1 Chronicles 4:9
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And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.Now Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.”
In other translations
And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.Now Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.”
Hebrew words
וַיְהִיvayhiand he wasH1961יַעְבֵּץya'betzJabezH3258נִכְבָּדnikhbadhonoredH3513מֵאֶחָיוme'echavmore than brothers hisH251וְאִמּוֹve'imoand mother hisH517קָרְאָהkare'ahshe had calledH7121שְׁמוֹshemoname hisH8034יַעְבֵּץya'betzJabezH3258לֵאמֹרlemor<to> sayingH559כִּיkiforH3588יָלַדְתִּיyaladtiI gave birthH3205בְּעֹצֶב׃be'otzevin painH6090
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- 1 Samuel 4:21And she named the child I–chabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father in law and her husband.And she named the boy Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed from Israel,” because the ark of God had been captured and her father-in-law and her husband had been killed.
- Genesis 35:18And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Ben–oni: but his father called him Benjamin.And with her last breath—for she was dying—she named him Ben-oni. But his father called him Benjamin.
- Acts 17:11These 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.Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true.
- Genesis 34:19And 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.The young man, who was the most respected of all his father’s household, did not hesitate to fulfill this request, because he was delighted with Jacob’s daughter.
- Genesis 3:16Unto 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.To the woman He said: “I will sharply increase your pain in childbirth; in pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”
- 1 Chronicles 7:23And 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.And again he slept with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. So he named him Beriah, because tragedy had come upon his house.
- Isaiah 43:4Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life.Because you are precious and honored in My sight, and because I love you, I will give men in exchange for you and nations in place of your life.
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