Strong's Definition
from an unused root probably meaning to grieve; sorrowful; Jabets, the name of an Israelite, and also of a place in Palestine: -Jabez.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
יַעְבֵּץ (ya.bets) — Jabez.
§ Jabez = "sorrow" a town in Judah apparently near Bethlehem
יַעְבֵּץ (ya.bets) — Jabez. A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.4.9; son of: Koz (H6976)(?); brother of: Anub (H6036)(?), Zobebah (H6637)(?) and Harum (H2037)(?) § Jabez = "sorrow" 1) the head of a Calebite family 2) a town in Judah apparently near Bethlehem
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
יַעְבֵּץ n.pr. m. Jabez, a man of the Calebites
loc. in Judah, appar. near Bethlehem
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