Strong's Hebrew · H2186

זָנַח

zânach · zaw-nakh'

cast away (off), remove far away (off).

Definition

reject, forsake, fail

Derivation

a primitive root meaning to push aside, i.e.

Appears 20 times in Scripture

Psalms 44:23

Wake up, O Lord! Why are You sleeping? Arise! Do not reject us forever.

2 Chronicles 11:14

For the Levites left their pasturelands and their possessions and went to Judah and Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his sons had rejected them as priests of the LORD.

Psalms 74:1

Why have You rejected us forever, O God? Why does Your anger smolder against the sheep of Your pasture?

Psalms 44:9

But You have rejected and humbled us; You no longer go forth with our armies.

Psalms 60:1

You have rejected us, O God; You have broken us; You have been angry; restore us!

Psalms 60:10

Have You not rejected us, O God? Will You no longer march out, O God, with our armies?

Psalms 43:2

For You are the God of my refuge. Why have You rejected me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?

1 Chronicles 28:9

As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.

Psalms 77:7

“Will the Lord spurn us forever and never show His favor again?

2 Chronicles 29:19

Moreover, we have prepared and consecrated all the articles that King Ahaz in his unfaithfulness cast aside during his reign. They are now in front of the altar of the LORD.”

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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