Strong's H3258 (Hebrew)[edit | edit source]

Lemma: יַעְבֵּץ (Yaʻbêts)

Pronunciation: yah-bates'

POS: yah-bates' Morph: n-pr-m n-pr-loc

Exegesis: from an unused root probably meaning to grieve; sorrowful;

Definition: from an unused root probably meaning to grieve; sorrowful; Jabets, the name of an Israelite, and also of a place in Palestine; Jabez.

KJV Usage: Jabez.

Senses[edit | edit source]

• 1. Jabez = "sorrow"
• 2. n pr m
• 3. 1) the head of a Calebite family
• 4. n pr loc
• 5. 2) a town in Judah apparently near Bethlehem

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