G1950 G1950
To forget or lose from memory; to neglect or disregard through failure to remember.
A deponent middle verb (ἐπιλανθάνομαι) built from ἐπί + λανθάνω, intensifying the basic notion of forgetting. In the Gospels it describes the disciples' embarrassing failure to bring bread (Matt 16:5; Mark 8:14), while Paul transforms it into a deliberate spiritual discipline — 'forgetting what lies behind' in his race toward the prize (Phil 3:13). God's own memory stands in pointed contrast: he will never forget works done in love (Heb 6:10). Spanish olvidar and French oublier both capture the involuntary quality, while the English 'forget' carries the same double edge of accidental lapse and willful neglect.
Senses
1. forget, neglect — To lose something from memory or to fail to keep it in mind, whether through inadvertence or deliberate choice. The disciples forgot (ἐπελάθοντο) to bring bread on a boat trip (Matt 16:5; Mark 8:14), an everyday lapse, yet God does not forget (ἐπιλαθέσθαι) acts of love (Heb 6:10). Paul's usage in Phil 3:13 — 'forgetting what lies behind' — shows the verb can denote a purposeful setting aside of memory. The sparrows of Luke 12:6, not one forgotten before God, reveal the theological weight the word carries when its subject is divine. 8×
AR["أَنْ-يَنْسَى", "تَنْسَوْا", "مَنْسِيًّا", "ناسِيًا", "نَسُوا", "نَسِيَ"]·ben["ভুলে-গিয়ে", "ভুলে-গেছিল", "ভুলে-গেল", "ভুলে-যাওয়া", "ভুলে-যাওয়ার", "ভুলে-যেও"]·DE["vergessen", "ἐπελάθοντο", "ἐπιλελησμένον"]·EN["forget", "forgetting", "forgot", "forgotten", "they-forgot", "to-forget"]·FR["oublier"]·heb["לִשְׁכֹּחַ", "נִשְׁכָּח", "שָׁכְחוּ", "שָׁכַח", "שׁוֹכֵחַ,", "תִּשְׁכְּחוּ"]·HI["भूल-गए", "भूल-गया", "भूलने-को", "भूली-गई", "भूलो", "भोओल-गये", "भोओलते-हुए,"]·ID["lupa", "melupakan", "melupakan;", "mereka-lupa", "terlupakan"]·IT["dimenticare", "epelathonto", "epilelesmenon"]·jav["ingkang-kalilaaken", "kelalen", "kesupen", "sami-kesupen", "supe"]·KO["잃으시기를", "잊고,", "잊었다", "잊지", "잊혀진"]·PT["esquecendo", "esqueceram", "esqueceram-se", "esqueceu", "para-esquecer-se", "vos-esqueçais"]·RU["забывайте", "забывая", "забыл", "забыли", "забыт", "забыть"]·ES["olvidado", "olvidando", "olvidar", "olvidaron", "olvidó", "os-olvidéis"]·SW["alisahau", "aliyesahauliwa", "kusahau", "nikiyasahau", "sahau;", "walisahau"]·TR["unutmak", "unutmuşlardı", "unuttu", "unuttular", "unutulmuş", "unutun", "unutup"]·urd["بھول-جائے", "بھول-گئے", "بھول-گئے-تھے", "بھول-گیا", "بھولتا-ہوا", "بھولو", "بھولی-ہوئی"]
Related Senses
H3045 1. Qal: to know, perceive, understand (829×)H5315 1. soul, inner being (647×)H3820a 1. heart, inner self (mind/will/emotion) (572×)H4672 1. Qal: find, discover (289×)G1492 1. know facts or truths (285×)H3824 1. heart, inner self (mind/will/emotion) (250×)H1245 1. seek, search for (200×)G1097 1. know, be acquainted with (196×)H2142 1. Qal: remember, recall (173×)G2588 1. heart (inner self, mind, will) (158×)H0977 1. choose, select (Qal active) (145×)G2147 1. find, discover (144×)G5590 1. soul, inner self (100×)H4672 2. Niphal: be found, be discovered (99×)H1875 1. seek, search for (96×)H5315 2. life, vitality (94×)H1847 1. knowledge, discernment (90×)H2450 1. wise, prudent (84×)H7911 1. Qal: to forget (83×)H3684 1. fool, dullard (70×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
Included with: ἐπιλήθ-ω, cause to forget, ὁ γάρ τ᾽ [ὕπνος] ἐπέλησεν ἁπάντων laps one in forgetfulness of all, Refs; ἡδονὴ σφέας ἐπιλήθουσα τῶν πάρος 2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “χρονίων νούσων θεραπευτικόν” 2.12; ἐπιλήσει σε ἀφροδισίων 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Epistulae” 68:—passive, to be forgotten, in perfect participle ἐπιλελησμένος Vetus Testamentum Graece redditum LXX.Isa.23.16…