שָׁכַח shakhach
Hebrew word for “to forget” · Strong’s H7911 · used 102 times in 95 verses
Meaning
1) to forget, ignore, wither;
How it is translated
Glosses given for shakhach in context, with how often each is used:
- have forgotten 20
- will forget 18
- forgot 10
- forget 9
- will be forgotten 8
- should forget 5
- has forgotten 5
- forgotten 3
- those who forget 2
- forgets 2
- had forgotten 2
- may forget 2
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psalms | 33 | 1.7 | |
| Deuteronomy | 14 | 1.0 | |
| Jeremiah | 13 | 0.6 | |
| Isaiah | 10 | 0.6 | |
| Job | 7 | 0.8 | |
| Proverbs | 5 | 0.7 | |
| Hosea | 5 | 2.1 | |
| Genesis | 3 | 0.1 | |
| Ecclesiastes | 3 | 1.0 | |
| 1 Samuel | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Lamentations | 2 | 1.3 | |
| Ezekiel | 2 | 0.1 |
Also in 3 more books.
Chapters where it is used most
Psalms 119 (9), Deuteronomy 4 (3), Deuteronomy 8 (3), Psalms 44 (3), Psalms 9 (2), Psalms 10 (2), Psalms 74 (2), Psalms 78 (2), Psalms 106 (2), Proverbs 31 (2)
Forms
- תשׁכח 19
- שׁכחתי 8
- שׁכחו 6
- שׁכח 4
- ותשׁכח 4
- אשׁכח 4
- שׁכחת 4
- וישׁכחו 3
- שׁכחוני 3
- וישׁכח 3
Words used with it
Words that share verses with shakhach more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- זָכַר zakhar “to remember” 10
- אֵל el “God” 10
- נֵצַח netsach “perpetuity” 6
- פֶּן־ pen “lest” 7
- אַל al “not” 9
- אָבַד avad “to perish” 6
- בְּרִית berit “covenant” 6
- עֳנִי oni “affliction” 4
- מִצְוָה mitsvah “commandment” 5
- עוֹלָם olam “forever” 6
- תּוֹרָה torah “instruction” 5
- סָתַר satar “to hide” 4
Key verses
The verses using shakhach that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Deuteronomy 4:9 — Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the…
- 1 Samuel 1:11 — And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid,…
- Psalms 13:1 — [To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.] How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
- Psalms 50:22 — Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
- Proverbs 3:1 — My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
- Isaiah 17:10 — Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and…
- Isaiah 51:13 — And forgettest the LORD thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because…
- Jeremiah 2:32 — Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.
- Jeremiah 20:11 — But the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they…
- Ezekiel 22:12 — In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast…
- Hosea 2:13 — And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she went after…
- Hosea 4:6 — My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou…
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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.