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forsaken

Meaning of “forsaken”

Left, abandoned, deserted, or rejected.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
76 occurrences74 verses20 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Deuteronomy 28:20

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Isaiah 1:4
Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the Lord, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 1:4 · retained source text

Ah sinnefull nation, a people laden with iniquitie, a seede of euill doers, children that are corrupters: they haue forsaken the LORD, they haue prouoked the Holy one of Israel vnto anger, they are gone away backward.

1611 marginal noteHeb. of heauinesse.

1611 marginal noteHeb. alienated, or separated.

Isaiah 2:6
¶ Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 2:6 · retained source text

¶ Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Iacob; because they be replenished from the East, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselues in the children of strangers.

1611 marginal noteOr, more then the East.

1611 marginal noteOr, abound with the children. &c

Isaiah 7:16
For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 7:16 · retained source text

For before the childe shall know to refuse the euill and choose the good; the land that thou abhorrest, shalbe forsaken of both her kings.

Isaiah 17:2
The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 17:2 · retained source text

The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall bee for flockes, which shall lye downe, and none shall make them afraid.

Isaiah 17:9
¶ In that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken bough, and an uppermost branch, which they left because of the children of Israel: and there shall be desolation.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 17:9 · retained source text

¶ In that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken bough, and an vppermost branch, which they left, because of the children of Israel: and there shalbe desolation.

Isaiah 27:10
Yet the defenced city shall be desolate, and the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 27:10 · retained source text

Yet the defenced citie shall be desolate, and the habitation forsaken, and left like a wildernesse: there shall the calfe feede, and there shall he lie downe, and consume the branches thereof.

Isaiah 32:14
Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 32:14 · retained source text

Because the palaces shall be forsaken, the multitude of the citie shall be left, the forts and towres shall be for dennes for euer, a ioy of wild asses, a pasture of flockes;

1611 marginal noteOr, clifts and watchtowers.

Isaiah 49:14
But Zion said, The Lord hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 49:14 · retained source text

But Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and my LORD hath forgotten me.

Isaiah 54:6
For the Lord hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 54:6 · retained source text

For the LORD hath called thee as a woman forsaken, and grieued in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God.

Isaiah 54:7
For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 54:7 · retained source text

For a small moment haue I forsaken thee, but with great mercies will I gather thee.

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