This article is about the personal name. For the unincorporated community, see Jabez, Kentucky.
Jabez or Jabes is a male name and surname derived from the biblical Jabez, of whom the Books of Chronicles says his mother named him Jabez (Hebrew יַעְבֵּץ [ya'betz]),[1] meaning "he makes sorrowful", because his birth was difficult.[2]
Later people with the name include:
^Marshall, I. H. (ed.). "Jabez". New Bible Dictionary (3rd ed.). IVP.
^Keil, C. F.; Delitsch, F. (1996) [reprinted from the English edition of T. & T. Clark, Edinburgh, 1866-91]. Commentary on the Old Testament. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers Inc.. 10 vols.