יַעְבֵּץYaʻbêts

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

Pronunciation: yah-bates' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3258

Meanings

1. Jabez, a man of the Calebites (1 Chronicles 4:9; 1 Chronicles 4:10)

2. in Judah, apparently near Bethlehem (1 Chronicles 2:55; 1 Chronicles 2:54)

Where it appears

Appears 4 times in the Bible.

1 Chronicles 2:55 and the families of scribes living at Jabez—the Tirathites, Shimeathites, and Sucathites. All these were Kenites who descended from Hammath, the father of the family of Recab.
1 Chronicles 4:9 There was a man named Jabez who was more honorable than any of his brothers. His mother named him Jabez because his birth had been so painful.
1 Chronicles 4:10 He was the one who prayed to the God of Israel, “Oh, that you would bless me and expand my territory! Please be with me in all that I do, and keep me from all trouble and pain!” And God granted him his request.

See every passage

1 Chronicles 2:55, 4:9, 4:10

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).