יַעְבֵּץ

Strong’s Definition

Jabets, the name of an Israelite, and also of a place in Palestine

Etymology & Derivation

from an unused root probably meaning to grieve; sorrowful;

KJV Usage

Jabez.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.(n pr m) the head of a calebite family
• 2.(n pr loc) a town in judah apparently near bethlehem

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Yaʻbêts; Pronunciation: yah-bates'