1) to despair 1a) (Niphal) to be despaired, be desperate 1b) (Piel) to cause to despair interj 2) it is hopeless!
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H2976 — יָאַשׁ
ya.ash · to despair · Hebrew/Aramaic
6 tagged verse occurrences
1 Samuel 27:1 · וְנוֹאַ֨שׁAnd 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 escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me any more in all the borders of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.Job 6:26 · נֹאָֽשׁ׃Do ye think to reprove words, Seeing that the speeches of one that is desperate are as wind?Ecclesiastes 2:20 · לְיַאֵ֣שׁTherefore I turned about to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor wherein I had labored under the sun.Isaiah 57:10 · נוֹאָ֑שׁThou wast wearied with the length of thy way; yet saidst thou not, It is in vain: thou didst find a quickening of thy strength; therefore thou wast not faint.Jeremiah 2:25 · נוֹאָ֔שׁWithhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou saidst, It is in vain; no, for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.Jeremiah 18:12 · נוֹאָ֑שׁBut they say, It is in vain; for we will walk after our own devices, and we will do every one after the stubbornness of his evil heart.