# forsake, forsaken, leave

## Definition:

The term “forsake” means to abandon someone or to give up something. Someone who has been “forsaken” has been deserted or abandoned by someone else.

* When people “forsake” God, they are being unfaithful to him by disobeying him.
* When God “forsakes” people, he has stopped helping them and allowed them to experience suffering in order to cause them to turn back to him.
* This term can also mean to forsake things, such as forsaking, or not following, God’s teachings.
* The term “forsaken” can be used in the past tense, as in “he has forsaken you” or as in referring to someone who has “been forsaken.”

## Translation Suggestions:

* Other ways to translate this term could include “abandon” or “neglect” or “give up” or “go away from” or “leave behind,” depending on the context.
* To “forsake” God’s law could be translated “disobey God’s law.” This could also be translated as “abandon” or “give up on” or “stop obeying” his teachings or his laws.
* The phrase “be forsaken” can be translated as “be abandoned” or “be deserted.”
* It more clearer to use different words to translate this term, depending on whether the text describes forsaking a thing or a person.

## Bible References:

* [1 Kings 6:11-13](rc://en/tn/help/1ki/06/11)
* [Daniel 11:29-30](rc://en/tn/help/dan/11/29)
* [Genesis 24:27](rc://en/tn/help/gen/24/27)
* [Joshua 24:16-18](rc://en/tn/help/jos/24/16)
* [Matthew 27:45-47](rc://en/tn/help/mat/27/45)
* [Proverbs 27:9-10](rc://en/tn/help/pro/27/09)
* [Psalms 71:18](rc://en/tn/help/psa/071/18)

## Word Data:

* Strong’s: H0488, H2308, H5203, H5428, H5800, H5805, H7503, G06460, G06570, G08630, G14590, G26410
