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