Strong H2976יָאַשׁ
to despair
- Transliteration
- yâ'ash
- Pronunciation
- yaw-ash'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Verb
Definition
A primitive root; to {desist} that {is} (figuratively) to despond: - (cause to) {despair} one that is {desperate} be no hope.
Detailed definition
1) to despair
1a) (Niphal) to be despaired, be desperate
1b) (Piel) to cause to despair
interj
2) it is hopeless!
1a) (Niphal) to be despaired, be desperate
1b) (Piel) to cause to despair
interj
2) it is hopeless!
In the Bible
Strong H2976 appears in 6 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- hope3
- despair2
- cause1
- desperate1
First verses
- 1 Samuel 27:1And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.
- Job 6:26Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?
- Ecclesiastes 2:20Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.
- Isaiah 57:10Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way; yet saidst thou not, There is no hope: thou hast found the life of thine hand; therefore thou wast not grieved.
- Jeremiah 2:25Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou saidst, There is no hope: no; for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.
- Jeremiah 18:12And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own devices, and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart.