Deuteronomy 4:31
(For the LORD thy God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them.
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Forsake
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Hebrews 13:5
Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
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Deuteronomy
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1 Chronicles
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עָזַב
ʻâzab · aw-zab'
46 times translated as this KJV form215 total Strong's occurrences
to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.
Strong's KJV usage: commit self, fail, forsake, fortify, help, leave (destitute, off), refuse, × surely.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Deuteronomy 12:19Strong's last: Jonah 2:8
Open full H5800 profile →נָטַשׁ
nâṭash · naw-tash'
7 times translated as this KJV form40 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to pound, i.e. smite; by implication (as if beating out, and thus expanding) to disperse; also, to thrust off, down, out or upon (inclusively, reject, let alone, permit, remit, etc.)
Strong's KJV usage: cast off, drawn, let fall, forsake, join (battle), leave (off), lie still, loose, spread (self) abroad, stretch out, suffer.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Samuel 12:22Strong's last: Jeremiah 23:39
Open full H5203 profile →רָפָה
râphâh · raw-faw'
2 times translated as this KJV form46 total Strong's occurrences
to slacken (in many applications, literal or figurative)
Strong's KJV usage: abate, cease, consume, draw (toward evening), fail, (be) faint, be (wax) feeble, forsake, idle, leave, let alone (go, down), (be) slack, stay, be still, be slothful, (be) weak(-en). See 7495.
Strong's first: Deuteronomy 4:31Strong's last: Psalms 138:8
Open full H7503 profile →ἀποστασία
apostasía · ap-os-tas-ee'-ah
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
defection from truth (properly, the state) ("apostasy")
Strong's KJV usage: :--falling away, forsake.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Acts 21:21Strong's last: Acts 21:21
Open full G646 profile →ἐγκαταλείπω
enkataleípō · eng-kat-al-i'-po
1 times translated as this KJV form10 total Strong's occurrences
to leave behind in some place, i.e. (in a good sense) let remain over, or (in a bad sense) to desert
Strong's KJV usage: :--forsake, leave.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Hebrews 13:5Strong's last: Hebrews 13:5
Open full G1459 profile →חָדַל
châdal · khaw-dal'
1 times translated as this KJV form58 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to be flabby, i.e. (by implication) desist; (figuratively) be lacking or idle
Strong's KJV usage: cease, end, fall, forbear, forsake, leave (off), let alone, rest, be unoccupied, want.
Strong's first: Judges 9:11Strong's last: Judges 9:11
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H5800
For the ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he shall be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return, and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant.
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forsake
FORSA'KE, verb transitive preterit tense forsook; participle passive forsaken. See Seek .]
1. To quit or leave entirely; to desert; to abandon; to depart from. Friends and flatterers forsake us in adversity.
Forsake the foolish, and live. Proverbs 9:6.
2. To abandon; to renounce; to reject.
If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments - Psalms 89:30.
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Psalms 37:8.
3. To leave; to withdraw from; to fail. In anger, the color forsakes the cheeks. In severe trials, let not fortitude forsake you.
4. In scripture, God forsakes his people, when he withdraws his aid, or the light of his countenance.
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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