noun · feminine
lēthas
Greekλήθη (lēthē)
Strong’sG3024
forgetfulness
stem lēth-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
λήθη, -ης, ἡ
(< λήθω = λανθάνω), [in LXX: Le 5:15 (מַעַל), Wi 16:11, Si 14:7, al.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3024 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidlay'-thay
forgetfulness
Fromfrom G2990;
King James+ forget.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | lēthas | lēthais |
| object accusative | lēthan1×λήθην | lēthain |
| direct address vocative | lēthar | lēthair |
| of, belonging to genitive | lēthau | lēthaiu |
| to, for dative | lētha | lēthai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
lētha is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
lēthan“forgotten”objectaccusative singular1×
2 Peter 1:9“forgotten”ho gar mē pareiatō houteim, tuflos atō muōpazarōtos, lēthan lambaratos tou katharismou taiu palai autou hamartēmeiu.But whoever lacks these traits is nearsighted to the point of blindness, having forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past sins.