Word Study · Strong's H3258 · Hebrew
יַעְבֵּץ
Yabets
yah-bates'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Yaʻbêts
“Jabets, the name of an Israelite, and also of a place in Palestine”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Jabets, the name of an Israelite, and also of a place in Palestine
Rendered in the KJV as
Jabez.
- 4occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 4 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- יַעְבֵּ֔ץ2
- יַעְבֵּץ֙1
- יַ֠עְבֵּץ1
How it is rendered · 2
- Jabez3
- of Jabez1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- proper noun (a name)3
- proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpm · 3
- HNpl · 1
All 4, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
1 Chronicles4 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 2:55יַעְבֵּ֔ץya'betzproper noun (a name)Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab, half the Manahathites, the Zorites, and the clans of the scribes who lived at Jabez—the Tirathites, Shimeathites, and Sucathites. These are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.here: of Jabez
- 1 Chronicles 4:9יַעְבֵּ֔ץya'betzproper noun (a name)Now Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.”here: Jabez
- 1 Chronicles 4:9יַעְבֵּץ֙ya'betzproper noun (a name)Now Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.”here: Jabez
- 1 Chronicles 4:10יַ֠עְבֵּץya'betzproper noun (a name)And Jabez called out to the God of Israel, “If only You would bless me and enlarge my territory! May Your hand be with me and keep me from harm, so that I will be free from pain.” And God granted the request of Jabez.here: Jabez