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forget

Meaning of “forget”

To fail or cease to remember; to lose from mind; to neglect or disregard.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
54 occurrences51 verses13 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 27:45

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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?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 27:45 · retained source text

Untill thy brothers anger turne away from thee, and hee forget that, which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch thee from thence: why should I be depriued also of you both in one day?

Genesis 41:51
And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 41:51 · retained source text

And Ioseph called the name of the first borne Manasseh: for God, said hee, hath made me forget all my toile, and all my fathers house.

1611 marginal noteThat is, Forgetting.

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;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 4:9 · retained source text

Onely take heed to thy selfe, and keepe thy soule diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes haue seene, and lest they depart from thy heart all the dayes of thy life: but teach them thy sonnes, & thy sonnes sonnes:

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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 4:23 · retained source text

Take heed vnto your selues, lest ye forget the couenant of the LORD your God, which hee made with you, and make you a grauen image, or the likenes of any thing which the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee.

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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 4:31 · retained source text

(For the LORD thy God is a mercifull God) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the couenant of thy fathers, which he sware vnto them.

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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 6:12 · retained source text

Then beware lest thou forget the LORD which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

1611 marginal noteHeb. bondmen or seruants.

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:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 8:11 · retained source text

Beware that thou forget not the LORD thy God, in not keeping his Commandements, and his Iudgements, and his Statutes which I command thee 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;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 8:14 · retained source text

Then thine heart bee lifted vp, and thou forget the LORD thy God (which brought thee foorth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage,

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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 8:19 · retained source text

And it shalbe, if thou doe at all forget the LORD thy God, and walke after other gods, and serue them, and worship them; I testifie against you this day, that ye shall 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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 9:7 · retained source text

¶ Remember and forget not, how thou prouokedst the LORD thy God to wrath in the wildernesse: from the day that thou didst depart out of the land of Egypt, vntill ye came vnto this place, yee haue bene rebellious against the LORD.

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preterit tense forgot. [forgat, obsolete ] 1. To lose the remembrance of; to let go from the memory. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits. Psalms 103:2. 2. To slight; to neglect. Can a woman forget her sucking child? Yea, they may forget yet will I not forget thee. Isaiah 49:15.

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