Bible Dictionary: Hopeless

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) Destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing.

2. (a.) Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable; desperate; as, a hopeless cause.

3. (a.) Unhoped for; despaired of.

Greek

2805. klauthmos -- weeping
... lamentation, crying. Cognate: 2805 (from 2799 , "to grieve audibly") -- grief
that springs from feeling utterly hopeless. 2805 ("wailing ...
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Strong's Hebrew

2976. yaash -- to despair
... 2975, 2976. yaash. 2977 . to despair. Transliteration: yaash Phonetic Spelling:
(yaw-ash') Short Definition: hopeless. Word Origin a prim. ...
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Library

The Hopeless Condition of the Left-Behind Ones.
... Chapter Nine The Worldward Results of the Redeemer's Return 2. The Hopeless
condition of the left-behind ones. What will happen ...
/.../pink/the redeemers return/2 the hopeless condition of.htm

Let us not Sink in Hopeless Sorrow, or Break Out into Clamorous ...
... 3. LET us not sink in hopeless Sorrow, or break out into clamorous Complaints,
if GOD has brought this heavy Affliction upon us. ...
/.../submission to divine providence in the death of children/3 let us not sink.htm

Mighty to Save
... I shall only mention one case now that gave me great encouragement in seeking
conversion even when it seemed apparently hopeless. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/taylor/a retrospect/chapter vii mighty to save.htm

The Helpless State of the Sinner under Condemnation.
... presence of God, what sacrifice thou wilt present, what strength thou wilt exert,
what allies thou wilt have recourse to on so urgent, so hopeless an occasion. ...
/.../chapter vii the helpless state.htm

Heroes and Heroines (Whitsunday. )
... An officer, perhaps, in war time in a foreign land"in India now. He has a work
to do: a heavy, dangerous, difficult, almost hopeless work. ...
/.../kingsley/the good news of god/sermon xiv heroes and heroines.htm

The Blessed Hope and Its Power
... it, as they thought, alone; leapt, as they thought, over it; as if they could pursue
a spiritual life which should be irrespective of the body's hopeless evils ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/moule/philippian studies/chapter x the blessed hope.htm

Faith's Dawn and Its Clouds
... This man had for a long time considered his son's case to be hopeless. ... The child
must be controlled, but he could not be restored; he was a hopeless maniac. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 18 1872/faiths dawn and its clouds.htm

Centenary Commemoration of the Consecration of Bishop Seabury. ...
... It is difficult to imagine a more hopeless undertaking"as men's eyes looked on
it"than the attempt to rebuild Jerusalem and the Temple at the close of the ...
/.../centenary commemoration of the consecration.htm

The victory of Life (Preached at the Chapel Royal. )
... The living, the living, he shall praise thee. I may seem to have taken a strange
text on which to speak,"a mournful, a seemingly hopeless text. ...
/.../kingsley/the water of life and other sermons/sermon iii the victory of.htm

The Hymnwriter
... Her present state may appear so hopeless that her children fear to remember her
former glory: Dares the anxious heart envision. Still its morning dream,. ...
/.../aaberg/hymns and hymnwriters of denmark/chapter fourteen the hymnwriter.htm

Thesaurus

Hopeless (4 Occurrences)
... 2. (a.) Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable; desperate; as, a
hopeless cause. 3. (a.) Unhoped for; despaired of. ...Hopeless (4 Occurrences). ...
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Hopefully (2 Occurrences)
... Romans 4:18 Under utterly hopeless circumstances he hopefully believed, so that
he might become the forefather of many nations, in agreement with the words ...
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Hopes (24 Occurrences)

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Zephaniah (11 Occurrences)
... (d) The announcement of judgment on the heathen (2:4-15). (e) The hopeless misery
of Jerusalem (3:1-7). (f) The promise of salvation (3:8-20). ...
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Numerous (88 Occurrences)
... Romans 4:18 Under utterly hopeless circumstances he hopefully believed, so that
he might become the forefather of many nations, in agreement with the words ...
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Utterly (170 Occurrences)
... Romans 4:18 Under utterly hopeless circumstances he hopefully believed, so that
he might become the forefather of many nations, in agreement with the words ...
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Jabin (8 Occurrences)
... The whole population were paralyzed with fear, and gave way to hopeless despondency
(Judges 5:6-11), till Deborah and Barak aroused the national spirit, and ...
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Juniper (7 Occurrences)
... out much heat (Psalm 120:4). For people to be reduced to chew it for nourishment
betokens the lowest depth of starvation (Job 30:4). Indeed so hopeless is this ...
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Jeshimon (6 Occurrences)
... translated "desert." Although used in 7 passages in poetical parallelism to midhbar,
translated "wilderness," it really means a much more hopeless place; in a ...
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Forlorn (3 Occurrences)
... 1. (pp) of Forlese. 2. (vt) Deserted; abandoned; lost. 3. (vt) Destitute; helpless;
in pitiful plight; wretched; miserable; almost hopeless; desperate. ...
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Bible Concordance

Hopeless (4 Occurrences)

Romans 4:18 Under utterly hopeless circumstances he hopefully believed, so that he might become the forefather of many nations, in agreement with the words "Equally numerous shall your posterity be."
(WEY)

Isaiah 57:10 Thou wast wearied with the length of thy way; yet saidst thou not: 'There is no hope'; thou didst find a renewal of thy strength, therefore thou wast not affected.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 2:25 Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst; but thou saidst: 'There is no hope; no, for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.'
(See NAS RSV)

Jeremiah 18:12 But they say: There is no hope; but we will walk after our own devices, and we will do every one after the stubbornness of his evil heart.'
(See NAS)

Subtopics

Hopeless

Hopelessness

Related Terms

Hopefully (2 Occurrences)

Hopes (24 Occurrences)

Zephaniah (11 Occurrences)

Numerous (88 Occurrences)

Utterly (170 Occurrences)

Jabin (8 Occurrences)

Juniper (7 Occurrences)

Jeshimon (6 Occurrences)