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hebrew #2976 - יָאַשׁ yaash (to despair)


Original Word:יָאַשׁ
Transliteration: yaash
Definition:to despair
Part of Speech:Verb
Phonetic Spelling:(yaw-ash')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

cause to despair, one that is desperate, be no hope

A primitive root; to desist, i.e. (figuratively) to despond -- (cause to) despair, one that is desperate, be no hope.


Englishman's Concordance

1) to despair
1a) (Niphal) to be despaired, be desperate
1b) (Piel) to cause to despair
2) it is hopeless!
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 833

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[יָאַשׁ] verbdespair (not in

Qal) (Late Hebrew Hithpa`el despair of, יֵאוּשׁdesperation; Aramaic Pa`el יָאֵשׁ, etc., make despair (so ᵑ7Ecclesiastes 2:20); Arabic despair) —

Niph`alPerfectוְנוֺאַש consecutive 1 Samuel 27:1; ParticipleנוֺאָשׁJeremiah 2:25 3t.; — despair, מִמֶּנִּי שָׁאוּל׳וְנלְבַקְּשֵׁנִי1 Samuel 27:1and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me; participle desperate, despairing, of Job, Job 6:26; elsewhere נוֺאָ֑שׁ (following אמר) desperate!=there is no hope!Jeremiah 2:25; Jeremiah 18:12; Isaiah 57:10.

Pi`elInfinitiveלְיַאֵשׁאֶתלִֿבִּי עַל כָּלהֶֿעָמָלEcclesiastes 2:20to make my heart despair, concerning all the toil.

יאֹשִׁיָּ֫הוּ, יאֹשִׁיָּה see below אשׁה above


Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 2976. יָאַשׁ (yaash) — 6 Occurrences

1 Samuel 27:1
HEB:אֶ֣רֶץ פְּלִשְׁתִּ֗ים וְנוֹאַ֨שׁ מִמֶּ֤נִּי שָׁאוּל֙
NAS: Saul then will despair of searching
KJV: and Saul shall despair of me, to seek
INT: the land of the Philistines will despair at Saul

Job 6:26
HEB:וּ֝לְר֗וּחַ אִמְרֵ֥י נֹאָֽשׁ׃ אַף־ עַל־
NAS: [my] words, When the words of one in despair belong to the wind?
KJV: and the speeches of one that is desperate, [which are] as wind?
INT: air words despair yet for

Ecclesiastes 2:20
HEB:וְסַבּ֥וֹתִֽי אֲנִ֖י לְיַאֵ֣שׁ אֶת־ לִבִּ֑י
NAS: Therefore I completely despaired of all
KJV: my heart to despair of all the labour
INT: about I despaired my heart of

Isaiah 57:10
HEB:לֹ֥א אָמַ֖רְתְּ נוֹאָ֑שׁ חַיַּ֤ת יָדֵךְ֙
NAS: [Yet] you did not say, It is hopeless.' You found
KJV: [yet] saidst thou not, There is no hope: thou hast found
INT: did not say hope renewed strength

Jeremiah 2:25
HEB:מִצִּמְאָ֑ה וַתֹּאמְרִ֣י נוֹאָ֔שׁ ל֕וֹא כִּֽי־
NAS: But you said, It is hopeless! No!
KJV: but thou saidst, There is no hope: no; for I have loved
INT: thirst said is hopeless No for

Jeremiah 18:12
HEB: וְאָמְר֖וּ נוֹאָ֑שׁ כִּֽי־ אַחֲרֵ֤י
NAS: But they will say, 'It's hopeless! For we are going
KJV: And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk
INT: will say hopeless for after

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