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Lexicon :: Strong's H2976 - yā'aš

Aa
יָאַשׁ
Transliteration
yā'aš
Pronunciation
yaw-ash'
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Part of Speech
interjection, verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 833

Strong’s Definitions

יָאַשׁ yâʼash, yaw-ash'; a primitive root; to desist, i.e. (figuratively) to despond:—(cause to) despair, one that is desperate, be no hope.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's H2976 in the following manner: no hope (3x), despair (2x), desperate (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's H2976 in the following manner: no hope (3x), despair (2x), desperate (1x).

  1. to despair

    1. (Niphal) to be despaired, be desperate

    2. (Piel) to cause to despair

      interjection

  2. it is hopeless!

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יָאַשׁ yâʼash, yaw-ash'; a primitive root; to desist, i.e. (figuratively) to despond:—(cause to) despair, one that is desperate, be no hope.
STRONGS H2976: Abbreviations
† [יָאַשׁ] verb despair (not in Qal) (Late Hebrew Hithp. despair of, יֵאוּשׁ desperation; Aramaic Pa. יָאֵשׁ, etc., make despair (so Targum Ecclesiastes 2:20); Arabic bdb038401 despair) —
Niph. Perfect וְנוֺאַש consecutive 1 Samuel 27:1; Participle נוֺאָשׁ Jeremiah 2:25 + 3 times; — 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. Infinitive לְיַאֵשׁ אֶתלִֿבִּי עַל כָּלהֶֿעָמָל Ecclesiastes 2:20 to make my heart despair, concerning all the toil.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Samuel

27:1; 27:1

Job

6:26

Ecclesiastes

2:20; 2:20

Isaiah

57:10

Jeremiah

2:25; 2:25; 18:12

H2976

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2976 matches the Hebrew יָאַשׁ (yā'aš),
which occurs 6 times in 6 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Then David H1732 said H559 to [fn]himself H3820, “Now H6258 I will [fn]perish H5595 one H259 day H3117 by the hand H3027 of Saul H7586. There H369 is H369 nothing H369 better H2896 for me than H3588 to safely H4422 escape H4422 into the land H776 of the Philistines H6430. Then Saul H7586 will despair H2976 of searching H1245 for me anymore H5750 in all H3605 the territory H1366 of Israel H3478, and I will escape H4422 from his hand H3027.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:26 -

“Do you intend H2803 to rebuke H3198 my words H561,

When the words H561 of one in despair H2976 belong to the wind H7307?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:20 - Therefore I [fn]completely H5437 H3820 despaired H2976 over H5921 all H3605 the fruit H5999 of H5999 my labor H5999 for which H7945 I had labored H5998 under H8478 the sun H8121.

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“You were tired H3021 out H3021 by the length H7230 of your road H1870,

Yet you did not say H559, ‘It is hopeless H2976!’

You found H4672 [fn]renewed H2416 strength H3027,

Therefore H5921 H3651 you did not [fn]faint H2470.

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“Keep H4513 your feet H7272 from H4513 H4480 being bare H3182,

And your throat H1627 from thirst H6773;

But you said H559, ‘It is [fn]hopeless H2976!

No H3808! For I have loved H157 strangers H2114,

And I will walk H1980 after H310 them.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:12 - “But they will say H559, ‘It’s hopeless H2976! For we are going H1980 to follow H310 H1980 our own plans H4284, and each H376 of us will [fn]persist H6213 in the stubbornness H8307 of his evil H7451 heart H3820.’
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