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dē̇-spaÌ‚r´: The substantive only in , “perplexed, but not in (the Revised Version (British and American) “yet not untoâ€) despair,†literally, “being at a loss, but not utterly at a loss.†“Unto despair†here conveys the force of the Greek prefix ex (“utterly,†“out and outâ€). Desperate, in ; . In the latter instance, the Hebrew adjective is derived from a verb = “to be sick,†and the literally, rendering would be “incurable†(compare , “my wound is incurableâ€). Desperately in the King James Version, where the heart is said to be “desperately (i.e. incurably) wicked†or “sick.