Zanach זָנַח

Zanach (Hebrew זָנַח, Strong's H2186) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to reject”. It occurs 20 times in 20 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H2186A: to reject

H2186B: to stink

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Zanach, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

1 Chronicles

• 1 Chronicles 28:9
  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.As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.

2 Chronicles

• 2 Chronicles 11:14
  For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons had cast them off from executing the priest’s office unto the Lord:For the Levites left their pasturelands and their possessions and went to Judah and Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his sons had rejected them as priests of the LORD.
• 2 Chronicles 29:19
  Moreover all the vessels, which king Ahaz in his reign did cast away in his transgression, have we prepared and sanctified, and, behold, they are before the altar of the Lord.Moreover, we have prepared and consecrated all the articles that King Ahaz in his unfaithfulness cast aside during his reign. They are now in front of the altar of the LORD.”

Psalms

• Psalm 43:2
  For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?For You are the God of my refuge. Why have You rejected me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?
• Psalm 44:9
  But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.But You have rejected and humbled us; You no longer go forth with our armies.
• Psalm 44:23
  Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.Wake up, O Lord! Why are You sleeping? Arise! Do not reject us forever.
• Psalm 60:1
  O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again.You have rejected us, O God; You have broken us; You have been angry; restore us!
• Psalm 60:10
  Wilt not thou, O God, which hadst cast us off? and thou, O God, which didst not go out with our armies?Have You not rejected us, O God? Will You no longer march out, O God, with our armies?
• Psalm 74:1
  O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?Why have You rejected us forever, O God? Why does Your anger smolder against the sheep of Your pasture?
• Psalm 77:7
  Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more?“Will the Lord spurn us forever and never show His favor again?
• Psalm 88:14
  LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?Why, O LORD, do You reject me? Why do You hide Your face from me?
• Psalm 89:38
  But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.Now, however, You have spurned and rejected him; You are enraged by Your anointed one.
• Psalm 108:11
  Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our hosts?Have You not rejected us, O God? Will You no longer march out, O God, with our armies?

Isaiah

• Isaiah 19:6
  And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.The canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will trickle and dry up; the reeds and rushes will wither.

Lamentations

• Lamentations 2:7
  The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a noise in the house of the Lord, as in the day of a solemn feast.The Lord has rejected His altar; He has abandoned His sanctuary; He has delivered the walls of her palaces into the hand of the enemy. They have raised a shout in the house of the LORD as on the day of an appointed feast.
• Lamentations 3:17
  And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.My soul has been deprived of peace; I have forgotten what prosperity is.
• Lamentations 3:31
  For the Lord will not cast off for ever:For the Lord will not cast us off forever.

Hosea

• Hosea 8:3
  Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him.But Israel has rejected good; an enemy will pursue him.
• Hosea 8:5
  Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?He has rejected your calf, O Samaria. My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence?

Zechariah

• Zechariah 10:6
  And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I have mercy upon them: and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I am the Lord their God, and will hear them.I will strengthen the house of Judah and save the house of Joseph. I will restore them because I have compassion on them, and they will be as though I had not rejected them. For I am the LORD their God, and I will answer them.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).