Forsaking
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: Isaiah 6:12
- Last Reference: Hebrews 10:25
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:
FORSA'KING, participle present tense Leaving or deserting.
FORSA'KING, noun The act of deserting; dereliction.
Idolaters guilty of
1 Samuel 8:8; 1 Kings 11:33
The wicked guilty of
Deuteronomy 28:20
Backsliders guilty of
Jeremiah 15:6
Is forsaking:
His house
2 Chronicles 29:6
His covenant
Deuteronomy 29:25; 1 Kings 19:10; Jeremiah 22:9; Daniel 11:30
His commandments
Ezra 9:10
The right way
2 Peter 2:15
Trusting in man is
Jeremiah 17:5
Leads men to follow their own devices
Jeremiah 2:13
Prosperity tempts to
Deuteronomy 31:20; Deuteronomy 32:15
Wickedness of
Jeremiah 2:13; Jeremiah 5:7
Unreasonableness and ingratitude of
Jeremiah 2:5-6
Brings confusion
Jeremiah 17:13
Followed by remorse
Ezekiel 6:9
Brings down His wrath
Ezra 8:22
Provokes God to forsake men
Judges 10:13; 2 Chronicles 15:2; 2 Chronicles 24:20; 2 Chronicles 24:24
Resolve against
Joshua 24:16; Nehemiah 10:29-39
Curse pronounced upon
Jeremiah 17:5
Sin of, to be confessed
Ezra 9:10
Warnings against
Joshua 24:20; 1 Chronicles 28:9
Exemplified in:
Children of Israel
1 Samuel 12:10
Saul
1 Samuel 15:11
Ahab
1 Kings 18:18
Amon
2 Kings 21:22
Kingdom of Judah
2 Chronicles 12:1; 2 Chronicles 12:5; 2 Chronicles 21:10; Isaiah 1:4; Jeremiah 15:6
Kingdom of Israel
2 Chronicles 13:11; 2 Kings 17:7-18
Many disciples
John 6:66
Phygellus
2 Timothy 1:15
Balaam
2 Peter 2:15