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Hebrew · H7911, H433 · unreviewed

שֹׁכְחֵי אֱלוֹהַּ

To mislay , i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention · a deity or the Deity

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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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אֱלוֹהַּ H433 a deity or the Deity
Pronunciation ʾĕlwōha
Singular form of God emphasizing divine majesty or power, often used in poetic or formal contexts rather than narrative prose
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What does שֹׁכְחֵי אֱלוֹהַּ (shokhechei Eloah) mean in the Bible?

שָׁכַח · אֱלוֹהַּ is a Hebrew word meaning "those forgetting God".

Full entry for שֹׁכְחֵי אֱלוֹהַּ (H7911, H433) · Browse the biblical lexicon

Meaning

those forgetting God
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×
65 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: OSHB — CC BY 4.0
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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