Read the Bible

KJV dictionary & concordance

despaired

Meaning of “despaired”

Lost hope or expectation; regarded rescue, continuance, or life itself as beyond one’s own power or prospect.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-references
1 occurrence1 verse1 bookKJV PCE

First occurrence: 2 Corinthians 1:8

Complete exact-word concordance

The KJV occurrence

KJV PCE
2 Corinthians 1:8
For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Corinthians 1:8 · retained source text

For we would not, brethren, haue you ignorant of our trouble which came to vs in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, aboue strength, in so much that we dispaired euen of life.

Source order

Definition evidence

Study connections