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שָׁכַח

sha.khach

to forget

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Strong’s H7911Verb102 times in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

you will forget7

you forget7

they forgot7

i will forget7

they have forgotten7

i have forgotten6

you have forgotten6

it will be forgotten5

In the text

Deuteronomy 8:14וְשָׁכַחְתָּ
then your heart will become proud, and you will forget the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
Job 11:16תִּשְׁכָּח
For you will forget your misery, recalling it only as waters gone by.
Psalm 10:12תִּשְׁכַּח
Arise, O LORD! Lift up Your hand, O God! Do not forget the helpless.
Proverbs 3:1תִּשְׁכָּח
My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;
Isaiah 54:4תִּשְׁכָּחִי
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.
Jeremiah 23:27שָׁכְחוּ
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.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

שָׁכַח 102 vb. forget

Qal 86 forget

Niph. be forgotten

Pi. י׳ hath caused to forget

Hiph. to make my people forget my name

Hithp. they were forgotten in the city.

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.