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Forgo for-go' (from for, negative, and go): Occurs in Eccl 7:19, as translation of astocheo, which means "to miss the mark," "turn or swerve from." "Forgo not a wise and good wife (the King James Version "woma...

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Forgo for-go' (from for, negative, and go):

Occurs in Eccl 7:19, as translation of astocheo, which means "to miss the mark," "turn or swerve from." "Forgo not a wise and good wife (the King James Version "woman"); for her grace is above gold," meaning "Turn not away from her"; in Eccl 8:9, the word is rendered "miss not"; compare 1Ti 1:6, 1Ti 6:21, 2Ti 2:18.

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