Gender:
Origin:
Hebrew
42 famous people named Jabez found on Wikipedia.
1015 male in US.
Most recent ranking:
4503-th in year 2018
Best ranking:
988-th in year 1880
Used in: Biblical
Jabez or Jabes is a Biblical male given name from the Old Testament. In 1 Chronicles, Jabez is a well-respected man (hinted to be an ancestor in the lineage of the kings' tribe of Judah, though none of his family is mentioned) whose prayer to God for blessing was answered (see 1 Chronicles 4:9-11). The name is Hebrew (yabetz = יַעְבֵּץ) for "he makes sorrowful"; his mother stated "I gave birth to him in pain". Jabez was labelled with "sorrow" at birth, but his prayer against contracting sorrow nullified the label. His life contradicted his name. Jabez's name is also mentioned in 1 Chronicles 2:55, possibly as a place named after him. Jabez possibly could have been a Jewish scribe in his later years. He might have been influential and well respected as a scribe because the city named after him was where the families of scribes lived.
In Arabic and Persian, it is transliterated as Yabis or Yabiz (يَعْبِيصَ). In Syriac and Arabic versions, the father called his name ainei or "aina", MY EYE. In the Adam Clarke Commentary points out, that Jabez was also called “Othniel, the son of Kenaz. And he was called Jabez, because in his council he instituted a school of 31 disciples; they were called Tirathim, because in their hymns their voice was like trumpets; and Shimaathim, because in hearing they lifted up their faces, i.e., in prayer; and Suchathim, because they were overshadowed by the Spirit of prophecy. These Salmaei were the children of Zipporah, who were numbered among the Levites who came from the stock of Moses, the master of Israel, whose righteousness profited them more than chariots and horses” (Targum, quoted by Adam Clarke Commentary on I Chron.2:55).
Jabez is also a surname.
Pain, sorrow.
Popularity | Name | Birth Year | Description |
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1 | Jabez Abel Bostwick | 1830 | American businessman |
2 | Jabez Olssen | 1975 | New Zealand film editor |
3 | Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry | 1825 | Confederate Army officer and american politician |
4 | Jabez Balfour | 1843 | British politician |
5 | Jabez Upham | 1764 | American politician |
6 | Jabez W. Huntington | 1788 | American politician |
7 | Jabez Bowen | 1739 | American politician |
8 | Jabez W. Fitch | 1823 | American politician |
9 | Jabez G. Sutherland | 1825 | American politician |
10 | Jabez Vodrey | 1795 | English potter |
11 | Jabez Carter Hornblower | 1744 | English pioneer of steam power |
12 | Jabez Delano Hammond | 1778 | American politician |
13 | Jabez Bunting | 1779 | English Wesleyan divine |
14 | Jabez Bunting Snowball | 1837 | Canadian politician |
15 | Jabez William Clay | 1852 | Fraternity founder |
16 | Jabez Bryce | 1935 | Tongan archbishop |
17 | Jabez Young Jackson | 1790 | American politician |
18 | Jabez Allies | 1787 | Folklorist |
19 | Jabez Pitt Campbell | 1815 | Eighth bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church |
20 | Jabez Leftwich | 1765 | American politician |
21 | Jabez Burns | 1805 | British divine |
22 | Barzillai ben Baruch Jabez | Talmudist | |
23 | Jabez Tunnicliff | 1809 | British activist |
24 | Jabez Waterhouse | 1821 | Methodist minister |
25 | Jabez Huntington | 1719 | American businessman |
26 | Jabez Turner | 1828 | American mayor |
27 | Jabez C. Knight | 1815 | Mayor of Providence, Rhode Island |
28 | Jabez Coon | 1869 | Australian politician |
29 | Jabez L. Peck | 1826 | American mayor |
30 | Joseph ben Hayyim Jabez | Spanish philosopher | |
31 | Jabez Wright | 1852 | Australian politician |
32 | Jabez P. Thompson | 1852 | |
33 | Jabez Darnell | 1884 | English footballer |
34 | Jabez Earle | Presbyterian minister | |
35 | Jabez Hughes | British translator | |
36 | Jabez Wolffe | 1877 | English channel swimmer |
37 | Jabez Gnanapragasam | Sri Lankan bishop | |
38 | Jabez Whitley | 1837 | Bishop of Chota Nagpur |
39 | Jabez Willes | 1790 | American politician |
40 | Jabez Foster | 1902 | English footballer |
41 | Jabez K. Walker | ||
42 | Jabez H. Wells | 1853 |