Strong G3024λήθη
forgetfulness
- Transliteration
- lēthē
- Pronunciation
- lay'-thay
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G2990; forgetfulness: - + forget.
Detailed definition
λήθη, -ης, ἡ
(λήθω = λανθάνω) [in LXX: Lev.5:15 (מַעַל), Wis.16:11, Sir.14:7, al.;]
forgetfulness: λ. λαβεῖν (on the phrase, see Mayor, in l): 2Pe.1:9.†
(AS)
(λήθω = λανθάνω) [in LXX: Lev.5:15 (מַעַל), Wis.16:11, Sir.14:7, al.;]
forgetfulness: λ. λαβεῖν (on the phrase, see Mayor, in l): 2Pe.1:9.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3024 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- forgotten1
First verses
- 2 Peter 1:9But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
λήθ-η,
Doric dialect λάθα, ἡ, forgetting, forgetfulness, personified in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 227; μηδέ σε λήθη αἱρείτω 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.33; [Περσεφόνη] βροτοῖς παρέχει λήθην, βλάπτουσα νόοιο 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 705; κακοῦ λ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 878, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 282, “Or.” 213)]; λήθην ποιεύμενος τά μιν ἐόργεε forgetting.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.127; λ. ποιεῖν τινος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 259; Λήθην.. κωφήν, ἄναυδον [prev. author] “fragment” 670; χρόνος πάντα.. ἐς λ. ἄγει [prev. author] “fragment” 954; τῶν ἰδίων λ. λαβών 4th c.BC: Timocles Comicus 6.5, compare 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.254 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus; τῶν αὑτοῦ κακῶν ἐπάγεσθαι λ. 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 467; παρέχειν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 275a; ἐμποιεῖν [prev. author] “Phlb.” 63e; λήθην ἐμποιῆσαι τῶν πεπραγμένων 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 1.8; εἰς λήθην ἐμβαλεῖν τινα 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.205)]; λήθη λαμβάνει, ἔχει τινά, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.49, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.283; λήθη τινὸς ἐγγίγνεταί τινι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.2.21)]; εἰς λ. ἀφιγμένα forgotten, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Ir.” p.19 W.)]
II after [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)], of a place of oblivion in the lower world, Λήθης δόμοι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 184.6; τὸ Λήθης πεδίον 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 186; τὸ τῆς Λ. π. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 621a, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 8.52; Λ. ὕδωρ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DMort.” 13.6, 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 9.39.8, 5th-4th c.BC: Aesopus Fabularum Scriptor 168)]; also, ὁ τῆς Λήθης ποταμός, of the river Λιμαίας in Lusitania, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 3.3.4, 5, compare 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Ἰβηρική” 73 (71). (Λήθη as _proper name_ of a river is not found.))]
Doric dialect λάθα, ἡ, forgetting, forgetfulness, personified in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 227; μηδέ σε λήθη αἱρείτω 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.33; [Περσεφόνη] βροτοῖς παρέχει λήθην, βλάπτουσα νόοιο 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 705; κακοῦ λ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 878, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 282, “Or.” 213)]; λήθην ποιεύμενος τά μιν ἐόργεε forgetting.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.127; λ. ποιεῖν τινος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 259; Λήθην.. κωφήν, ἄναυδον [prev. author] “fragment” 670; χρόνος πάντα.. ἐς λ. ἄγει [prev. author] “fragment” 954; τῶν ἰδίων λ. λαβών 4th c.BC: Timocles Comicus 6.5, compare 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.254 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus; τῶν αὑτοῦ κακῶν ἐπάγεσθαι λ. 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 467; παρέχειν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 275a; ἐμποιεῖν [prev. author] “Phlb.” 63e; λήθην ἐμποιῆσαι τῶν πεπραγμένων 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 1.8; εἰς λήθην ἐμβαλεῖν τινα 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.205)]; λήθη λαμβάνει, ἔχει τινά, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.49, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.283; λήθη τινὸς ἐγγίγνεταί τινι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.2.21)]; εἰς λ. ἀφιγμένα forgotten, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Ir.” p.19 W.)]
II after [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)], of a place of oblivion in the lower world, Λήθης δόμοι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 184.6; τὸ Λήθης πεδίον 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 186; τὸ τῆς Λ. π. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 621a, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 8.52; Λ. ὕδωρ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DMort.” 13.6, 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 9.39.8, 5th-4th c.BC: Aesopus Fabularum Scriptor 168)]; also, ὁ τῆς Λήθης ποταμός, of the river Λιμαίας in Lusitania, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 3.3.4, 5, compare 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Ἰβηρική” 73 (71). (Λήθη as _proper name_ of a river is not found.))]