Original: יַעְבֵּץ

Transliteration: Yaʻbêts

Phonetic: yah-bates'

Short Definition: Jabez

Original: יעבּץ

Transliteration: ya‛bêts

Phonetic: yah-bates'

BDB Definition:

Jabez = "sorrow"

1. the head of a Calebite family (noun proper masculine)
2. a town in Judah apparently near Bethlehem (noun proper locative)

Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to grieve

TWOT entry: None

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