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H2976Hebrew

יָאַשׁ

Definition and meaning

ya'ash (yaw-ash') v. 1. to desist, i.e. (figuratively) to despond [a primitive root] KJV: (cause to) despair, one that is desperate, be no hope.

Tagged KJV passages

6 matching verses - 7.0 tagged occurrences

Highlighted words carry the exact Strong's tag in the installed KJV text. A verse may contain more than one occurrence. These are tagged English renderings, not independently verified original-language token counts.

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.

Matched English: despairJob 6:26

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

Matched English: desperateEcclesiastes 2:20

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

Matched English: cause, despairIsaiah 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.

Matched English: hopeJeremiah 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.

Matched English: hopeJeremiah 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.

Matched English: hope