Word study
Ignore
7 Hebrew and 1 Greek words behind this English word
The original-language words that the Berean Standard Bible translates with one of these: ignore, ignored, ignores. English often uses one word where Hebrew or Greek has several, each with its own shade of meaning. Under each word are verses where it is translated this way; choose the word itself for its full study: every verse, how else it is translated, the forms it takes and what the dictionaries say.
At a glance
How often each original word is translated “ignore” or one of its forms.
Compare the Hebrew words side by side
Hebrew and Aramaic words (Old Testament)
- עָלַם âlamconcealtranslated this way 5 times of its 27 uses · Strong’s H5956Verb · Translated: ignore 5, even if he is unaware 3, hide 3, hidden 3Full study and all 27 verses →
Deuteronomy 22:1 If you see your brother’s ox or sheep straying, you must not ignore it; be sure to return it to your brother.
Psalm 55:1 For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. A Maskil of David. Listen to my prayer, O God, and do not ignore my plea.
- פָּרַע pâraact as leader, lead (?)translated this way 3 times of its 16 uses · Strong’s H6544Verb · Translated: hang loose 2Full study and all 15 verses →
Proverbs 8:33 Listen to instruction and be wise; do not ignore it.
Proverbs 13:18 Poverty and shame come to him who ignores discipline, but whoever heeds correction is honored.
- שָׁכַח shâkachforgettranslated this way 1 time of its 101 uses · Strong’s H7911Verb · Translated: forget 43, forgotten 35, forgot 10, forgets 4Full study and all 95 verses →
Psalm 9:12 For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.
- שָׁיָה shâyâhkeep in memorytranslated this way 1 time of its 1 use · Strong’s H7876Verb · Translated: ignored 1Full study and its 1 verse →
Deuteronomy 32:18 You ignored the Rock who brought you forth; you forgot the God who gave you birth.
- עָבַר âbarpass over, through, by, pass ontranslated this way 1 time of its 542 uses · Strong’s H5674Verb · Translated: pass 62, crossed 57, cross 52, passed 35Full study and all 487 verses →
Isaiah 40:27 Why do you say, O Jacob, and why do you assert, O Israel, “My way is hidden from the LORD, and my claim is ignored by my God”?
- לָא lânottranslated this way 1 time of its 71 uses · Strong’s H3809Adverb · Translated: no 10, not 9, cannot 4, without 3Full study and all 56 verses →
Daniel 3:12 But there are some Jews you have appointed to manage the province of Babylon — Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego — who have ignored you, O king, and have refused to serve your gods or worship the golden statue you have set up.”
- עָזַב âzableave, forsake, loosetranslated this way 1 time of its 214 uses · Strong’s H5800Verb · Translated: forsaken 47, forsake 36, leave 23, abandoned 22Full study and all 206 verses →
Proverbs 10:17 Whoever heeds instruction is on the path to life, but he who ignores reproof goes astray.
Greek words (New Testament)
- ἀγνοέω agnoéōI do not know, am ignorant oftranslated this way 2 times of its 22 uses · Strong’s G50Verb · Translated: unaware 4, understand 3, ignorant 3, uninformed 2Full study and all 21 verses →
1 Corinthians 14:38 But if anyone ignores this, he himself will be ignored.
How to study a word well
- Start from the verse, not the dictionary. Find which Hebrew or Greek word stands in the verse you are studying. One English word often translates several different original words.
- Read every place the word is used. A word means what its writers used it to mean. The list of verses and the count by book show its range, and who uses it most.
- Look at how it is translated. A word rendered five different ways has a wider meaning than any one English word can carry.
- Notice the form. A command is not a statement, and a passive verb is something done to the subject. The form in your verse is part of the meaning.
- See what it keeps company with. The words that appear beside it again and again show how the Bible itself connects ideas.
- Then read the dictionaries. They give the considered view of scholars, with their evidence.
- Come back to the verse. Context decides. A word does not carry every one of its meanings into every verse, and where a word came from does not settle what it means in a sentence written centuries later.
Scripture text and translation counts: Berean Standard Bible. Full entry: Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906, public domain), in the digital edition Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced by unfoldingWord (Joel Ruark, J. de Joode), based on data by Eliran Wong and Stephen Ku; its additions are used under CC BY 4.0. Strong’s Hebrew Dictionary: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew-to-English verse numbering: original work of the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible available at https://github.com/openscriptures/morphhb, CC BY 4.0. We reformatted the data, linked the references to this site’s Bible text and left out words in other scripts that the source holds only as images. These are historical reference works; an entry gives its authors’ view, and a word’s meaning in any verse depends on how it is used there.