# G3024 λήθη

λήθη (lḗthē), Strong’s G3024: forgetfulness KJV: + forget. Occurs 12 times.

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*lḗthē* — forgetfulness

KJV: + forget

Derived from [λανθάνω lanthánō](https://besorah.bible/word/G2990) (to lie hid)

Occurs 12 times.

## Where it occurs
- [2 Peter 1:9](https://besorah.bible/besorah/2-peter/1?v=9) — For he who lacks these things is blind, seeing only what is near, having forgotten the cleansing from his old sins.
- [Wisdom of Solomon 16:11](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/wisdom-of-solomon/16?v=11) — For they were bitten to put them in remembrance of your oracles, and were quickly saved, lest, falling into deep…
- [Wisdom of Solomon 17:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/wisdom-of-solomon/17?v=3) — For while they thought that they were unseen in their secret sins, they were divided from one another by a dark curtain…
- [Sirach 14:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/sirach/14?v=7) — Even if he does good, he does it in forgetfulness. In the end, he reveals his wickedness.
- [3 Maccabees 5:28](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/3-maccabees/5?v=28) — But this was the working of that Almighty God who had made him forget all his purpose.
- [3 Maccabees 6:20](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/3-maccabees/6?v=20) — A cold shudder came over the person of the king, and oblivion paralyzed the vehemence of his spirit.
- [4 Maccabees 1:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/4-maccabees/1?v=5) — Perhaps some may ask, “How is it, then, that reasoning, if it rules the emotions, isn’t also master of forgetfulness…
- [4 Maccabees 2:24](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/4-maccabees/2?v=24) — How, then, a man may say, if reasoning is master of the emotions, has it no control over forgetfulness and ignorance?