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.
Traditional renderings: × at all, (cause to) forget.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders שָׁכַח:
- ἐπιλανθάνωepilanthanō“to forget”always
Usage patterns
Occurrences
102 total
- Psalm 119:16אֶשְׁכַּ֣ח · forgetI will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.
- Psalm 119:61שָׁכָֽחְתִּי׃ · forgetThough the ropes of the wicked bind me, I do not forget Your law.
- Psalm 119:83שָׁכָֽחְתִּי׃ · forgetThough I am like a wineskin dried up by smoke, I do not forget Your statutes.
- Psalm 119:93אֶשְׁכַּ֣ח · forgetI will never forget Your precepts, for by them You have revived me.
- Psalm 119:109שָׁכָֽחְתִּי׃ · forgetI constantly take my life in my hands, yet I do not forget Your law.
- Psalm 119:139שָׁכְח֖וּ · forgetMy zeal has consumed me because my foes forget Your words.
- Psalm 119:141שָׁכָֽחְתִּי׃ · forgetI am lowly and despised, but I do not forget Your precepts.
- Psalm 119:153שָׁכָֽחְתִּי׃ · forgottenLook upon my affliction and rescue me, for I have not forgotten Your law.
- Psalm 119:176שָׁכָֽחְתִּי׃ · forgottenI have strayed like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, for I have not forgotten Your commandments.
- Psalm 137:5אֶשְׁכָּחֵ֥ךְ · I forget you; תִּשְׁכַּ֥ח · cease to functionIf I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand cease to function.
- Proverbs 2:17שָׁכֵֽחָה׃ · and forgets…who abandons the partner of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.
- Proverbs 3:1תִּשְׁכָּ֑ח · forgetMy son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;
- Proverbs 4:5תִּשְׁכַּ֥ח · forgetGet wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or turn from them.
- Proverbs 31:5וְיִשְׁכַּ֣ח · and forget…lest they drink and forget what is decreed, depriving all the oppressed of justice.
- Proverbs 31:7וְיִשְׁכַּ֣ח · and forgetLet him drink and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.
- Ecclesiastes 2:16נִשְׁכָּ֔ח · will be forgottenFor 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!
- Ecclesiastes 8:10וְיִֽשְׁתַּכְּח֥וּ · and they were praisedThen 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.
- Ecclesiastes 9:5נִשְׁכַּ֖ח · of them is forgottenFor the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward, because the memory of them is forgotten.
- Isaiah 17:10שָׁכַ֙חַתְּ֙ · you have forgottenFor 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—
- Isaiah 23:15וְנִשְׁכַּ֤חַת · will be forgottenAt 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:
- 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.”
- Isaiah 49:14שְׁכֵחָֽנִי׃ · has forgotten meBut Zion said, “The LORD has forsaken me; the Lord has forgotten me!”
- 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!
- Isaiah 51:13וַתִּשְׁכַּ֞ח · But you have forgottenBut 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?
- Isaiah 54:4תִּשְׁכָּ֔חִי · you will forgetDo 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.
- Isaiah 65:16נִשְׁכְּח֗וּ · will be forgottenWhoever 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.
- Jeremiah 2:32הֲתִשְׁכַּ֤ח · forget; שְׁכֵח֔וּנִי · have forgotten MeDoes a maiden forget her jewelry or a bride her wedding sash? Yet My people have forgotten Me for days without number.
- Jeremiah 3:21שָׁכְח֖וּ · [and] forgottenA 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.
- Jeremiah 13:25שָׁכַ֣חַתְּ · you have forgotten MeThis is your lot, the portion I have measured to you,” declares the LORD, “because you have forgotten Me and trusted in falsehood.
- Jeremiah 18:15שְׁכֵחֻ֥נִי · have forgotten MeYet 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.
- Jeremiah 20:11תִשָּׁכֵֽחַ׃ · be forgottenBut 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.
- Jeremiah 23:27לְהַשְׁכִּ֤יחַ · forget; שָׁכְח֧וּ · forgotThey 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.
- Jeremiah 23:40תִשָּׁכֵֽחַ׃ס · be forgottenAnd I will bring upon you everlasting shame and perpetual humiliation that will never be forgotten.”
- Jeremiah 30:14שְׁכֵח֔וּךְ · have forgottenAll 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.
- Jeremiah 44:9הַֽשְׁכַחְתֶּם֩ · Have you forgottenHave 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?
- Jeremiah 50:5תִשָּׁכֵֽחַ׃ס · be forgottenThey 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.
- Jeremiah 50:6שָׁכְח֖וּ · they have forgottenMy 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.
- Lamentations 2:6שִׁכַּ֨ח · has made Zion forgetHe 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.
- Lamentations 5:20תִּשְׁכָּחֵ֔נוּ · have You forgotten usWhy have You forgotten us forever? Why have You forsaken us for so long?
- Ezekiel 22:12שָׁכַ֔חַתְּ · you have forgottenIn 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.
- Ezekiel 23:35שָׁכַ֣חַתְּ · you have forgottenTherefore 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.’”
- Hosea 2:13שָׁכְחָ֖ה · she forgotI 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.
- Hosea 4:6וַתִּשְׁכַּח֙ · Since you have forgotten; אֶשְׁכַּ֥ח · forgetMy 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.
- Hosea 8:14וַיִּשְׁכַּ֨ח · has forgottenIsrael 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.