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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #3258 - יַעְבֵּץ

Transliteration

Yaʻbêts

Phonetics

yah-bates'

Origin

from an unused root probably meaning to grieve

Parts of Speech

proper locative noun, proper masculine noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Jabez = "sorrow"
n pr m
1. the head of a Calebite family
n pr loc
1. a town in Judah apparently near Bethlehem

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (4)

1 Chronicles 4

BSB (4)

1 Chronicles 4

CSB (4)

1 Chronicles 4

ESV (7)

1 Samuel 1

1 Kings 2

1 Chronicles 4

KJV (4)

1 Chronicles 4

LEB (4)

1 Chronicles 4

LSB (4)

1 Chronicles 4

N95 (4)

1 Chronicles 4

NAS (4)

1 Chronicles 4

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (4)

1 Chronicles 4

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

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 Mey^{Judenthum 118}); ᵐ5 Ιγαβης A Ιαγβης, Γαβης, GL Ιαβιης, Ιαβηλ, Ιαβεις.

2. location in Judah, apparently near Bethlehem 1 Chronicles 2:55 (compare 1 Chronicles 2:54); ᵐ5 Γαμες A Γαβηςᵐ5^L Ιαβις.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

יַעְבֵּץ [Jabez], pr.n.

(1) of a man, 1 Chronicles 4:9, 10 1 Chronicles 4:10 where it is so stated as if it were put for יַעְצֵב (he causes pains).

(2) of a town of the tribe of Judah, 1 Chronicles 2:55.

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List of Word Forms

יַ֠עְבֵּץ יַעְבֵּ֔ץ יַעְבֵּץ֙ יעבץ ya‘·bêṣ ya‘bêṣ yaBetz