Hebrew · H7911, G1950 · unreviewed

Shakach

To mislay , i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention · to lose out of mind; by implication, to neglect

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שָׁכַח H7911 to mislay , i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention

Pronunciation šāḵaḥ

Forgetting as moral negligence, not mere memory loss—inattention to covenant and relationship with God.

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ἐπιλανθάνομαι G1950 to lose out of mind; by implication, to neglect

Pronunciation epilanthánomai

Forgetting that involves culpable neglect, not mere mental lapse; implies responsible oversight.

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What does shakach (shakach) mean in the Bible?

שָׁכַח · ἐπιλανθάνομαι is a Hebrew word meaning "to forget, neglect, ignore".

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Meaning

to forget, neglect, ignore

Grammatical Forms

How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.

Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 54×

Perfect Deut 26:13 · Ps 102:5 · Ps 119:61 · Ps 119:83 · Ps 119:109 · Ps 119:141 · Ps 119:153 · Ps 119:176 · Jer 3:21 · Jer 23:27 · Jer 50:6 · Ps 106:13 · Ps 106:21 · Ps 119:139 · Ezek 22:12 · Ezek 23:35 23×

Imperfect 1Sam 1:11 · Deut 4:9 · Deut 6:12 · Deut 8:11 · Deut 8:19 · Deut 25:19 · Job 11:16 · Ps 44:25 · Amos 8:7 · Hos 4:6 · Ps 119:16 · Ps 119:93 · 2Kgs 17:38 · Deut 4:23 · Ps 59:12 · Ps 78:7 20×

Jussive Deut 9:7 · Prov 3:1 · Prov 4:5 · Ps 10:12 · Ps 74:19 · Ps 74:23 · Ps 103:2 7×

Participle active Job 8:13 · Ps 50:22 2×

Infinitive absolute Deut 8:19 1×

Cohortative Job 9:27 1×

Niphal passive or reflexive — the subject receives or experiences the action 10×

Imperfect Deut 31:21 · Jer 20:11 · Jer 23:40 · Jer 50:5 · Ps 9:19 5×

Perfect Eccl 2:16 · Eccl 9:5 · Isa 65:16 · Ps 31:13 4×

Participle active Isa 23:16 1×

Piel intensive active — emphasizes thoroughness or repeated action 1×

Perfect Lam 2:6 1×

Hebrew Verb Forms

How this verb appears across 65 occurrences in the Hebrew OT (OSHB Leningrad Codex).

Aspect / Form

Imperfect 32 Perfect 28 Participle 3 Infinitive absolute 1 Cohortative 1

Stem

Qal 54 Niphal 10 Piel 1

Mood

Indicative 28 Indicative/jussive 21 Jussive 7 Indicative/cohortative 4

OT Occurrences

Aspect in Hebrew reflects grammatical form, not tense. "Perfect" (Perfective) typically denotes completed action; "Imperfect" (Imperfective) denotes incomplete or ongoing action. Stem modifies the action type (Qal=simple, Niphal=passive, Piel=intensive, etc.).

Morphology: OSHB WLC (Open Scriptures, CC BY 4.0) · STEPBible TEHMC (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0)

Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

Matthew 16 — The Confession of the Christ, the Church Christ Builds, and the Cross-Shaped Way of Discipleship Philippians 3 — Counting All Things Loss and Pressing On Toward Christ

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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