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Strong's H7911 שָׁכַח (shakach)

Shakach means “mislay” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Strong's Number H7911
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 95
Books 15

Strong's H7911 Quick Answer

Strong's H7911 שָׁכַח שָׁכֵַח (shakach) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. shakach (shaw-kakh') (or shakeach {shaw-kay'-akh}) v. 1. to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention [a primitive root] It has 95 linked Bible usages across 15 books. Visible English usage signals include forget, all, will, forgotten, and memory. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
shakach (shaw-kakh') (or shakeach {shaw-kay'-akh}) v. 1. to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention [a primitive root]
Usage
95 linked usages
Books
15 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
forget, all, will, forgotten, and memory

Meaning and Definition

shakach (shaw-kakh') (or shakeach {shaw-kay'-akh}) v. 1. to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention [a primitive root] KJV: X at all, (cause to) forget.

Original Word
שָׁכַח שָׁכֵַח
Transliteration
shakach
Derivation
Root: שׁכח
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H7911. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

to forget

Usage: 1) to forget, ignore, wither 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to forget 1a2) to cease to care 1b) (Niphal) to be forgotten 1c) (Piel) to cause to forget 1d) (Hiphil) to make or cause to forget 1e) (Hithpael) to be forgotten Aramaic equivalent: she.khach (שְׁכַח "to find" H7912)

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How Strong's H7911 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render shakach, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

How Strong's H7911 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 95 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H7911 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H7911 in the Old Testament

95 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 27:45 KJV

Until thy brother's anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch thee from thence: why should I be deprived also of you both in one day?

Genesis 40:23 KJV

Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.

Genesis 41:30 KJV

And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land;

Usage Excerpts

First 95 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H7911.

Genesis 27:45 Old Testament, KJV
Until thy brother's anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch thee from thence: why should I be deprived also of you both in one day?
Genesis 40:23 Old Testament, KJV
Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.
Genesis 41:30 Old Testament, KJV
And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land;
Deuteronomy 4:9 Old Testament, KJV
Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;
Deuteronomy 4:23 Old Testament, KJV
Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee.
Deuteronomy 4:31 Old Testament, KJV
(For the LORD thy God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them.
Deuteronomy 6:12 Old Testament, KJV
Then beware lest thou forget the LORD, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
Deuteronomy 8:11 Old Testament, KJV
Beware that thou forget not the LORD thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day:
Deuteronomy 8:14 Old Testament, KJV
Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the LORD thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;
Deuteronomy 8:19 Old Testament, KJV
And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the LORD thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish.
Deuteronomy 9:7 Old Testament, KJV
Remember, and forget not, how thou provokedst the LORD thy God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou didst depart out of the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against the LORD.
Deuteronomy 24:19 Old Testament, KJV
When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands.
Deuteronomy 25:19 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore it shall be, when the LORD thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not forget it.
Deuteronomy 26:13 Old Testament, KJV
Then thou shalt say before the LORD thy God, I have brought away the hallowed things out of mine house, and also have given them unto the Levite, and unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all thy commandments which thou hast commanded me: I have not transgressed thy commandments, neither have I forgotten them.
Deuteronomy 31:21 Old Testament, KJV
And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they go about, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I sware.
Deuteronomy 32:18 Old Testament, KJV
Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.
Judges 3:7 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgat the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the groves.
1 Samuel 1:11 Old Testament, KJV
And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.
1 Samuel 12:9 Old Testament, KJV
And when they forgat the LORD their God, he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them.
2 Kings 17:38 Old Testament, KJV
And the covenant that I have made with you ye shall not forget; neither shall ye fear other gods.
Job 8:13 Old Testament, KJV
So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:
Job 9:27 Old Testament, KJV
If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:
Job 11:16 Old Testament, KJV
Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:
Job 19:14 Old Testament, KJV
My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.
Job 24:20 Old Testament, KJV
The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.
Job 28:4 Old Testament, KJV
The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.
Job 39:15 Old Testament, KJV
And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.
Psalms 9:12 Old Testament, KJV
When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
Psalms 9:18 Old Testament, KJV
For the needy shall not always be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
Psalms 10:11 Old Testament, KJV
He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.
Psalms 10:12 Old Testament, KJV
Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.
Psalms 13:1 Old Testament, KJV
How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
Psalms 31:12 Old Testament, KJV
I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.
Psalms 42:9 Old Testament, KJV
I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
Psalms 44:17 Old Testament, KJV
All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
Psalms 44:20 Old Testament, KJV
If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;
Psalms 44:24 Old Testament, KJV
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
Psalms 45:10 Old Testament, KJV
Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house;
Psalms 50:22 Old Testament, KJV
Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
Psalms 59:11 Old Testament, KJV
Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.
Psalms 74:19 Old Testament, KJV
O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.
Psalms 74:23 Old Testament, KJV
Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually.
Psalms 77:9 Old Testament, KJV
Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.
Psalms 78:7 Old Testament, KJV
That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:
Psalms 78:11 Old Testament, KJV
And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them.
Psalms 102:4 Old Testament, KJV
My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.
Psalms 103:2 Old Testament, KJV
Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
Psalms 106:13 Old Testament, KJV
They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:
Psalms 106:21 Old Testament, KJV
They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;
Psalms 119:16 Old Testament, KJV
I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
Psalms 119:61 Old Testament, KJV
The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten thy law.
Psalms 119:83 Old Testament, KJV
For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes.
Psalms 119:93 Old Testament, KJV
I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me.
Psalms 119:109 Old Testament, KJV
My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law.
Psalms 119:139 Old Testament, KJV
My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.
Psalms 119:141 Old Testament, KJV
I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts.
Psalms 119:153 Old Testament, KJV
Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law.
Psalms 119:176 Old Testament, KJV
I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.
Psalms 137:5 Old Testament, KJV
If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.
Proverbs 2:17 Old Testament, KJV
Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
Proverbs 3:1 Old Testament, KJV
My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
Proverbs 4:5 Old Testament, KJV
Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
Proverbs 31:5 Old Testament, KJV
Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.
Proverbs 31:7 Old Testament, KJV
Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.
Ecclesiastes 2:16 Old Testament, KJV
For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.
Ecclesiastes 8:10 Old Testament, KJV
And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this is also vanity.
Ecclesiastes 9:5 Old Testament, KJV
For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
Isaiah 17:10 Old Testament, KJV
Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips:
Isaiah 23:15 Old Testament, KJV
And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot.
Isaiah 23:16 Old Testament, KJV
Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.
Isaiah 49:14 Old Testament, KJV
But Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me.
Isaiah 49:15 Old Testament, KJV
Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.
Isaiah 51:13 Old Testament, KJV
And forgettest the LORD thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?
Isaiah 54:4 Old Testament, KJV
Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.
Isaiah 65:16 Old Testament, KJV
That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes.
Jeremiah 2:32 Old Testament, KJV
Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.
Jeremiah 3:21 Old Testament, KJV
A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the LORD their God.
Jeremiah 13:25 Old Testament, KJV
This is thy lot, the portion of thy measures from me, saith the LORD; because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.
Jeremiah 18:15 Old Testament, KJV
Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways from the ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not cast up;
Jeremiah 20:11 Old Testament, KJV
But the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten.
Jeremiah 23:27 Old Testament, KJV
Which think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbour, as their fathers have forgotten my name for Baal.
Jeremiah 23:40 Old Testament, KJV
And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.
Jeremiah 30:14 Old Testament, KJV
All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins were increased.
Jeremiah 44:9 Old Testament, KJV
Have ye forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and the wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their wives, and your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, which they have committed in the land of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem?
Jeremiah 50:5 Old Testament, KJV
They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the LORD in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten.
Jeremiah 50:6 Old Testament, KJV
My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their restingplace.
Lamentations 2:6 Old Testament, KJV
And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden: he hath destroyed his places of the assembly: the LORD hath caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest.
Lamentations 5:20 Old Testament, KJV
Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?
Ezekiel 22:12 Old Testament, KJV
In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel 23:35 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast forgotten me, and cast me behind thy back, therefore bear thou also thy lewdness and thy whoredoms.
Hosea 2:13 Old Testament, KJV
And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith the LORD.
Hosea 4:6 Old Testament, KJV
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.
Hosea 8:14 Old Testament, KJV
For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.
Hosea 13:6 Old Testament, KJV
According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.
Amos 8:7 Old Testament, KJV
The LORD hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H7911, grouped by book.

Genesis 3 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 13 usages, Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Samuel 2 usages, Old Testament
2 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
Job 7 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 32 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 5 usages, Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 3 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 8 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 11 usages, Old Testament
Lamentations 2 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 2 usages, Old Testament
Hosea 4 usages, Old Testament
Amos 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H7911 FAQ

What does shakach (שָׁכַח) mean?

Shakach (Strong's H7911) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "mislay". shakach (shaw-kakh') (or shakeach {shaw-kay'-akh}) v. 1. to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention [a primitive root]

How many times is shakach (שָׁכַח) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 95 linked usages for Strong's H7911 across 15 books.

Where can I study shakach (שָׁכַח) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H7911 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate shakach (שָׁכַח)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as forget, all, will, forgotten, memory, and cause. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.