Strongs Number: H3258
- Hebrew Word
- יַעְבֵּץ
- Transliteration
- Yaʻbêts
- Phonetic
- yah-bates'
- Part of Speech
- Strongs Definition
-
sorrowful; {Jabets} the name of an {Israelite} and also of a place in Palestine
- BDB Definition
-
Jabez = "sorrow" n pr m
1. the head of a Calebite family n pr loc
2. a town in Judah apparently near Bethlehem
- Origin
- From an unused root probably meaning to grieve
- Bible Usage
- Jabez.