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 · וְנוֹאַ֨שׁDavid 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 you intend to reprove words, since the speeches of one who is desperate are as wind?Ecclesiastes 2:20 · לְיַאֵ֣שׁTherefore I began to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor in which I had labored under the sun.Isaiah 57:10 · נוֹאָ֑שׁYou were wearied with the length of your way; yet you didn’t say, ‘It is in vain.’ You found a reviving of your strength; therefore you weren’t faint.Jeremiah 2:25 · נוֹאָ֔שׁ“Withhold your foot from being unshod, and your throat from thirst. But you said, ‘It is in vain. No, for I have loved strangers, and I will go after them.’Jeremiah 18:12 · נוֹאָ֑שׁBut they say, It is in vain; for we will walk after our own devices, and we will do everyone after the stubbornness of his evil heart.