forsake, forsakes, forsaken, forsook

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."

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.

Strong's: H488, H2308, H5203, H5428, H5800, H5805, H7503, G646, G657, G863, G1459, G2641,