זָנַח zanach

Hebrew word for “to reject” · Strong’s H2186 · used 20 times in 20 verses

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Meaning

1) to cast off, reject, spurn; 1a) (Qal) to reject; 1b) (Hiphil) to forcefully reject someone

Senses in the lexicon

• to reject (19)
• to stink (1)

How it is translated

Glosses given for zanach in context, with how often each is used:

• have you rejected 4
• had rejected 3
• has rejected 3
• will reject 2
• have rejected 2
• reject 1
• will he reject 1
• do you reject 1
• have spurned 1
• has excluded 1
• will stink 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Psalms 44 (2), Psalms 60 (2), Lamentations 3 (2), Hosea 8 (2), 1 Chronicles 28 (1), 2 Chronicles 11 (1), 2 Chronicles 29 (1), Psalms 43 (1), Psalms 74 (1), Psalms 77 (1)

Forms

• זנחת 3
• זנחתנו 3
• זנח 3
• תזנח 2
• יזנח 2
• יזניחך 1
• הזניחם 1
• הזניח 1
• זנחתני 1
• ותזנח 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with zanach more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• אֲדֹנָי adonai “Lord” 4
• מָה mah “what?” 4
• אֹיֵב oyev “enemy” 3
• נֵצַח netsach “perpetuity” 2
• אַתָּה attah “you(m.s.)” 4
• צָבָא tsava “Hosts” 3
• נֶפֶשׁ nephesh “soul” 3
• יָצָא yatsa “to come out” 3
• עָזַב azav “to leave” 2
• אַף aph “face” 2
• מִזְבֵּחַ mizbeach “altar” 2
• עוֹלָם olam “forever” 2

Key verses

The verses using zanach that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 1 Chronicles 28:9 — And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and…
• Psalms 43:2 — For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
• Psalms 44:9 — But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.
• Psalms 44:23 — Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.
• Psalms 60:1 — [To the chief Musician upon Shushan-eduth, Michtam of David, to teach; when he strove with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, when Joab returned, and smote of…
• Psalms 74:1 — [Maschil of Asaph.] O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
• Psalms 77:7 — Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more?
• Psalms 89:38 — But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.
• Lamentations 2:7 — The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a noise…
• Lamentations 3:31 — For the Lord will not cast off for ever:
• Hosea 8:5 — Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?
• Zechariah 10:6 — And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I have mercy upon them: and they…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.