1 Chronicles 4:9

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיְהִ֣י יַעְבֵּ֔ץ נִכְבָּ֖ד מֵאֶחָ֑יו וְאִמּ֗וֹ קָרְאָ֨ה שְׁמ֤וֹ יַעְבֵּץ֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר כִּ֥י יָלַ֖דְתִּי בְּעֹֽצֶב׃

Transliteration

wayᵊhî yaʿbēṣ nikbād mēʾeḥāyw wᵊʾimmô qārᵊʾāh šᵊmô yaʿbēṣ lēʾmōr kî yāladtî bᵊʿōṣeb

Grammar Details

*wayᵊhî*: conjunction + qal imperfect 3ms with waw-consecutive - and he was
*yaʿbēṣ*: proper name - Jabez
*nikbād*: niphal participle ms - honored/more honorable
*mēʾeḥāyw*: preposition + noun + 3ms suffix - than his brothers
*wᵊʾimmô*: conjunction + noun + 3ms suffix - and his mother
*qārᵊʾāh*: qal perfect 3fs - called
*šᵊmô*: noun + 3ms suffix - his name
*lēʾmōr*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - saying
*kî*: conjunction - because/for
*yāladtî*: qal perfect 1cs - I bore
*bᵊʿōṣeb*: preposition + noun - in pain

Word Meanings

*nikbād*: honored/more honorable/distinguished
*bᵊʿōṣeb*: in pain/in sorrow/with difficulty
*yaʿbēṣ*: Jabez - name related to *ʿeṣeb* (pain)

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Gen 34:19 : 19 And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter: and he was honored above all the house of his father.
Gen 35:18 : 18 And it came to pass, as her soul was departing (for she died), that she called his name Ben-oni: but his father called him Benjamin.
1 Sam 4:21 : 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.
1 Chr 7:23 : 23 And he went in to his wife, and she conceived, and bare a son, and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house.
Isa 43:4 : 4 Since thou hast been precious in my sight, [and] honorable, and I have loved thee; therefore will I give men in thy stead, and peoples instead of thy life.
Acts 17:11 : 11 Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of the mind, examining the Scriptures {G2596} daily, whether these things were so.
Gen 3:16 : 16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy pain and thy conception; in pain thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

1 Chr 4:10-11
2 verses
83%
10And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my border, and that thy hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it be not to my sorrow! And God granted him that which he requested.
11And Chelub the brother of Shuhah begat Mehir, who was the father of Eshton.
1 Chr 4:8
72%
8And Hakkoz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.
Prov 4:3
65%
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Ruth 4:17
65%
17And the women her neighbors gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.
1 Sam 1:27
65%
27For this child I prayed; and Jehovah hath given me my petition which I asked of him:
Jer 20:14-15
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14Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.
15Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man-child is born unto thee; making him very glad.
1 Chr 1:22-23
2 verses
65%
22and Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
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Gen 29:35
65%
35And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, This time will I praise Jehovah: therefore she called his name Judah; and she left off bearing.
1 Chr 1:20
64%
20And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
Ruth 4:22
64%
22and Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.
Gen 38:29
64%
29And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, Wherefore hast thou made a breach for thyself? therefore his name was called Perez.
Judg 11:1-2
2 verses
64%
1Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor, and he was the son of a harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah.
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Jer 15:10
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10Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have not lent, neither have men lent to me; [yet] every one of them doth curse me.
Prov 23:25
64%
25Let thy father and thy mother be glad, And let her that bare thee rejoice.
1 Sam 1:10
64%
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1 Sam 4:21
64%
21And 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.
Judg 5:24
64%
24Blessed above women shall Jael be, The wife of Heber the Kenite; Blessed shall she be above women in the tent.
1 Chr 2:55
64%
55And the families of scribes that dwelt at Jabez: the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, the Sucathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.
1 Chr 8:9
64%
9And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcam,
Ps 113:9
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Gal 4:27
64%
27For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; Break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: For {G4183} more are the children of the desolate than of her that hath the husband.
1 Kgs 1:6
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1 Chr 7:23
64%
23And he went in to his wife, and she conceived, and bare a son, and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house.
1 Sam 22:3
64%
3And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said unto the king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth, [and be] with you, till I know what God will do for me.
Matt 1:2
63%
2Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judah and his brethren;
Luke 1:60
63%
60And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called John.
Jer 20:17
63%
17because he slew me not from the womb; and so my mother would have been my grave, and her womb always great.
Ps 35:14
63%
14I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother: I bowed down mourning, as one that bewaileth his mother.
1 Chr 4:22
63%
22and Jokim, and the men of Cozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had dominion in Moab, and Jashubilehem. And the records are ancient.
Gen 5:29
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29and he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us in our work and in the toil of our hands, [which cometh] because of the ground which Jehovah hath cursed.