H3258: יַעְבֵּץ
Yaʻbêts · pronounced yah-bates' · “Jabez”
Definition
Jabets, the name of an Israelite, and also of a place in Palestine
KJV translates it as: Jabez.
Word origin: from an unused root probably meaning to grieve; sorrowful;
Extended definition
a town in Judah apparently near Bethlehem
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H3258 is translated
- jabez ×3
- of jabez ×1
Bible verses with H3258 (Yaʻbêts)
Yaʻbêts appears in 3 verses.
- 1 Chronicles 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.
- 1 Chronicles 4:9
And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.
- 1 Chronicles 4:10
And 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.