Strong's H3258 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: יַעְבֵּץ (Yaʻbêts)

Pronunciation: yah-bates'

Morphology: n-pr-m n-pr-loc

Part of Speech: n pr m, n pr loc

Name Meaning: Jabez = "sorrow"

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

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

KJV Renderings: Jabez.

Senses

1. the head of a Calebite family
2. a town in Judah apparently near Bethlehem

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.