Shakhach שָׁכַח

Shakhach (Hebrew שָׁכַח, Strong's H7911) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to forget”. It occurs 102 times in 95 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

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

Genesis

• Genesis 27:45
  Until thy brother’s anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch thee from thence: why should I be deprived also of you both in one day?until your brother’s rage against you wanes and he forgets what you have done to him. Then I will send for you and bring you back from there. Why should I lose both of you in one day?”
• Genesis 40:23
  Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot all about him.
• Genesis 41:30
  And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land;but seven years of famine will follow them. Then all the abundance in the land of Egypt will be forgotten, and the famine will devastate the land.

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 4:9
  Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons’ sons;Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and grandchildren.
• Deuteronomy 4:23
  Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the Lord your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the Lord thy God hath forbidden thee.Be careful that you do not forget the covenant of the LORD your God that He made with you; do not make an idol for yourselves in the form of anything He has forbidden you.
• 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.For the LORD your God is a merciful God; He will not abandon you or destroy you or forget the covenant with your fathers, which He swore to them by oath.
• Deuteronomy 6:12
  Then beware lest thou forget the Lord, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.be careful not to forget the LORD who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
• Deuteronomy 8:11
  Beware that thou forget not the Lord thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day:Be careful not to forget the LORD your God by failing to keep His commandments and ordinances and statutes, which I am giving you this day.
• Deuteronomy 8:14
  Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the Lord thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;then your heart will become proud, and you will forget the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
• Deuteronomy 8:19
  And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the Lord thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish.If you ever forget the LORD your God and go after other gods to worship and bow down to them, I testify against you today that you will surely perish.
• Deuteronomy 9:7
  Remember, and forget not, how thou provokedst the Lord thy God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou didst depart out of the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against the Lord.Remember this, and never forget how you provoked the LORD your God in the wilderness. From the day you left the land of Egypt until you reached this place, you have been rebelling against the LORD.
• Deuteronomy 24:19
  When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands.If you are harvesting in your field and forget a sheaf there, do not go back to get it. It is to be left for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.
• Deuteronomy 25:19
  Therefore it shall be, when the Lord thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not forget it.When the LORD your God gives you rest from the enemies around you in the land that He is giving you to possess as an inheritance, you are to blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven. Do not forget!
• Deuteronomy 26:13
  Then thou shalt say before the Lord thy God, I have brought away the hallowed things out of mine house, and also have given them unto the Levite, and unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all thy commandments which thou hast commanded me: I have not transgressed thy commandments, neither have I forgotten them:Then you shall declare in the presence of the LORD your God, “I have removed from my house the sacred portion and have given it to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, according to all the commandments You have given me. I have not transgressed or forgotten Your commandments.
• Deuteronomy 31:21
  And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they go about, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I sware.And when many troubles and afflictions have come upon them, this song will testify against them, because it will not be forgotten from the lips of their descendants. For I know their inclination, even before I bring them into the land that I swore to give them.”
• Deuteronomy 32:18
  Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.You ignored the Rock who brought you forth; you forgot the God who gave you birth.

Judges

• Judges 3:7
  And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and forgat the Lord their God, and served Baalim and the groves.So the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; they forgot the LORD their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs.

1 Samuel

• 1 Samuel 1:11
  And she vowed a vow, and said, O Lord of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the Lord all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.And she made a vow, pleading, “O LORD of Hosts, if only You will look upon the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me, not forgetting Your maidservant but giving her a son, then I will dedicate him to the LORD all the days of his life, and no razor shall ever come over his head.”
• 1 Samuel 12:9
  And when they forgat the Lord their God, he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them.But they forgot the LORD their God, and He sold them into the hand of Sisera the commander of the army of Hazor, and into the hands of the Philistines and the king of Moab, who fought against them.

2 Kings

• 2 Kings 17:38
  And the covenant that I have made with you ye shall not forget; neither shall ye fear other gods.Do not forget the covenant I have made with you. Do not worship other gods,

Job

• Job 8:13
  So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite’s hope shall perish:Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so the hope of the godless will perish.
• Job 9:27
  If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:If I were to say, ‘I will forget my complaint and change my expression and smile,’
• Job 11:16
  Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:For you will forget your misery, recalling it only as waters gone by.
• Job 19:14
  My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.My kinsmen have failed me, and my friends have forgotten me.
• Job 24:20
  The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.The womb forgets them; the worm feeds on them; they are remembered no more. So injustice is like a broken tree.
• Job 28:4
  The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.Far from human habitation he cuts a shaft in places forgotten by the foot of man. Far from men he dangles and sways.
• Job 39:15
  And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.She forgets that a foot may crush them, or a wild animal may trample them.

Psalms

• Psalm 9:12
  When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.
• Psalm 9:18
  For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.For the needy will not always be forgotten; nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed.
• Psalm 10:11
  He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.He says to himself, “God has forgotten; He hides His face and never sees.”
• Psalm 10:12
  Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.Arise, O LORD! Lift up Your hand, O God! Do not forget the helpless.
• Psalm 13:1
  How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?
• Psalm 31:12
  I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.I am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind. I am like a broken vessel.
• Psalm 42:9
  I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?I say to God my Rock, “Why have You forgotten me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?”
• Psalm 44:17
  All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.All this has come upon us, though we have not forgotten You or betrayed Your covenant.
• Psalm 44:20
  If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,
• Psalm 44:24
  Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?Why do You hide Your face and forget our affliction and oppression?
• Psalm 45:10
  Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father’s house;Listen, O daughter! Consider and incline your ear: Forget your people and your father’s house,
• Psalm 50:22
  Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:
• Psalm 59:11
  Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.Do not kill them, or my people will forget. Scatter them by Your power, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.
• Psalm 74:19
  O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.Do not deliver the soul of Your dove to beasts; do not forget the lives of Your afflicted forever.
• Psalm 74:23
  Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually.Do not disregard the clamor of Your adversaries, the uproar of Your enemies that ascends continually.
• Psalm 77:9
  Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has His anger shut off His compassion?” Selah
• Psalm 78:7
  That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:that they should put their confidence in God, not forgetting His works, but keeping His commandments.
• Psalm 78:11
  And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them.They forgot what He had done, the wonders He had shown them.
• Psalm 102:4
  My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.My heart is afflicted, and withered like grass; I even forget to eat my bread.
• Psalm 103:2
  Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:Bless the LORD, O my soul, and do not forget all His kind deeds—
• Psalm 106:13
  They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:Yet they soon forgot His works and failed to wait for His counsel.
• Psalm 106:21
  They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;They forgot God their Savior, who did great things in Egypt,
• Psalm 119:16
  I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.I will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.
• Psalm 119:61
  The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten thy law.Though the ropes of the wicked bind me, I do not forget Your law.
• Psalm 119:83
  For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes.Though I am like a wineskin dried up by smoke, I do not forget Your statutes.
• Psalm 119:93
  I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me.I will never forget Your precepts, for by them You have revived me.
• Psalm 119:109
  My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law.I constantly take my life in my hands, yet I do not forget Your law.
• Psalm 119:139
  My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.My zeal has consumed me because my foes forget Your words.
• Psalm 119:141
  I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts.I am lowly and despised, but I do not forget Your precepts.
• Psalm 119:153
  Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law.Look upon my affliction and rescue me, for I have not forgotten Your law.
• Psalm 119:176
  I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.I have strayed like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, for I have not forgotten Your commandments.
• Psalm 137:5
  If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand cease to function.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 2:17
  Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.who abandons the partner of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.
• Proverbs 3:1
  My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;
• Proverbs 4:5
  Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or turn from them.
• Proverbs 31:5
  Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.lest they drink and forget what is decreed, depriving all the oppressed of justice.
• Proverbs 31:7
  Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.Let him drink and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.

Ecclesiastes

• Ecclesiastes 2:16
  For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.For there is no lasting remembrance of the wise, just as with the fool, seeing that both will be forgotten in the days to come. Alas, the wise man will die just like the fool!
• Ecclesiastes 8:10
  And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this is also vanity.Then too, I saw the burial of the wicked who used to go in and out of the holy place, and they were praised in the city where they had done so. This too is futile.
• Ecclesiastes 9:5
  For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward, because the memory of them is forgotten.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 17:10
  Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips:For you have forgotten the God of your salvation and failed to remember the Rock of your refuge. Therefore, though you cultivate delightful plots and set out cuttings from exotic vines—
• Isaiah 23:15
  And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot.At that time Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years—the span of a king’s life. But at the end of seventy years, it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the harlot:
• Isaiah 23:16
  Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.“Take up your harp, stroll through the city, O forgotten harlot. Make sweet melody, sing many a song, so you will be remembered.”
• Isaiah 49:14
  But Zion said, The Lord hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me.But Zion said, “The LORD has forsaken me; the Lord has forgotten me!”
• Isaiah 49:15
  Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.“Can a woman forget her nursing child, or lack compassion for the son of her womb? Even if she could forget, I will not forget you!
• Isaiah 51:13
  And forgettest the Lord thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?But you have forgotten the LORD, your Maker, who stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth. You live in terror all day long because of the fury of the oppressor who is bent on destruction. But where is the fury of the oppressor?
• Isaiah 54:4
  Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.Do not be afraid, for you will not be put to shame; do not be intimidated, for you will not be humiliated. For you will forget the shame of your youth and will remember no more the reproach of your widowhood.
• Isaiah 65:16
  That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes.Whoever invokes a blessing in the land will do so by the God of truth, and whoever takes an oath in the land will swear by the God of truth. For the former troubles will be forgotten and hidden from My sight.

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 2:32
  Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.Does a maiden forget her jewelry or a bride her wedding sash? Yet My people have forgotten Me for days without number.
• Jeremiah 3:21
  A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the Lord their God.A voice is heard on the barren heights, the children of Israel weeping and begging for mercy, because they have perverted their ways and forgotten the LORD their God.
• Jeremiah 13:25
  This is thy lot, the portion of thy measures from me, saith the Lord; because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.This is your lot, the portion I have measured to you,” declares the LORD, “because you have forgotten Me and trusted in falsehood.
• Jeremiah 18:15
  Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways from the ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not cast up;Yet My people have forgotten Me. They burn incense to worthless idols that make them stumble in their ways, leaving the ancient roads to walk on rutted bypaths instead of on the highway.
• Jeremiah 20:11
  But the Lord is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten.But the LORD is with me like a fearsome warrior. Therefore, my persecutors will stumble and will not prevail. Since they have not succeeded, they will be utterly put to shame, with an everlasting disgrace that will never be forgotten.
• Jeremiah 23:27
  Which think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbour, as their fathers have forgotten my name for Baal.They suppose the dreams that they tell one another will make My people forget My name, just as their fathers forgot My name through the worship of Baal.
• Jeremiah 23:40
  And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.And I will bring upon you everlasting shame and perpetual humiliation that will never be forgotten.”
• Jeremiah 30:14
  All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins were increased.All your lovers have forgotten you; they no longer seek you, for I have struck you as an enemy would, with the discipline of someone cruel, because of your great iniquity and your numerous sins.
• Jeremiah 44:9
  Have ye forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and the wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their wives, and your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, which they have committed in the land of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem?Have you forgotten the wickedness of your fathers and of the kings of Judah and their wives, as well as the wickedness that you and your wives committed in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
• Jeremiah 50:5
  They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the Lord in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten.They will ask the way to Zion and turn their faces toward it. They will come and join themselves to the LORD in an everlasting covenant that will never be forgotten.
• Jeremiah 50:6
  My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their restingplace.My people are lost sheep; their shepherds have led them astray, causing them to roam the mountains. They have wandered from mountain to hill; they have forgotten their resting place.

Lamentations

• Lamentations 2:6
  And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden: he hath destroyed his places of the assembly: the Lord hath caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest.He has laid waste His tabernacle like a garden booth; He has destroyed His place of meeting. The LORD has made Zion forget her appointed feasts and Sabbaths. In His fierce anger He has despised both king and priest.
• Lamentations 5:20
  Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?Why have You forgotten us forever? Why have You forsaken us for so long?

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 22:12
  In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord God.In you they take bribes to shed blood. You engage in usury, take excess interest, and extort your neighbors. But Me you have forgotten, declares the Lord GOD.
• Ezekiel 23:35
  Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because thou hast forgotten me, and cast me behind thy back, therefore bear thou also thy lewdness and thy whoredoms.Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you have forgotten Me and have cast Me behind your back, you must bear the consequences of your indecency and prostitution.’”

Hosea

• Hosea 2:13
  And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith the Lord.I will punish her for the days of the Baals when she burned incense to them, when she decked herself with rings and jewelry, and went after her lovers. But Me she forgot,” declares the LORD.
• Hosea 4:6
  My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.
• Hosea 8:14
  For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; Judah has multiplied its fortified cities. But I will send fire upon their cities, and it will consume their citadels.
• Hosea 13:6
  According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.When they had pasture, they became satisfied; when they were satisfied, their hearts became proud, and as a result they forgot Me.

Amos

• Amos 8:7
  The Lord hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.The LORD has sworn by the Pride of Jacob: “I will never forget any of their deeds.

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).