Forget, Forgetful
Forget, Forgetful
for-get, for-getful (, shakhah; , epilanthanomai): Forget is to fail to hold in mind, and the forgetfulness may be either innocent or blameworthy. In the Old Testament the word is most frequently used as translation of shakhah in a blameworthy sense: to forget the covenant, the law, Yahweh their God (Deu 4:9, Deu 4:23, Deu 4:11; Deu 6:12; Jdg 3:7; 1Sa 12:9; Psa 44:20, etc.). In an innocent or neutral, sometimes good, sense it is used in Gen 27:45; Deu 24:19; Job 9:27; Job 11:16; Job 24:20; Psa 102:4, etc. It is also used of God forgetting or not seeming to care (Psa 9:12; Psa 10:11, Psa 10:12; Psa 13:1; Psa 42:9; Psa 77:9; Isa 49:15, etc.). To forget sometimes means to forsake (Psa 45:10; Psa 74:19, etc.).
In the New Testament epilanthanomai is used of simple forgetting (Mat 16:5; Mar 8:14, etc.; in Luk 12:6 the sense of care is implied); Phi 3:13, forgetting the things which are behind, has the force of leaving behind. Forgetful in Jam 1:25 is epilesmone, the Revised Version (British and American) a hearer that forgetteth. Forgetfulness Psa 88:12, the land of forgetfulness, is a synonym for Sheol, where all forget and are forgotten. the Revised Version (British and American) has forget not for be ignorant of (2Pe 3:8; similarly 2Pe 3:5).
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Forget, Forgetful
“to escape notice,” is translated “they (wilfully) forget” in 2Pe 3:5, RV, lit., “this escapes them (i.e., their notice, wilfully on their part),” AV, “they willingly are ignorant of;” in 2Pe 3:8, RV, “forget not,” lit., “let not this one thing escape you” (your notice), AV, “be not ignorant of.” See HIDE, IGNORANT, UNAWARES.
“to forget, or neglect” (epi, “upon,” used intensively, and No. 1), is said (a) negatively of God, indicating His remembrance of sparrows, Luk 12:6, and of the work and labor of love of His saints, Heb 6:10; (b) of the disciples regarding taking bread, Mat 16:5; Mar 8:14; (c) of Paul regarding “the things which are behind,” Phi 3:13; (d) of believers, as to showing love to strangers, Heb 13:2, RV, and as to doing good and communicating, Heb 13:16; (e) of a person who, after looking at himself in a mirror, forgets what kind of person he is, Jam 1:24.
“to forget utterly” (ek, “out,” intensive), is used in the Middle Voice in Heb 12:5, of “forgetting” an exhortation.
“forgetfulness” (from letho, “to forget,” an old form of lanthano, see A, No. 1; cp. Eng. “lethal,” “lethargy,” and the mythical river “Lethe,” which was supposed to cause forgetfulness of the past to those who drank of it), is used with lambano, “to take,” in 2Pe 1:9, “having forgotten,” lit., “having taken forgetfulness” (cp. 2Ti 1:5, lit., “having taken reminder”), a periphrastic expression for a single verb.
“forgetfulness” (akin to A, No. 2), is used in Jam 1:25, “a forgetful hearer,” RV, “a hearer that forgetteth,” lit., “a hearer of forgetfulness,” i.e., a hearer characterized by “forgetfulness.”