Forsook
Bible Usage:
- forsake used 58 times.
- forsaken used 76 times.
- forsaketh used 6 times.
- forsaking used twice.
- forsook used 24 times.
- forsookest used twice.
- First Reference: Deuteronomy 32:15
- Last Reference: Hebrews 11:27
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: Yes
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Forsake
FORSA'KE, verb transitive preterit tense forsook; participle passive 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. Proverbs 9:6.
2. To abandon; to renounce; to reject.
If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments - Psalms 89:30.
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Psalms 37:8.
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.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Forsaken
FORSA'KEN, participle passive Deserted; left; abandoned.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Forsaker
FORSA'KER, noun One that forsakes or deserts.