Lexical Summary Yabets: a descendant of Judah, also a place in Judah Original Word: יַעְבֵּץTransliteration: Yabets Phonetic Spelling: (yah-bates') Part of Speech: proper name; masculine person; location Short Definition: a descendant of Judah, also a place in Judah Meaning: Jabez -- a descendant of Judah, also a place in Judah Strong's Concordance Jabets, an Israelite, and also of a place in PalestineFrom an unused root probably meaning to grieve; sorrowful; Jabets, the name of an Israelite, and also of a place in Palestine: Brown-Driver-Briggs H3258. Yabets יַעְבֵּץ proper name 1. masculine person Jabez, a man of the Calebites, 1 Chronicles 4:9 (twice in verse); 4:10 (where interpreted as akin to עצב; on position of this family compare MeyJudenthum 118); ᵐ5 Ιγαβης A Ιαγβης, Γαβης, GL Ιαβιης, Ιαβηλ, Ιαβεις. 2. location in Judah, apparently near Bethlehem 1 Chronicles 2:55 (compare 2:54); ᵐ5 Γαμες A Γαβης ᵐ5L Ιαβις. |