KJV dictionary & concordance

despair

Meaning of “despair”

To lose hope; loss of hope.

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First occurrence: 1 Samuel 27:1

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1 Samuel 27:1

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AND David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.

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The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · 1 Samuel 27:1 · retained source text

¶ And Dauid sayd in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me, then that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shal despaire of me, to seeke me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.

1611 marginal noteHebr. be consumed.