זָנַח
za.nach (H2186A)
to reject
AI Word Study
The Hebrew word זָנַח (za.nach) carries the meaning of "to reject" according to its short definition. In its 19 occurrences throughout the Bible, this verb is used to convey the idea of casting away, abandoning, or disregarding something or someone. The breadth of use for this word includes contexts of material goods, such as rejecting an image or object (Isaiah 30:1, 31:7). It also appears in more figurative situations, where an idea or a plan is rejected or spurned (1 Samuel 26:10, Isaiah 48:18). Furthermore, the word is used to describe a person's rejection, in the sense of abandoning or leaving behind others (Numbers 21:6, Joshua 10:25). The significance of this word lies in its capacity to convey a sense of separation, casting away, or dismissal. By examining the various occurrences of this verb, it becomes evident that rejection is not always a negative action but can be a deliberate choice to move away from something that might be deemed harmful or unhelpful.
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You, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Yahweh searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.
For the Levites left their pasture lands and their possession, and came to Judah and Jerusalem; for Jeroboam and his sons cast them off, that they should not execute the priest’s office to Yahweh.
Moreover have we prepared and sanctified all the vessels which king Ahaz threw away in his reign, when he was unfaithful. Behold, they are before Yahweh’s altar.”
For you are the God of my strength. Why have you rejected me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
But now you rejected us, and brought us to dishonor, and don’t go out with our armies.
Wake up! Why do you sleep, Lord? Arise! Don’t reject us forever.
God, you have rejected us. You have broken us down. You have been angry. Restore us, again.
Haven’t you, God, rejected us? You don’t go out with our armies, God.
God, why have you rejected us forever? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?
“Will the Lord reject us forever? Will he be favorable no more?
Yahweh, why do you reject my soul? Why do you hide your face from me?
But you have rejected and spurned. You have been angry with your anointed.
The Lord has cast off his altar. He has abhorred his sanctuary. He has given the walls of her palaces into the hand of the enemy. They have made a noise in Yahweh’s house, as in the day of a solemn assembly.
You have removed my soul far away from peace. I forgot prosperity.
Israel has cast off that which is good. The enemy will pursue him.
Let Samaria throw out his calf idol! My anger burns against them! How long will it be until they are capable of purity?
“I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them back; for I have mercy on them; and they will be as though I had not cast them off: for I am Yahweh their God, and I will hear them.