Strong's Hebrew · H5382

H5382 nâshâh

נָשָׁה

naw-shaw'

to forget

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nâshâh appears 6 times in Scripture, in Genesis, Job, Isaiah, Jeremiah and Lamentations. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

to forget; figuratively, to neglect; causatively, to remit, remove

In the King James Version

forget, deprive, exact.

Derivation

a primitive root;

Appears 6 times in Scripture

Lamentations 3:17

“My soul has been deprived of peace; I have forgotten what prosperity is.”

Job 11:6

“and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom, for true wisdom has two sides. Know then that God exacts from you less than your iniquity deserves.”

Genesis 41:51

“Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, saying, “God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father’s household.””

Job 39:17

“For God has deprived her of wisdom; He has not endowed her with understanding.”

Isaiah 44:21

“Remember these things, O Jacob, for you are My servant, O Israel. I have made you, and you are My servant; O Israel, I will never forget you.”

Jeremiah 23:39

“therefore I will surely forget you and will cast you out of My presence, both you and the city that I gave to you and your fathers.”

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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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