Definition
a primitive root; to desist, i.e. (figuratively) to despond
Traditional renderings: (cause to) despair, one that is desperate, be no hope.
Traditional renderings: (cause to) despair, one that is desperate, be no hope.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders יָאַשׁ:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
6 total
- 1 Samuel 27:1וְנוֹאַ֨שׁ · will stopDavid, 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 6:26נֹאָֽשׁ׃ · of despairDo you intend to correct my words, and treat as wind my cry of despair?
- Ecclesiastes 2:20לְיַאֵ֣שׁ · to despairSo my heart began to despair over all the labor that I had done under the sun.
- Isaiah 57:10נוֹאָ֑שׁ · There is no hopeYou 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 2:25נוֹאָ֔שׁ · It is hopelessYou 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 18:12נוֹאָ֑שׁ · It is hopelessBut 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.’”