Despair
Bible Usage:
- First Reference: 1 Samuel 27:1
- Last Reference: 2 Corinthians 4:8
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: Yes
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: Yes
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
See Despondency
Despondency
DESPAIR, noun
1. Hopelessness; a hopeless state; a destitution of hope or expectation.
We are perplexed, but not in despair 2 Corinthians 4:8.
All safety in despair of safety placed.
2. That which causes despair; that of which there is no hope.
The mere despair of surgery, he cures.
3. Loss of hope in the mercy of God.
DESPAIR, verb intransitive [Latin To hope.] To be without hope; to hive up all hope or expectation; followed by of.
We despaired even of life. 2 Corinthians 1:8.
Never despair of Gods blessings here, or of his reward hereafter.
DESPAIRER, noun One without hope.
DESPAIRFUL, adjective Hopeless.
DESPAIRING, participle present tense Giving up all hope or expectation.
DESPAIRINGLY, adverb In a despairing manner; in a manner indicating hopelessness; as, he speaks despairingly of the sick mans recovery.
Bible Usage:
- First Reference: 1 Samuel 27:1
- Last Reference: 2 Corinthians 4:8
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: Yes
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: Yes
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance: