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== Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words <ref name="term_76338" /> == | == Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words <ref name="term_76338" /> == | ||
<p> <em> Shâkach </em> (שָׁכֵחַ, Strong'S #7911), “to forget.” The common word meaning “to forget” appears in all periods of the [[Hebrew]] language; this term is also found in Aramaic. It occurs just over 100 times in the Hebrew Bible. <em> Shâkach </em> is found for the first time in the Old [[Testament]] in Gen. 27:45, when [[Rebekah]] urges Jacob to flee his home until [[Esau]] “forget that which thou hast done to him.” </p> <p> As the people worshiped strange gods, Jeremiah reminded Judah that “all thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not” (Jer. 30:14). But God does not “forget” His people: “Can a woman forget her suckling child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will | <p> <em> Shâkach </em> ( '''''שָׁכֵחַ''''' , Strong'S #7911), “to forget.” The common word meaning “to forget” appears in all periods of the [[Hebrew]] language; this term is also found in Aramaic. It occurs just over 100 times in the Hebrew Bible. <em> Shâkach </em> is found for the first time in the Old [[Testament]] in Gen. 27:45, when [[Rebekah]] urges Jacob to flee his home until [[Esau]] “forget that which thou hast done to him.” </p> <p> As the people worshiped strange gods, Jeremiah reminded Judah that “all thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not” (Jer. 30:14). But God does not “forget” His people: “Can a woman forget her suckling child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee” (Isa. 49:15). In spite of this, when destruction came, Judah complained: “Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever …?” (Lam. 5:20). [[Israel]] would often “forget” God’s law (Hos. 4:6) and God’s name (Jer. 23:27). </p> | ||
== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_60169" /> == | == King James Dictionary <ref name="term_60169" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> FORGET', pret. forgot. forgat, obs. </p> 1. To lose the remembrance of to let go from the memory. <p> [[Bless]] the Lord, [[O]] my soul, and forget not all his benefits. Psalms 103 . </p> 2. To slight to neglect. <p> Can a woman forget her sucking child? Yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. Isaiah 49 . </p> | ||
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_123349" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_123349" /> == | ||
