Word

ἐπιλανθάνομαι

epilanthánomai · G1950 · Greek · 8 occurrences

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Meanings

to forget, to not recall

To not recall information concerning some particular matter

Examples
Philippians 3:13 Brothers and sisters, I do not regard myself as having taken hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead,
Hebrews 6:10 For God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love which you have shown toward His name, by having served and by still serving the saints.
to forget to do, to neglect, to overlook

To not recall and thus to fail to do something

Examples
Hebrews 6:10 For God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love which you have shown toward His name, by having served and by still serving the saints.

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

7 occurrences in 6 groups

Not stated: you (more than one) 2
μαθητήςdisciple 1
Not stated: they 1
Not stated: he, she or it 1
Not stated (participle) 1
Not stated in the clause 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

7 occurrences in 8 groups

λαμβάνωto receive, to take 2
εἰμίto be 1
ἔργονwork, deed 1
εὐποιΐαgood deed 1
ἀγάπηlove 1
κοινωνίαfellowship, participation 1

With adverbsAdverbs

3 occurrences in 2 groups

μήnot 2
εὐθέωςimmediately, right away, then 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 1 word

שָׁכַח shâkach · H7911 · to forget, to cause to forget: שָׁכַח (shâkach, H7911) שָׁכַח is the standard Hebrew verb for forgetting or failing to remember, serving as the direct semantic equivalent to ἐπιλανθάνομαι (epilanthánomai, G1950) ἐπιλανθάνομαι in LXX translation contexts where the Greek term denotes losing something from mind or neglecting it through forgetfulness.

Semantic domains 2 entries

To forget, to not recall29.14: Mark 8:14 notes that “the disciples had forgotten to take bread, and did not have more than one loaf,” ἐπιλανθάνομαι marking their simple lapse of memory about a practical necessity.
To forget to do, to neglect, to overlook29.17: Hebrews 6:10 assures believers that “God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love which you have shown,” ἐπιλανθάνομαι marking a hypothetical neglect or overlooking of their labor that God is said never to commit.

Word family 11 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

λανθάνω lanthánō · G2990 · to escape notice, to remain hidden, to forget · 6×ἀλήθεια alḗtheia · G225 · truth, actually, really · 109×ἀληθινός alēthinós · G228 · real, really, true · 28×ἀληθής alēthḗs · G227 · true, truth, real · 26×ἀληθῶς alēthōs · G230 · real, really, true · 18×ἐπιλανθάνομαιepilanthánomai · G1950λάθρα láthra · G2977 · in secret, in private, secretly · 4×ἀληθεύω alētheúō · G226 · to speak the truth, to tell the truth · 2×ἐκλανθάνομαι eklanthánomai · G1585 · to forget entirely, to not remember at all · 1×ἐπιλησμονή epilēsmonḗ · G1953 · forgetting, not recalling · 1×λήθη lḗthē · G3024 · to forget, to not remember, to lose sight of · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon perfect passive ἐπιλελησμαι; 2 aorist middle ἐπελαθόμην; the Sept. often for שָׁכַח; to…

perfect passive ἐπιλελησμαι; 2 aorist middle ἐπελαθόμην; the Sept. often for שָׁכַח; to forget: followed by the infinitive, Mt 16:5; Mk 8:14; followed by an indirect question. Jas 1:24; in the sense of neglecting, no longer caring for: with the genitive, Heb 6:10; Heb 13:2, Heb 13:16; with the accusative (cf. Winers Grammar, § 30, 10 c.; Matthiae, § 347 Anm. 2, ii., p. 820f), Phm 3:13 (14); with a passive signification (Isa 23:16; Sir. 3:14 Sir. 32:9 (Sir. 35:9); Wis. 2:4, etc. (cf. Buttmann, 52 (46))): ἐπιλελησμένος forgotten, given over to oblivion, i. e. uncared for, ἐνώπιον τοῦ Θεοῦ before God i. e. by God (Sir. 23:14), Lk 12:6. ((From Homer on.))

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

Not Remembering, Forgetting4 occurrences Recalling and Responding with Appropriate Action6 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0