Jabez
יַעְבֵּץStrong’s H3258yabets (ya-bets)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Yabets is the Hebrew word usually translated “jabez”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.”
Meaning
- § Jabez = "sorrow"
- The head of a Calebite family
- A town in Judah apparently near Bethlehem
How it's translated
- jabez 3
- of jabez 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Chronicles 3
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Chronicles 4:9And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.
- 1 Chronicles 4:10And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.
Hebrew dictionary
יַעְבֵּץ yabets · Jabez
§ Jabez = "sorrow" a town in Judah apparently near Bethlehem
יַעְבֵּץ yabets · Jabez
A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.4.9; son of: Koz (H6976)(?); brother of: Anub (H6036)(?), Zobebah (H6637)(?) and Harum (H2037)(?) § Jabez = "sorrow" 1) the head of a Calebite family 2) a town in Judah apparently near Bethlehem
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.