Strong's Lexicon

H2976

H2976 — יָאַשׁ

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewya'ashverb-stemOccurrences: 6TWOT: 833

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H2976
Word:	יָאַשׁ
Part of Speech:	verb-stem
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	6
Transliteration:	ya'ash
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	yaw-ash'
Meaning:	1. to desist, i.e. (figuratively) to despond
KJV Renderings:	(cause to) despair, one that is desperate, be no hope.

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[יָאַשׁ] verb despair (not in Qal) (Late Hebrew Hithpa`el despair of, יֵאוּשׁ desperation; Aramaic Pa`el יָאֵשׁ, etc., make despair (so ᵑ7 Eccl 2:20); Arabic [untranscribed source text 2152] despair) —

Niph`al Perfect וְנוֺאַש consecutive 1Sam 27:1 Participle נוֺאָשׁ Jer 2:25 + 3 t.; — despair, מִמֶּנִּי שָׁאוּל ׳ וְנ לְבַקְּשֵׁנִי 1Sam 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! Jer 2:25; Jer 18:12; Isa 57:10.

Pi`el Infinitive לְיַאֵשׁ אֶתלִֿבִּי עַל כָּלהֶֿעָמָל Eccl 2:20 to make my heart despair, concerning all the toil.

יאֹשִׁיָּ֫הוּ, יאֹשִׁיָּה see below אשׁה above

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

יאש (yah-ash’)

Job 6:26

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

EHCC: speeches of one that is desperate,

Isaiah 57:10

KJV: 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.life: or, living

EHCC: There is no hope:

Jeremiah 2:25

KJV: 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.There…: or, Is the case desperate?

EHCC: thou saidst, is no hope: (mam. %

Jeremiah 18:12

KJV: 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.

EHCC: they said, There is we hope:

Ecclesiastes 2:20

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

EHCC: to cause my heart to despair