Forsake

Forsake - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

FORSA'KE, v.t. pret. forsook; pp. forsaken. See Seek .]

1. To quit or leave entirely; to desert; to abandon; to depart from. Friends and flatterers forsake us in adversity.

Forsake the foolish, and live. Prov 9.

2. To abandon; to renounce; to reject.

If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments - Psa 89.

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Psa 37.

3. To leave; to withdraw from; to fail. In anger, the color forsakes the cheeks. In severe trials, let not fortitude forsake you.

4. In scripture, God forsakes his people, when he withdraws his aid, or the light of his countenance.

Forsaken - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

FORSA'KEN, pp. Deserted; left; abandoned.

Definition

The term “forsake” means to abandon someone or to give up something. Someone who has been “forsaken” has been deserted or abandoned by someone else.

• When people “forsake” God, they are being unfaithful to him by disobeying him.
• When God “forsakes” people, he has stopped helping them and allowed them to experience suffering in order to cause them to turn back to him.
• This term can also mean to forsake things, such as forsaking, or not following, God’s teachings.
• The term “forsaken” can be used in the past tense, as in “he has forsaken you” or as in referring to someone who has “been forsaken.”

Translation Suggestions

• Other ways to translate this term could include “abandon” or “neglect” or “give up” or “go away from” or “leave behind,” depending on the context.
• To “forsake” God’s law could be translated “disobey God’s law.” This could also be translated as “abandon” or “give up on” or “stop obeying” his teachings or his laws.
• The phrase “be forsaken” can be translated as “be abandoned” or “be deserted.”
• It more clearer to use different words to translate this term, depending on whether the text describes forsaking a thing or a person.

Bible References

• 1 Kings 6:11-13
• Daniel 11:29-30
• Genesis 24:27
• Joshua 24:16-18
• Matthew 27:45-47
• Proverbs 27:9-10
• Psalms 71:18

Word Data

• Strong’s: H0488, H2308, H5203, H5428, H5800, H5805, H7503, G06460, G06570, G08630, G14590, G26410