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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.
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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 - and the clans of scribes[fn] who lived at Jabez: the Tirathites, Shimeathites and Sucathites. These are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the Rekabites.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:9 - Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez,[fn] saying, “I gave birth to him in pain.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:10 - Jabez cried out to the God of Israel, “Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain.” And God granted his request.
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