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 saith unto his heart, ‘Now am I consumed one day by the hand of Saul; there is nothing for me better than that I diligently escape unto the land of the Philistines, and Saul hath been despairing of me—of seeking me any more in all the border of Israel, and I have escaped out of his hand.’Job 6:26 · נֹאָֽשׁ׃For reproof—do you reckon words? And for wind—sayings of the desperate.Ecclesiastes 2:20 · לְיַאֵ֣שׁAnd I turned round to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labour that I laboured at under the sun.Isaiah 57:10 · נוֹאָ֑שׁIn the greatness of thy way thou hast laboured, Thou hast not said, ‘It is desperate.’ The life of thy hand thou hast found, Therefore thou hast not been sick.Jeremiah 2:25 · נוֹאָ֔שׁWithhold thy foot from being unshod, And thy throat from thirst, And thou sayest, ‘It is incurable, No, for I have loved strangers, and after them I go.’Jeremiah 18:12 · נוֹאָ֑שׁAnd they have said, It is incurable, For after our own devices we do go, And each the stubbornness of his evil heart we do.