§ Jabez = "sorrow" a town in Judah apparently near Bethlehem
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H3258 — יַעְבֵּץ
ya.bets · Jabez · Hebrew/Aramaic
3 tagged verse occurrences
1 Chronicles 2:55 · יַעְבֵּ֔ץAnd the families of scribes that dwelt at Jabez: the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, the Sucathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.1 Chronicles 4:9 · יַעְבֵּ֔ץ · יַעְבֵּץ֙And Jabez was more honorable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.1 Chronicles 4:10 · יַ֠עְבֵּץAnd Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my border, and that thy hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it be not to my sorrow! And God granted him that which he requested.