Lexicon yaash: to despair Original Word: יָאַשׁPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: yaash Phonetic Spelling: (yaw-ash') Short Definition: hopeless NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. root Definitionto despair NASB Translationdespair (2), despaired (1), hopeless (3).
Brown-Driver-Briggs [ יָאַשׁ] verb despair (not in Qal) (Late Hebrew Hithpa`el despair of, יֵאוּשׁ desperation; Aramaic Pa`el יָאֵשׁ, etc., make despair (so ᵑ7 Ecclesiastes 2:20); Arabic  despair) — Niph`al Perfect וְנוֺאַש consecutive 1 Samuel 27:1; Participle נוֺאָשׁ Jeremiah 2:25 3t.; — despair, מִמֶּנִּי שָׁאוּל ׳וְנ לְבַקְּשֵׁנִי 1 Samuel 27:1 and 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`el Infinitive לְיַאֵשׁ אֶתלִֿבִּי עַל כָּלהֶֿעָמָל Ecclesiastes 2:20 to make my heart despair, concerning all the toil. יאֹשִׁיָּ֫הוּ, יאֹשִׁיָּה see below אשׁה above
Strong's 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. |
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