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H2976 יָאַשׁ hebrew

pronunciation: yâʼash  ·  yaw-ash'

definition: (cause to) despair, one that is desperate, be no hope.

to desist, i.e. (figuratively) to despond

Occurrences · 6 verses · page 1 of 1

• 1 Samuel 27:1

  And 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

  Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?

• Ecclesiastes 2:20

  Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.

• Isaiah 57:10

  Thou 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

  Withhold 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

  And 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.