Quick Definition
forgetfulness
Strong's Definition
forgetfulness
Derivation: from G2990 (λανθάνω);
KJV Usage: + forget
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
λήθη, λήθης, ἡ (λήθω to escape notice, λήθομαι to forget) (from Homer down), forgetfulness: λήθην τίνος λαβεῖν (see λαμβάνω, I. 6), 2Pe_1:9.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
λήθη lēthē 1x
forgetfulness, oblivion, 2Pe_1:9
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
λήθη , -ης , ἡ
( < λήθω = λανθάνω ),
[in LXX : Lev_5:15 ( H4604 ), Wis_16:11 , Sir_14:7 , al. ;]
forgetfulness: λ . λαβεῖν (on the phrase, v. Mayor , in l ): 2Pe_1:9 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
λήθη [page 374]
With 2Pe_1:9 we may compare Vett. Val. p. 242 .4 ἡ δὲ διάνοια . . . ἄλλοτε ἀλλαχοῦ πηδῶσα τὴν πρώτην λήθην ἀναλαμβάνει . The word survives in MGr.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
λήθη λήθη, doric λάθα, ἡ, [Etym: λανθάνω] "a forgetting, forgetfulness", Lat. oblivio, Il. , attic; λ. παρέχειν, ἐμποιεῖν Plat. ; εἰς λήθην ἐμβάλλειν τινά Aeschin. , etc. after Hom. , "a place of oblivion" in the lower world, Simon. , etc.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
λήθη, -ης, ἡ
(λήθω = λανθάνω) [in LXX: Lev.5:15 (מַעַל), Wis.16:11, Sir.14:7, al. ;]
forgetfulness: λ. λαβεῖν (on the phrase, see Mayor, in l): 2Pe.1:9.†
(AS)