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1 Chronicles 4:9

And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.

KJV

Fuit autem Jabes inclytus præ fratribus suis, et mater ejus vocavit nomen illius Jabes, dicens : Quia peperi eum in dolore.

Vulgate

Καὶ ἦν Ἰγαβὴς ἔνδοξος ὑπὲρ τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἡ μήτηρ ἐκάλεσεν τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Ἰγαβὴς λέγουσα Ἔτεκον ὡς γάβης.

LXX

And Jabez was more honorable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.

ASV

וַ/יְהִ֣י יַעְבֵּ֔ץ נִכְבָּ֖ד מֵ/אֶחָ֑י/ו וְ/אִמּ֗/וֹ קָרְאָ֨ה שְׁמ֤/וֹ יַעְבֵּץ֙ לֵ/אמֹ֔ר כִּ֥י יָלַ֖דְתִּי בְּ/עֹֽצֶב

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

הוֹלִ֣יד
hvlyd
verb · 478×
ו
v
noun · 629×
וֹ
v
noun · 220×
וֹ
v
noun · 848×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יַעְבֵּ֔ץ
y'bts
proper_noun · 4×
יִּקְרָ֥א
yqr'
verb · 737×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
נִכְבָּ֔ד
nkbd
verb · 115×
עֹֽצֶב
'tsb
noun · 4×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Chr 7:23 — And when he went in to his wife, she conceived, and bare a son, and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house.
  • 1Sam 4:21 — And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father in law and her husband.
  • Acts 17:11 — These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
  • Gen 3:16 — Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
  • Gen 34:19 — And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob’s daughter: and he was more honourable than all the house of his father.
  • Gen 35:18 — And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin.