Domains / Despair Hopelessness

Despair Hopelessness

Community Cluster · 6 senses · 5 lemmas

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† [יָאַשׁ] vb. despair (not in Qal) (NH Hithp. despair of, יֵאוּשׁ desperation; Aramaic Pa. יָאֵשׁ, etc., make despair (so 𝔗 Ec 2:20); Arabic يَىِٔسَ despair)— Niph. Pf. וְנוֹאַש consec. 1 S 27:1; Pt. נוֹאָשׁ Je 2:25 + 3 times;—despair, וְנ׳ מִמֶּנִּי שָׁאוּל לְבַקְּשֵׁנִי 1 S 27:1 and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me; pt. desperate, despairing, of Job, Jb 6:26; elsewhere נוֹאָ֑שׁ (foll. אמר) desperate! = there is no hope! Je 2:25; 18:12 Is 57:10. Pi. Inf. לְיַאֵשׁ אֶת־לִבִּי עַל כָּל־הֶעָמָל Ec 2:20 to make my heart despair, concerning all the toil.
ἐξαπορέω, strengthened for ἀπορέω, to be in great doubt or difficulty, Refs 4th c.BC+:—middle, ἀπορούμενοι, ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ ἐ. NT: so in aorist passive ἐξηπορήθην LXX+1st c.BC+; ἐξαπορηθῆναι ἀργυρίον to be without money, Refs 3rd c.BC+
ἀθῡμ-έω, to be disheartened, despond, ἐς νόσον πεσὼν ἀθυμεῖςRefs 5th c.BC+; ἀ τινι. at or for a thing, Refs 5th c.BC+:—to be sore afraid lest, ἀθυμῶ δ᾽ εἰ φανήσομαιRefs 5th c.BC+
ἀπελπ-ίζω, Attic dialect future -ιῶRefs 1st c.BC+perfect -ήλπικα:—despair of, τῆς πόλεως τὴν σωτηρίανRefs 4th c.BC+:—passive, to be given up in despair, τὰ πράγματαRefs; of persons, to be despaired of, οἱ ἀπηλπισμένοιLXX+2nd c.BC+ (ἀφηλπ-). __2 ἀ. τινός despair of,Refs 2nd c.BC+ οὐκ ἀ. τινός to be confident of, Refs 1st c.BC+ __3 absolutely, hope that a thing will not happen, Refs 3rd c.AD+ __II causal, drive to despair, τινάRefs 1st c.AD+ __III hope to receive back, μηδὲν (variant{μηδένα}) ἀπελπίζοντεςNT
† II. [מַס] adj. despairing (lit. melting, i.e. failing, collapsing);—לַמָּס Jb 6:14 to him who despaireth belongeth kindness, etc.