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forsake, forsaken

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, it means they are being unfaithful to him by disobeying him.
  • When God "forsakes" people, it means 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 as past tense as in "he has forsaken you" or to refer 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."
  • The project language may find it more clear to use different words to translate this term, depending on whether the text is talking about forsaking a thing or a person.