Know the Word.

Hebrew word

yâʼash

yaw-ash'

יָאַשׁ

What it means

to desist, i.e. to despond

to desist, i.e. (figuratively) to despond

Where it comes from

a primitive root

How the King James translates it

  • hope3
  • despair2
  • desperate1
  • cause1

Every place it appears 7

1 Samuel27:1
Job6:26
Ecclesiastes2:20
Isaiah57:10
Jeremiah2:2518:12