King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H2976
Transliteration: yaash
Phonetic Spelling: (yaw-ash')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to despair
Meaning: to desist, to despond
Word Summary
yaash: to despair
Original Word: יָאַשׁTransliteration: yaash
Phonetic Spelling: (yaw-ash')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to despair
Meaning: to desist, to despond
Strong's Concordance
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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H2976. yaash
[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, לְבַקְּשֵׁנִי ׳וְנ שָׁאוּל מִמֶּנִּי 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; 18:12; Isaiah 57:10.
Pi`el Infinitive כָּלהֶֿעָמָל עַל אֶתלִֿבִּי לְיַאֵשׁ Ecclesiastes 2:20 to make my heart despair, concerning all the toil.
יאֹשִׁיָּה יאֹשִׁיָּ֫הוּ, see below אשׁה above