03258 Ya`bets {yah-bates'} from an unused root probably meaning to grieve;; AV - Jabez 4; 4 Jabez = "sorrow" n pr m 1) the head of a Calebite family n pr loc 2) a town in Judah apparently near Bethlehem
Transliterated: Ya`bets Phonetic: yah-bates'
Text: from an unused root probably meaning to grieve; sorrowful; Jabets, the name of an Israelite, and also of a place in Palestine: -Jabez.
And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.