Lexical Definition

‎יַעְבֵּץ‎ Yaʻbêts (yah-bates') Jabez ^N:N--L
from an unused root probably meaning to grieve; sorrowful

Jabez.

• § Jabez = "sorrow"
• Jabets, the name of an Israelite, and also of a place in Palestine

n pr m
1) the head of a Calebite family
n pr loc
2) a town in Judah apparently near Bethlehem

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎יַעְבֵּץ‎ proper name

1. masculine person Jabez, a man of the Calebites, 1Chr 4:9 (twice in verse); 1Chr 4:10 (where interpreted as akin to ‎עצב‎; on position of this family compare Mey^{Judenthum 118}); ᵐ5 Ιγαβης A Ιαγβης, Γαβης, GL Ιαβιης, Ιαβηλ, Ιαβεις.

2. location in Judah, apparently near Bethlehem 1Chr 2:55 (compare v1Chr 2:54); ᵐ5 Γαμες A Γαβης ᵐ5^L Ιαβις.

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