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Lexicon :: Strong's H7911 - šāḵaḥ

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שָׁכַח
Transliteration
šāḵaḥ
Pronunciation
shaw-kakh'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2383

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁכַח shâkach, shaw-kakh'; or שָׁכֵחַ shâkêach; a primitive root; to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention:—× at all, (cause to) forget.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 102x

The KJV translates Strong's H7911 in the following manner: forget (61x), forgotten (40x), at all (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 102x
The KJV translates Strong's H7911 in the following manner: forget (61x), forgotten (40x), at all (1x).

  1. to forget, ignore, wither

    1. (Qal)

      1. to forget

      2. to cease to care

    2. (Niphal) to be forgotten

    3. (Piel) to cause to forget

    4. (Hiphil) to make or cause to forget

    5. (Hithpael) to be forgotten

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁכַח shâkach, shaw-kakh'; or שָׁכֵחַ shâkêach; a primitive root; to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention:—× at all, (cause to) forget.
STRONGS H7911: Abbreviations
שָׁכַח 102 verb forget (Late Hebrew id.; Ecclus 45:26c and (Pi.) Ecclesiasticus 11:25 (twice in verse); Aramaic שְׁכַךְ bdb101302 is find); —
Qal86 Perfect 3rd person masculine singular שׁ׳ Psalm 9:13 +, suffix שְׁכֵחָ֑נִי Isaiah 49:14; 2nd person feminine singular שָׁכַחְתְּ Jeremiah 13:25; 1st person plural suffix שְׁכַחֲנוּךָ Psalm 44:18, etc.; Imperfect יִשְׁכַּח Deuteronomy 4:31 +, etc.; Imperative feminine singular שִׁכְּחִי Psalm 45:11; Infinitive absolute שָׁכֹךְַ; Participle plural construct שֹׁכְחֵי Job 8:13; Psalm 50:22; — forget:
1. subject man,
a. accusative of thing Genesis 27:45 (E), Deuteronomy 4:9; Deuteronomy 9:7 (opposed to זָכַר) +, = forget and leave, ב of location, Deuteronomy 24:19; with object clause with כִּי Job 39:15; with מִן infinitive Psalm 102:5.
b. with accusative of person, involving forgetting to mention, Genesis 40:23 (E; opposed to זכר), ceasing to care for Jeremiah 30:14 (figurative), Isaiah 49:15 (twice in verse) (accusative omitted), Isaiah 49:15; Job 19:14; Psalm 45:11; with accusative Jerusalem Psalm 137:5a; יִשְׁכָּחֵהוּ רֶחֶם Job 24:20; absolute Psalm 137:5b ׃תִּשְׁכַּח יְמִינִי AE Ki supply הַמַּעֲשֶׂה or הַנִּגּוּן (whence AV her cunning), but forced: Greek Version of the LXX תִּשָּׁכַח; read probably (Gr Bu and others) תִּכְחַשׁ let it grow lean (Psalm 109:24, compare Zechariah 11:17), or (Che) תְּכַחַשׁ let it disappoint (me), fail (Habakkuk 3:17).
c. especially with accusative י׳ (God), Hosea 2:15; Hosea 8:14; Hosea 13:6; Judges 3:7; 1 Samuel 12:9; Isaiah 17:10; Deuteronomy 8:19 (שָׁכֹחַ תִּשׁ׳) + 16 times (5 times Deuteronomy, + 4 times Jeremiah), + Psalm 59:12 (accusative omitted); also accusative of divine name Jeremiah 23:27 (בַּבַּעַל), Psalm 44:21; commands of י׳ Hosea 4:6; Deuteronomy 26:13 (accusative omitted) Psalm 119:16 + 7 times Psalm 119, his doings and ways, Psalm 119:139; Psalm 78:7; Psalm 78:11; Psalm 103:2; Psalm 106:13, his covenant Deuteronomy 4:23, 31; 2 Kings 17:38; Proverbs 2:17; law of wisdom Proverbs 3:1, that is accusative בִּינָה Proverbs 4:6.
2. subject י׳ (God):
a. accusative of person Hosea 4:6; 1 Samuel 1:11 (opposed to זָכַר), Lamentations 5:20; Isaiah 49:14 (|| עָזַב), Psalm 10:12; Psalm 13:2; Psalm 42:10.
b. accusative of sins Amos 8:7; Psalm 10:11 (accusative omitted), cry Psalm 9:13 (opposed to זָכַר), compare, of distress, Psalm 44:25.
c. voice of foes Psalm 74:23.
d. followed by infinitive Psalm 77:10.
† Niph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular נִשְׁכַּח Ecclesiastes 9:5, etc.; Imperfect יִשָּׁכַח Psalm 9:19, 3rd person feminine singular תִּשָּׁכֵחַ Jeremiah 20:11, etc.; Participle feminine singular נִשְׁכָּחָה Isaiah 23:16, נִשְׁכַּחַת Isaiah 23:15, plural נִשְׁכָּ חִים Job 28:4; — be forgotten: subject of thing Genesis 41:30 (E), Deuteronomy 31:21; Jeremiah 20:11; Jeremiah 23:40; Jeremiah 50:5; Isaiah 65:11; subject person Psalm 9:19; Psalm 31:13; Ecclesiastes 2:16, Tyre Isaiah 23:15, 16 (under figure of harlot), subject זִכְרָם Ecclesiastes 9:5; מִנִּי רָ֑גֶל הַנִּשׁ׳ Job 28:4.
† Pi. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular וגו׳ שִׁכַּח י׳ Lamentations 2:6 י׳ hath caused to forget (be forgotten) in Zion assembly and sabbath.
† Hiph. Infinitive לְהַשְׁכִּיחַ Jeremiah 23:27 to make my people forget my name (2 accusative).
† Hithp. Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural יִשְׁתַּכְּחוּ Ecclesiastes 8:10 they were forgotten in the city.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

27:45; 40:23; 41:30

Deuteronomy

4:9; 4:23; 4:31; 4:31; 8:19; 9:7; 24:19; 26:13; 31:21

Judges

3:7

1 Samuel

1:11; 12:9

2 Kings

17:38

Job

8:13; 19:14; 24:20; 28:4; 28:4; 39:15

Psalms

9:13; 9:13; 9:19; 9:19; 10:11; 10:12; 13:2; 31:13; 42:10; 44:18; 44:21; 44:25; 45:11; 45:11; 50:22; 59:12; 74:23; 77:10; 78:7; 78:11; 102:5; 103:2; 106:13; 109:24; 119; 119:16; 119:139; 137:5; 137:5

Proverbs

2:17; 3:1; 4:6

Ecclesiastes

2:16; 8:10; 9:5; 9:5

Isaiah

17:10; 23:15; 23:15; 23:16; 23:16; 49:14; 49:14; 49:15; 49:15; 65:11

Jeremiah

13:25; 20:11; 20:11; 23:27; 23:27; 23:40; 30:14; 50:5

Lamentations

2:6; 5:20

Hosea

2:15; 4:6; 4:6; 8:14; 13:6

Amos

8:7

Habakkuk

3:17

Zechariah

11:17

H7911

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Strong's Number H7911 matches the Hebrew שָׁכַח (šāḵaḥ),
which occurs 102 times in 95 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 27:45–Psa 119:16)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:45 - until your brother’s anger turns away from you, and he forgets what you have done to him. Then I will send and bring you from there. Why should I be bereft of you both in one day?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:23 - Yet the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph, but forgot him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:30 - but after them there will arise seven years of famine, and all the plenty will be forgotten in the land of Egypt. The famine will consume the land,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:9 - “Only take care, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things that your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. Make them known to your children and your children’s children—

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:23 - Take care, lest you forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which he made with you, and make a carved image, the form of anything that the LORD your God has forbidden you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:31

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:31 - For the LORD your God is a merciful God. He will not leave you or destroy you or forget the covenant with your fathers that he swore to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:12 - then take care lest you forget the LORD, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:11 - “Take care lest you forget the LORD your God by not keeping his commandments and his rules and his statutes, which I command you today,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:14 - then your heart be lifted up, and you forget the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:19 - And if you forget the LORD your God and go after other gods and serve them and worship them, I solemnly warn you today that you shall surely perish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:7 - Remember and do not forget how you provoked the LORD your God to wrath in the wilderness. From the day you came out of the land of Egypt until you came to this place, you have been rebellious against the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 24:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:19 - “When you reap your harvest in your field and forget a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it. It shall be for the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 25:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:19 - Therefore when the LORD your God has given you rest from all your enemies around you, in the land that the LORD your God is giving you for an inheritance to possess, you shall blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven; you shall not forget.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:13 - then you shall say before the LORD your God, ‘I have removed the sacred portion out of my house, and moreover, I have given it to the Levite, the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, according to all your commandment that you have commanded me. I have not transgressed any of your commandments, nor have I forgotten them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:21 - And when many evils and troubles have come upon them, this song shall confront them as a witness (for it will live unforgotten in the mouths of their offspring). For I know what they are inclined to do even today, before I have brought them into the land that I swore to give.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:18 - You were unmindful of the Rock that bore[fn] you,
and you forgot the God who gave you birth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:7 - And the people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the LORD. They forgot the LORD their God and served the Baals and the Asheroth.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:11 - And she vowed a vow and said, “O LORD of hosts, if you will indeed look on the affliction of your servant and remember me and not forget your servant, but will give to your servant a son, then I will give him to the LORD all the days of his life, and no razor shall touch his head.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:9 - But they forgot the LORD their God. And he sold them into the hand of Sisera, commander of the army of Hazor,[fn] and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab. And they fought against them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:38 - and you shall not forget the covenant that I have made with you. You shall not fear other gods,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:13 - Such are the paths of all who forget God;
the hope of the godless shall perish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:27 - If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint,
I will put off my sad face, and be of good cheer,’

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 11:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:16 - You will forget your misery;
you will remember it as waters that have passed away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:14 - My relatives have failed me,
my close friends have forgotten me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:20 - The womb forgets them;
the worm finds them sweet;
they are no longer remembered,
so wickedness is broken like a tree.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:4 - He opens shafts in a valley away from where anyone lives;
they are forgotten by travelers;
they hang in the air, far away from mankind; they swing to and fro.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:15 - forgetting that a foot may crush them
and that the wild beast may trample them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:12 - For he who avenges blood is mindful of them;
he does not forget the cry of the afflicted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:18 - For the needy shall not always be forgotten,
and the hope of the poor shall not perish forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:11 - He says in his heart, “God has forgotten,
he has hidden his face, he will never see it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:12 - Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up your hand;
forget not the afflicted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 13:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 13:1 - To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
How long, O LORD? Will you forget me forever?
How long will you hide your face from me?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 31:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:12 - I have been forgotten like one who is dead;
I have become like a broken vessel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 42:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:9 - I say to God, my rock:
“Why have you forgotten me?
Why do I go mourning
because of the oppression of the enemy?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 44:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:17 - All this has come upon us,
though we have not forgotten you,
and we have not been false to your covenant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 44:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:20 - If we had forgotten the name of our God
or spread out our hands to a foreign god,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 44:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:24 - Why do you hide your face?
Why do you forget our affliction and oppression?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 45:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:10 - Hear, O daughter, and consider, and incline your ear:
forget your people and your father’s house,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 50:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:22 - “Mark this, then, you who forget God,
lest I tear you apart, and there be none to deliver!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 59:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:11 - Kill them not, lest my people forget;
make them totter[fn] by your power and bring them down,
O Lord, our shield!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:19 - Do not deliver the soul of your dove to the wild beasts;
do not forget the life of your poor forever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:23 - Do not forget the clamor of your foes,
the uproar of those who rise against you, which goes up continually!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 77:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:9 - Has God forgotten to be gracious?
Has he in anger shut up his compassion?” Selah

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:7 - so that they should set their hope in God
and not forget the works of God,
but keep his commandments;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:11 - They forgot his works
and the wonders that he had shown them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 102:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:4 - My heart is struck down like grass and has withered;
I forget to eat my bread.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 103:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:2 - Bless the LORD, O my soul,
and forget not all his benefits,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:13 - But they soon forgot his works;
they did not wait for his counsel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:21 - They forgot God, their Savior,
who had done great things in Egypt,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:16 - I will delight in your statutes;
I will not forget your word.

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