שָׁכַח
sha.khach
“to forget”
Definition
to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention
or שָׁכֵחַ; a primitive root;
- 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)
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Occurrences
שָׁכַח appears 82 times in the Old Testament.
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Key Passages
And she made a vow, pleading, “O LORD of Hosts, if only You will look upon the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me, not forgetting Your maidservant but giving her a son, then I will dedicate him to the LORD all the days of his life, and no razor shall ever come over his head.”
Remember this, and never forget how you provoked the LORD your God in the wilderness. From the day you left the land of Egypt until you reached this place, you have been rebelling against the LORD.
“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!
For you will forget your misery,recalling it only as waters gone by.
Bless the LORD, O my soul,and do not forget all His kind deeds—
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