Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.
The 1611 reading
Can a maide forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people haue forgotten me dayes without number.
KJV dictionary & concordance
To fail or cease to remember; to lose from mind; to neglect or disregard.
Definition sources
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 27:45
Complete exact-word concordance
Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.
Can a maide forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people haue forgotten me dayes without number.
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.
Which thinke to cause my people to forget my Name by their dreames which they tell euery man to his neighbour, as their fathers haue forgotten my Name, for Baal.
1611 marginal noteIudg. 3.7. and 8.33.
Therefore, behold, I, even I, will utterly forget you, and I will forsake you, and the city that I gave you and your fathers, and cast you out of my presence:
Therefore beholde, I, euen I will vtterly forget you, and I will forsake you, and the citie that I gaue you and your fathers, and cast you out of my presence.
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Historical English dictionary sources
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.