Jabez — the meaning of the Hebrew name יַעְבֵּץ

יַעְבֵּץ

Yaʻbêts · pronounced yah-bates' · Strong's H3258 · a man and a place

Jabez means sorrowful.

Strong's definition

from an unused root probably meaning to grieve; sorrowful; Jabets, the name of an Israelite, and also of a place in Palestine.

First appearance

1Chr 2:55 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. (KJV)

Every verse that names Jabez

3 occurrences in 3 verses — 1 Chronicles

1Chr 2:551Chr 4:91Chr 4:10

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