Jabez
Bible Usage:
- Jabez used 4 times.
- First Reference: 1 Chronicles 2:55
- Last Reference: 1 Chronicles 4:10
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: Yes
- Included in Hitchcocks: Yes
- Included in Naves: Yes
- Included in Smiths: Yes
- Included in Websters: No
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: No
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
- H3258 Used 4 times
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Jabez
Affiction.
1. A descendant of Judah, of whom it is recorded that "God granted him that which he requested" (1 Chronicles 4:9, 10).
2. A place inhabited by several families of the scribes (1 Chronicles 2:55).
Hitchcock's Names Dictionary
Jabez
sorrow; trouble
Naves Topical Index
Jabez
1. A city of Judah
1 Chronicles 2:55
2. The head of a family
1 Chronicles 4:9-10
Smith's Bible Dictionary
Jabez
(sorrow).
- Apparently a place at which the families of the scribes resided who belonged to the families of the Kenites. (1 Chronicles 2:55)
- The name occurs again in the genealogies of Judah, (1 Chronicles 4:9,10) in a passage of remarkable detail inserted in a genealogy again connected with Bethlehem. ver. 4.