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Strong H32582 sensesיַעְבֵּץ

Jabez

Transliteration
ya‛bêts
Pronunciation
yah-bates'

Meaning of the name

Jabez = "sorrow"

The 2 senses of Strong H3258

The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H3258 appears in 3 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. More honorable than his brothers; God granted his prayer.H3258H2 verses · 1 Chronicles
  2. A place associated with the families of scribesH3258G1 verse · 1 Chronicles

General definition

From an unused root probably meaning to grieve;
sorrowful;
{Jabets} the name of an {Israelite} and also of a place in Palestine: - Jabez.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • jabez3

First verses

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.