Yaʻbêts — H3258

Definition

masculine proper noun

Jabets, the name of an Israelite, and also of a place in Palestine

1. Jabez = "sorrow"
2. n pr m
3. the head of a Calebite family
4. n pr loc
5. a town in Judah apparently near Bethlehem

Usually translated as

Jabez

Origin

from an unused root probably meaning to grieve; sorrowful

Occurrences

Yaʻbêts occurs 4 times in 3 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Chronicles (3)

• 1 Chronicles 2:55 — And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez (יַעְבֵּ֔ץ); the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.
• 1 Chronicles 4:9 — And Jabez (יַעְבֵּ֔ץ) was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.
• 1 Chronicles 4:9 — And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez (יַעְבֵּץ֙), saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.
• 1 Chronicles 4:10 — And Jabez (יַ֠עְבֵּץ) 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.