יַעְבֵּץ
yabets · Jabez
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H3258 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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yabets (יַעְבֵּץ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Jabez”.
The name of a place in Judah where families of scribes lived, and of a man of Judah (1 Chronicles 4:9-10). It is not Jabesh of Gilead, which is written differently in Hebrew.
How to say it
ya·bets
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Where it appears
- 1 Chronicles 2:55
And the families of the scribes who lived in Jabez: the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, the Sucathites. These are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.
- 1 Chronicles 4:9
And Jabez was more honored than his brothers; and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.”
- 1 Chronicles 4:10
And Jabez called on the Elohim of Israel, saying, “If you would indeed bless me, and enlarge my territory, and your hand would be with me, and you would act keeping me from evil, so that it may not pain me…!” And Elohim brought what he asked.
And 1 more times.