Psalms 78:38
But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.
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Forgave
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Colossians 3:13
Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
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3 occurrences in 1 verses.
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χαρίζομαι
charízomai · khar-id'-zom-ahee
5 times translated as this KJV form24 total Strong's occurrences
to grant as a favor, i.e. gratuitously, in kindness, pardon or rescue
Strong's KJV usage: :--deliver, (frankly) forgive, (freely) give, grant.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Luke 7:42Strong's last: Colossians 3:13
Open full G5483 profile →ἀφίημι
aphíēmi · af-ee'-ay-mee
2 times translated as this KJV form175 total Strong's occurrences
to send forth, in various applications (as follow)
Strong's KJV usage: :--cry, forgive, forsake, lay aside, leave, let (alone, be, go, have), omit, put (send) away, remit, suffer, yield up.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 18:27Strong's last: Matthew 18:32
Open full G863 profile →כָּפַר
kâphar · kaw-far'
1 times translated as this KJV form102 total Strong's occurrences
to cover (specifically with bitumen); figuratively, to expiate or condone, to placate or cancel
Strong's KJV usage: appease, make (an atonement, cleanse, disannul, forgive, be merciful, pacify, pardon, purge (away), put off, (make) reconcile(-liation).
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Strong's first: Psalms 78:38Strong's last: Psalms 78:38
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G5483
To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ;
G5483
To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ;
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To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ;
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forgave
FORGA'VE, preterit tense of forgive, which see.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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