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forsake

Meaning of “forsake”

To leave, abandon, desert, reject, renounce, cease following, or withdraw from a person, place, way, command, duty, affection, or former course.

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58 occurrences57 verses21 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Deuteronomy 4:31

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Showing verses 1–10 of 11 · 11 word occurrences in this result

Psalms 27:9
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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 27:9 · retained source text

Hide not thy face farre frō me, put not thy seruant away in anger: thou hast bin my helpe, leaue me not, neither forsake me, O God of my saluation.

Psalms 27:10
When my father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me up.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 27:10 · retained source text

When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me vp.

1611 marginal noteHeb. will gather me.

Psalms 37:8
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 37:8 · retained source text

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thy selfe in any wise to doe euill.

Psalms 38:21
forsake me not, O Lord: O my God, be not far from me.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 38:21 · retained source text

Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not farre from me.

Psalms 71:9
Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 71:9 · retained source text

Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.

Psalms 71:18
Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 71:18 · retained source text

Now also when I am old and gray headed, O God, forsake me not: vntill I haue shewed thy strength vnto this generation, and thy power to euery one that is to come.

1611 marginal noteHebr. vnto old age, and gray haires.

1611 marginal noteHebr. thine arme.

Psalms 89:30
If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 89:30 · retained source text

If his children forsake my lawe, and walke not in my iudgements;

Psalms 94:14
For the Lord will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 94:14 · retained source text

For the LORD will not cast off his people: neither will he forsake his inheritance.

Psalms 119:8
I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 119:8 · retained source text

I will keepe thy statutes: O forsake me not vtterly.

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