Despairing
מָסStrong’s H4523mas
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Mas is the Hebrew word usually translated “despairing”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.”
Meaning
- Despairing
How it's translated
- to despairing 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Job 1
1 book in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
מָס mas · despairing
despairing
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “despairing” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DESPAIRING, participle present
tense Giving up all hope or expectation.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.