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 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 6:26 · נֹאָֽשׁ׃Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, [which are] as wind?Ecclesiastes 2:20 · לְיַאֵ֣שׁTherefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.Isaiah 57:10 · נוֹאָ֑שׁThou 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 2:25 · נוֹאָ֔שׁWithhold 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 18:12 · נוֹאָ֑שׁAnd 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.