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(
$ !
, 4302), with verbal forms as mentioned above, is translated “I
forewarn” and “I did forewarn,” in the
RV
of Gal. 5:21,
KJV
, “I tell (you) before” and “I
have told (you) in time past”; here, however, as in 2 Cor. 13:2 and 1 Thess. 3:4 (see
below), the
RV
marg., “plainly” is to be preferred to “beforehand” or “before” (see under
FORETELL
); the meaning in Gal. 5:21 is not so much that Paul prophesied the result of the
practice of the evils mentioned but that he had told them before of the consequence and
was now repeating his warning, as leaving no possible room for doubt or
misunderstanding; in 1 Thess. 3:4, the subject told before was the affliction consequent
upon the preaching of the Gospel; in 1 Thess. 4:6, “we forewarned,” the warning was as
to the consequences of whatsoever violates chastity.
Note:
In Luke 12:5 the verb
$
$
, “to shew, teach, make known,” is
translated “will warn” in the
RV
(
KJV
, “forewarn”). See
EXAMPLE
(B, No. 2),
SHEW
,
WARN
.
FORFEIT
(
, 2210), in the active voice signifies “to damage”; in the passive, “to
suffer loss, forfeit,” Matt. 16:26 and Mark 8:36, of the “life,”
RV
;
KJV
, and
RV
marg.,
“soul”; in each place the
RV
has “forfeit,” for uv, “lose”; Luke 9:25,“his own self” (
RV
,
“forfeit,”
KJV
, “be cast away”; here the preceding word “lose” translates
$
, “to
destroy”). What is in view here is the act of “forfeiting” what is of the greatest value, not
the casting away by divine judgment, though that is involved, but losing or penalizing
one’s own self, with spiritual and eternal loss. The word is also used in 1 Cor. 3:15; 2
Cor. 7:9; Phil. 3:8. See
CAST
,
LOSE
,
LOSS
(suffer).¶
FORGET, FORGETFUL
A. Verbs.
1.
(
1
, 2990), “to escape notice,” is translated “they (wilfully)
forget” in 2 Pet. 3:5,
RV
, lit., “this escapes them (i.e., their notice, wilfully on their part),”
KJV
, “they willingly are ignorant of”; in v. 8,
RV
, “forget not,” lit., “let not this one thing
escape you” (your notice),
KJV
, “be not ignorant of” See
HIDE
,
IGNORANT
,
UNAWARES
.
2.
(
#
1
, 1950), “to forget, or neglect” ( , “upon,” used
intensively, and No. 1), is said (a) negatively of God, indicating His remembrance of
sparrows, Luke 12:6, and of the work and labor of love of His saints, Heb. 6:10; (b) of the
disciples regarding taking bread, Matt. 16:5: Mark 8:14; (c) of Paul regarding “the things
which are behind,” Phil. 3:13; (d) of believers, as to showing love to strangers, Heb. 13:2,
RV
, and as to doing good and communicating, v. 16; (e) of a person who after looking at
himself in a mirror, forgets what kind of person he is, Jas. 1:24.¶
3.
(
#
1
, 1585), “to forget utterly” ( , “out,” intensive), is
used in the middle voice in Heb. 12:5, of “forgetting” an exhortation.¶
B. Nouns.
1.
(
)
, 3024), “forgetfulness” (from
, “to forget,” an old form of
, see A, No. 1; cf. Eng. “lethal,” “lethargy,” and the mythical river “Lethe,”
which was supposed to cause forgetfulness of the past to those who drank of it), is used
with
, “to take,” in 2 Pet. 1:9, “having forgotten,” lit., “having taken