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

Extended Information

• 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.

Brown-Driver-Briggs References

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Jabez • A place associated with the families of scribes

Jabez, a place associated with the families of scribes (1 Chronicles 2:55).

• A location near Bethlehem בֵּית לֶחֶם only mentioned at 1Ch.2.55;
• only referred to as Jabez יַעְבֵּץ.
  

Jabez is mentioned briefly in the genealogy of the tribe of Judah (1 Chronicles 2:55). The passage states that the families of scribes who lived at Jabez were the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and the Sucathites. These families were associated with the Kenites, who were descendants of Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.

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