DESPAIR

- Produced in the wicked by divine judgments De 28:34,67; Re 9:6; 16:10 - LEADS TO . Continuing in sin Jer 2:25; 18:12 . Blasphemy Isa 8:21; Re 16:10,11 - Shall seize upon the wicked at the appearing of Christ Re 6:16 - Saints sometimes tempted to Job 7:6; La 3:18 - Saints enabled to overcome 2Co 4:8,9 - Trust in God, a preservative against Ps 42:5,11 - Exemplified . Cain Ge 4:13,14 . Ahithophel 2Sa 17:23 . Judas Mt 27:5

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DESPAIR. → See DESPONDENCY

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despair. Despair, n. extreme grief without hope, a destitution of hope or expection

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De‐spair″ (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Despaired (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Despairing.] [[OE. despeiren, dispeiren, OF. desperer, fr. L. desperare; de- + sperare to hope; akin to spes hope, and perh. to spatium space, E. space, speed; cf. OF. espeir hope, F. espoir. Cf. Prosper, Desperate.]] To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation; — often with of. We despaired even of life. 2 Cor. i. 8. Never despair of God's blessings here. Wake. Syn. — See Despond.