Yaash יָאַשׁ
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| יָאַשׁ | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | yaash |
| Strong's number | H2976 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to despair |
| Occurrences | 6 in 6 verses |
| Most frequent in | Jeremiah (2) |
Yaash (Hebrew יָאַשׁ, Strong's H2976) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to despair”. It occurs 6 times in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) to despair
1a) (Niphal) to be despaired, be desperate
1b) (Piel) to cause to despair
interj
2) it is hopeless!
1a) (Niphal) to be despaired, be desperate
1b) (Piel) to cause to despair
interj
2) it is hopeless!
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | hope (3), despair (2), desperate (1), cause (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | despair (2), it is hopeless (2), will stop (1), there is no hope (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Yaash, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
1 Samuel
- 1 Samuel 27:1And 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.David, however, said to himself, “One of these days now I will be swept away by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will stop searching for me all over Israel, and I will slip out of his hand.”
Job
- Job 6:26Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?Do you intend to correct my words, and treat as wind my cry of despair?
Ecclesiastes
- Ecclesiastes 2:20Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.So my heart began to despair over all the labor that I had done under the sun.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 57:10Thou 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.You are wearied by your many journeys, but you did not say, “There is no hope!” You found renewal of your strength; therefore you did not grow weak.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 2:25Withhold 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.You should have kept your feet from going bare and your throat from being thirsty. But you said, ‘It is hopeless! For I love foreign gods, and I must go after them.’
- Jeremiah 18:12And 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.But they will reply, ‘It is hopeless. We will follow our own plans, and each of us will act according to the stubbornness of his evil heart.’”
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).