יָאַשׁ
KJV Translations of H2976
(cause to) despair, one that is desperate, be no hope.
Word Origin & Derivation
a primitive root;
H2976 in the King James Bible
6 versesTherefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?