like the fool!
  17. Ecclesiastes 8:10וְיִֽשְׁתַּכְּח֥וּ · and they were praised
    Then too, I saw the burial of the wicked who used to go in and out of the holy place, and they were praised in the city where they had done so. This too is futile.
  18. Ecclesiastes 9:5נִשְׁכַּ֖ח · of them is forgotten
    For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward, because the memory of them is forgotten.
  19. Isaiah 17:10שָׁכַ֙חַתְּ֙ · you have forgotten
    For you have forgotten the God of your salvation and failed to remember the Rock of your refuge. Therefore, though you cultivate delightful plots and set out cuttings from exotic vines—
  20. Isaiah 23:15וְנִשְׁכַּ֤חַת · will be forgotten
    At that time Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years—the span of a king’s life. But at the end of seventy years, it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the harlot:
  21. Isaiah 23:16נִשְׁכָּחָ֑ה · O forgotten
    “Take up your harp, stroll through the city, O forgotten harlot. Make sweet melody, sing many a song, so you will be remembered.”
  22. Isaiah 49:14שְׁכֵחָֽנִי׃ · has forgotten me
    But Zion said, “The LORD has forsaken me; the Lord has forgotten me!”
  23. Isaiah 49:15הֲתִשְׁכַּ֤ח · forget; תִשְׁכַּ֔חְנָה · could forget; אֶשְׁכָּחֵֽךְ׃ · forget you
    “Can a woman forget her nursing child, or lack compassion for the son of her womb? Even if she could forget, I will not forget you!
  24. Isaiah 51:13וַתִּשְׁכַּ֞ח · But you have forgotten
    But you have forgotten the LORD, your Maker, who stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth. You live in terror all day long because of the fury of the oppressor who is bent on destruction. But where is the fury of the oppressor?
  25. Isaiah 54:4תִּשְׁכָּ֔חִי · you will forget
    Do not be afraid, for you will not be put to shame; do not be intimidated, for you will not be humiliated. For you will forget the shame of your youth and will remember no more the reproach of your widowhood.
  26. Isaiah 65:16נִשְׁכְּח֗וּ · will be forgotten
    Whoever invokes a blessing in the land will do so by the God of truth, and whoever takes an oath in the land will swear by the God of truth. For the former troubles will be forgotten and hidden from My sight.
  27. Jeremiah 2:32הֲתִשְׁכַּ֤ח · forget; שְׁכֵח֔וּנִי · have forgotten Me
    Does a maiden forget her jewelry or a bride her wedding sash? Yet My people have forgotten Me for days without number.
  28. Jeremiah 3:21שָׁכְח֖וּ · [and] forgotten
    A voice is heard on the barren heights, the children of Israel weeping and begging for mercy, because they have perverted their ways and forgotten the LORD their God.
  29. Jeremiah 13:25שָׁכַ֣חַתְּ · you have forgotten Me
    This is your lot, the portion I have measured to you,” declares the LORD, “because you have forgotten Me and trusted in falsehood.
  30. Jeremiah 18:15שְׁכֵחֻ֥נִי · have forgotten Me
    Yet My people have forgotten Me. They burn incense to worthless idols that make them stumble in their ways, leaving the ancient roads to walk on rutted bypaths instead of on the highway.
  31. Jeremiah 20:11תִשָּׁכֵֽחַ׃ · be forgotten
    But the LORD is with me like a fearsome warrior. Therefore, my persecutors will stumble and will not prevail. Since they have not succeeded, they will be utterly put to shame, with an everlasting disgrace that will never be forgotten.
  32. Jeremiah 23:27לְהַשְׁכִּ֤יחַ · forget; שָׁכְח֧וּ · forgot
    They suppose the dreams that they tell one another will make My people forget My name, just as their fathers forgot My name through the worship of Baal.
  33. Jeremiah 23:40תִשָּׁכֵֽחַ׃ס · be forgotten
    And I will bring upon you everlasting shame and perpetual humiliation that will never be forgotten.”
  34. Jeremiah 30:14שְׁכֵח֔וּךְ · have forgotten
    All your lovers have forgotten you; they no longer seek you, for I have struck you as an enemy would, with the discipline of someone cruel, because of your great iniquity and your numerous sins.
  35. Jeremiah 44:9הַֽשְׁכַחְתֶּם֩ · Have you forgotten
    Have you forgotten the wickedness of your fathers and of the kings of Judah and their wives, as well as the wickedness that you and your wives committed in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
  36. Jeremiah 50:5תִשָּׁכֵֽחַ׃ס · be forgotten
    They will ask the way to Zion and turn their faces toward it. They will come and join themselves to the LORD in an everlasting covenant that will never be forgotten.
  37. Jeremiah 50:6שָׁכְח֖וּ · they have forgotten
    My people are lost sheep; their shepherds have led them astray, causing them to roam the mountains. They have wandered from mountain to hill; they have forgotten their resting place.
  38. Lamentations 2:6שִׁכַּ֨ח · has made Zion forget
    He has laid waste His tabernacle like a garden booth; He has destroyed His place of meeting. The LORD has made Zion forget her appointed feasts and Sabbaths. In His fierce anger He has despised both king and priest.
  39. Lamentations 5:20תִּשְׁכָּחֵ֔נוּ · have You forgotten us
    Why have You forgotten us forever? Why have You forsaken us for so long?
  40. Ezekiel 22:12שָׁכַ֔חַתְּ · you have forgotten
    In you they take bribes to shed blood. You engage in usury, take excess interest, and extort your neighbors. But Me you have forgotten, declares the Lord GOD.
  41. Ezekiel 23:35שָׁכַ֣חַתְּ · you have forgotten
    Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you have forgotten Me and have cast Me behind your back, you must bear the consequences of your indecency and prostitution.’”
  42. Hosea 2:13שָׁכְחָ֖ה · she forgot
    I will punish her for the days of the Baals when she burned incense to them, when she adorned herself with rings and jewelry, and went after her lovers. But Me she forgot,” declares the LORD.
  43. Hosea 4:6וַתִּשְׁכַּח֙ · Since you have forgotten; אֶשְׁכַּ֥ח · forget
    My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.
  44. Hosea 8:14וַיִּשְׁכַּ֨ח · has forgotten
    Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; Judah has multiplied its fortified cities. But I will send fire upon their cities, and it will consume their citadels.