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Abez

Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6976

קוֹץ

qots — Koz

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, only mentioned at 1Ch.4.8; son of: Ashhur (H0806) and Helah (H2458); brother of: Haahashtari (H0326), Zereth (H6889), Izhar (H3328) and Ethnan (H0869); half-brother of: Ahuzzam (H0275), Hepher (H2660) and Temeni (H8488); father of: Anub (H6036), Zobebah (H6637), Harum (H2037) and Jabez (H3258H)(?) § Koz = "thorn" 1) a descendant of Judah 2) a priest who returned from exile with Zerubbabel

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3258

יַעְבֵּץ

ya.bets — Jabez

§ Jabez = "sorrow" a town in Judah apparently near Bethlehem

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H77

אֶ֫בֶץ

e.vets — Ebez

§ Abez = "I will make white (or miry)" a city in Issachar

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7756

שׂוּכָתִים

su.kha.ti — Sucathites

§ Suchathites = "bush-men" a family of scribes at Jabez and descendants of Judah through Caleb

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8654

תִּרְעָתִים

tir.a.ti — Tirathite

§ Tirathites = "men of the gate" one of the 3 families of Kenite scribes living at Jabez

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Historical dictionary entry

Tin, or white, a town in the tribe of Issachar (Josh. 19:20), at the north of the plain of Esdraelon. It is probably identified with the ruins of el-Beida.

Scripture references

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.

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