KJV Dictionary Definition: forsake

forsake

FORSA'KE, v.t. pret. forsook; pp. forsaken. See Seek .

1. To quit or leave entirely; to desert; to abandon; to depart from. Friends and flatterers forsake us in adversity.

Forsake the foolish, and live. Prov. 9.

2. To abandon; to renounce; to reject.

If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments - Ps. 89.

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Ps. 37.

3. To leave; to withdraw from; to fail. In anger, the color forsakes the cheeks. In severe trials, let not fortitude forsake you.

4. In scripture, God forsakes his people, when he withdraws his aid, or the light of his countenance.

forsaker

FORSA'KER, n. One that forsakes or deserts.

forsaking

FORSA'KING, ppr. Leaving or deserting.

FORSA'KING, n. The act of deserting; dereliction.