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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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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H7503
(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.
H5800
Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon the earth.
H5800
And the Levite that is within thy gates; thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no part nor inheritance with thee.
H5800
Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
H5800
And the LORD, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.
H5800
And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.
H5800
Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because our God is not among us?
H5800
There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
H5800
And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods;
H5800
If ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good.
H2308
But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees?
H5203
For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people.
H5800
And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.
H5203
The LORD our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not leave us, nor forsake us:
H5203
And I will forsake the remnant of mine inheritance, and deliver them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies;
H5800
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 understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
H5800
And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD God, even my God, will be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the LORD.
H5800
But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;
H5800
And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.
H5800
And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.
H5800
For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.
H5800
Nevertheless for thy great mercies' sake thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God.
H5800
For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the offering of the corn, of the new wine, and the oil, unto the chambers, where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that minister, and the porters, and the singers: and we will not forsake the house of our God.
H5800
Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:
H5800
Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.
English meaning and historical usage.
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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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