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Lexicon :: Strong's H3258 - yaʿbēṣ

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יַעְבֵּץ
Transliteration
yaʿbēṣ
Pronunciation
yah-bates'
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun, proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root probably meaning to grieve
Strong’s Definitions

יַעְבֵּץ Yaʻbêts, yah-bates'; from an unused root probably meaning to grieve; sorrowful; Jabets, the name of an Israelite, and also of a place in Palestine:—Jabez.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's H3258 in the following manner: Jabez (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's H3258 in the following manner: Jabez (4x).

  1. Jabez = "sorrow"

    proper masculine noun

    1. the head of a Calebite family

      proper locative noun

    2. a town in Judah apparently near Bethlehem

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יַעְבֵּץ Yaʻbêts, yah-bates'; from an unused root probably meaning to grieve; sorrowful; Jabets, the name of an Israelite, and also of a place in Palestine:—Jabez.
STRONGS H3258: Abbreviations
† יַעְבֵּץ proper name
1. masculine person Jabez, a man of the Calebites, 1 Chronicles 4:9 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 4:10 (where interpreted as akin to עצב; on position of this family compare MeyJudenthum 118); Greek Version of the LXX Ιγαβης A Ιαγβης, Γαβης, GL Ιαβιης, Ιαβηλ, Ιαβεις.
2. location in Judah, apparently near Bethlehem 1 Chronicles 2:55 (compare 1 Chronicles 2:54); Greek Version of the LXX Γαμες A Γαβης LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Ιαβις.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Chronicles

2:54; 2:55; 4:9; 4:10

H3258

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3258 matches the Hebrew יַעְבֵּץ (yaʿbēṣ),
which occurs 4 times in 3 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:55

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:55 - The clans also of the scribes who lived at Jabez: the Tirathites, the Shimeathites and the Sucathites. These are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:9 - Jabez was more honorable than his brothers; and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:10 - Jabez called upon the God of Israel, saying, “Oh that you would bless me and enlarge my border, and that your hand might be with me, and that you would keep me from harm[fn] so that it might not bring me pain!” And God granted what he asked.
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