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# forsake, forsaken, forsook #
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## Definition: ##
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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.
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* 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.
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* This term can also mean to forsake things, such as forsaking, or not following, God's teachings.
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* 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."
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## Translation Suggestions: ##
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* 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.
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* 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."
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* It more clearer to use different words to translate this term, depending on whether the text describes forsaking a thing or a person.
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## Bible References: ##
* [1 Kings 06:11-13 ](en/tn/1ki/help/06/11 )
* [Daniel 11:29-30 ](en/tn/dan/help/11/29 )
* [Genesis 24:26-27 ](en/tn/gen/help/24/26 )
* [Joshua 24:16-18 ](en/tn/jos/help/24/16 )
* [Matthew 27:45-47 ](en/tn/mat/help/27/45 )
* [Proverbs 27:9-10 ](en/tn/pro/help/27/09 )
* [Psalms 071:17-18 ](en/tn/psa/help/71/17 )
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