Jabez or Jabes is a male name and surname derived from the biblical

Jabez 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 ), meaning "he makes sorrowful", because his birth was difficult.. 10 vols. Peopl ...

, of whom the

Books of Chronicles The Book of Chronicles ( , "words of the days") is a book in the Hebrew Bible, found as two books (1–2 Chronicles) in the Christian Old Testament. Chronicles is the final book of the Hebrew Bible, concluding the third section of the Jewish Ta ...

says his mother named him Jabez (

Hebrew Hebrew (; ''ʿÎbrit'') is a Northwest Semitic languages, Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family. A regional dialect of the Canaanite languages, it was natively spoken by the Israelites and ...

יַעְבֵּץ ), meaning "he makes sorrowful", because his birth was difficult.. 10 vols. People with the name include:

People

Given name

Jabez Balfour Jabez Spencer Balfour (4 September 1843 – 23 February 1916) was an English businessman, British Liberal Party politician and fraudster. Life Balfour was born in Marylebone, London to James and Clara Lucas Balfour. He was Member of Parliamen ...

(1843–1916), British businessman, politician and fraudster *

Jabez A. Bostwick Jabez Abel Bostwick (September 23, 1830 – August 16, 1892) was an American businessman who was a founding partner of Standard Oil. Early life Bostwick was born in Delhi (town), New York, Delhi, New York on September 23, 1830. He was a son of A ...

(1830–1892), American businessman and founding partner of Standard Oil *

Jabez Bowen Jabez Bowen, Sr. (June 2, 1739May 7, 1815) was an American shipper, slave trader and politician. He was a militia colonel during the American Revolutionary War, and served as Deputy Governor of Rhode Island and chief justice of the Rhode Isla ...

(1739–1815), deputy governor of Rhode Island, militia colonel during the American Revolutionary War and Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court *

Jabez Bryce Jabez Leslie Bryce (January 1935 – February 11, 2010) was a Tongan-born Anglican bishop. He was the Bishop of Polynesia in the Province of New Zealand, which includes most of the South Pacific. He served from 1975 until his death in 2010. He ...

(1935–2010), Anglican Archbishop of Polynesia and the first Pacific Islander to become an Anglican bishop *

Jabez Bunting Jabez Bunting (13 May 1779 – 16 June 1858) was an English Wesleyan Methodist leader and the most prominent Methodist after John Wesley's death in 1791. Bunting began as a revivalist but later became dedicated to church order and discipline. ...

(1779–1858), English Methodist leader *

Jabez Burns Jabez Burns (18 December 1805 – 31 January 1876) was an English nonconformist divine and Christian philosophical writer. He was one of the first clergymen of any denomination to preach teetotalism from the pulpit. Biography Burns was born 18 D ...

(1805–1876), English nonconformist divine and Christian philosophical writer *

Jabez Coon Jabez Coon (1869 – 18 April 1935) was an Australian politician. Born in Maldon, Victoria, he received a primary education before becoming a goldminer and then a boot merchant in Melbourne. In 1906, he was elected to the Australian House of Rep ...

(1869–1935), member of the Australian House of Representatives * Jabez L. M. Curry (1825–1903), lawyer, soldier, U.S. Congressman, college professor and administrator, diplomat, and Confederate officer * Jabez Darnell (1884–1950), English footballer *

Jabez Hamlin Jabez Hamlin (July 28, 1709 – April 25, 1791) was a Connecticut politician and judge who served in the colonial legislature. Early life and education Born in Middletown, Connecticut, Hamlin was the ninth and youngest child of Judge John Hamlin ...

(1709–1791), Connecticut politician and judge *

Jabez Delano Hammond Jabez Delano Hammond (August 2, 1778 – August 18, 1855) was an American physician, lawyer, author and politician. Life Hammond was born in New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts. He practiced medicine in Reading, Vermont, but afterward stud ...

(1778–1855), American physician, lawyer, author and politician *

Jabez Carter Hornblower Jabez Carter Hornblower (21 May 1744 – 14 July 1814) was an English pioneer of steam power, and the son of Jonathan Hornblower (1717), Jonathan Hornblower. Early life Hornblower was born in Broseley, Shropshire, England. He was the eldest chi ...

(1744–1814), English pioneer of steam power *

Jabez Huntington (colonist) Jabez Huntington (August 7, 1719 – October 5, 1786) was a merchant and politician from Connecticut Colony. Jabez Huntington graduated from Yale in 1741, engaged in the West India trade, and amassed a fortune. After 1759, he was frequently a m ...

(1719-1786), major general in the Connecticut state forces, Connecticut Council of Safety member, and merchant *

Jabez W. Huntington Jabez Williams Huntington (November 8, 1788November 1, 1847) was a United States representative and Senator from Connecticut. Biography Born in Norwich, son of Zachariah Huntington and Hannah Mumford Huntington, Huntington pursued classical s ...

(1788–1847), U.S. Representative and Senator from Connecticut *

Jabez Young Jackson Jabez Young Jackson (born 5 August 1790) was a U.S. representative from Georgia. He was also a slave owner. Biography Jackson was born in Savannah, Georgia Savannah ( ) is the oldest city in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia ...

(1790–1839), U.S. Representative from Georgia * Jabez Leftwich (1765–1855), Representative from Virginia *

Jabez M. Smith Jabez M. Smith (died 1891) was a state legislator in Arkansas. He was a state senator in the Arkansas Senate from 1866 to 1867. He and his fellow senators were photographed and included in a composite by T. W. Bankes. He chaired the select commi ...

, state legislator in Arkansas *

Jabez Melville Smith Jabez Melville Smith (born August 10, 1843 - ?) was a medical doctor and state representative in Mississippi. He was elected to represent Yalobusha County in the Mississippi House of Representatives The Mississippi House of Representatives ...

, state legislator in Mississippi *

Jabez Bunting Snowball Jabez Bunting Snowball (24 September 1837 – 24 February 1907) was a businessman, the 11th Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick, Canada, and politician from the Town of Chatham, New Brunswick. He operated a number of businesses in the eas ...

(1837–1907), Canadian politician and businessman, Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick * J. Curry Street (1906–1989), American physicist, co-discover of muons * Jabez G. Sutherland (1825–1902), Representative from Michigan and judge *

Jabez Upham Jabez Upham (August 23, 1764 – November 8, 1811) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, brother of George Baxter Upham, and cousin of Charles Wentworth Upham, both were also U.S. Representatives. Born in Brookfield in the Province ...

(1764–1811), Representative from Massachusetts *

Jabez Vodrey Jabez Vodrey (1795–1861) is generally thought to be the first English potter to emigrate to and work west of the Appalachian Mountains in the United States. Early years Vodrey was born on 14 January 1795 in Tunstall, Staffordshire, a centuries ...

(1795–1861), first English potter west of the Appalachian Mountains of North America *

Jabez Waterhouse Jabez Bunting Waterhouse (19 April 1821 – 18 January 1891) was an English-born Australian Methodist minister and a leading legislator within Methodist conferences.Jabez H. Wells Jabez Hewitt Wells (October 10, 1853 – January 24, 1930) was an American curler, hotel owner, and politician. Born in the town of Fort Winnebago, Columbia County, Wisconsin, Wells was educated in the Columbia County public schools. He was ...

(1853–1930), American politician and curler

Nickname

* Jacob

Jabez Wolffe Jacob Abraham "Jabez" "Jappy" Wolffe (19 November 1876 – 22 October 1943) was a Scottish long-distance swimmer and author of swimming books. He attempted but failed to swim the English Channel 22 times, between 1906 and 1921. He came closest to ...

(1876–1943), Scottish long-distance swimmer and author of swimming books

Surname

Barzillai ben Baruch Jabez Barzillai ben Baruch Jabez was a Turkish Talmudist of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Jabez was a well-respected Talmudist and had many pupils, among whom were his son-in-law Judah Ashkenazi, and Isaac Nuñez Belmonte. Among Jabez's work ...

, Turkish Talmudist of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries *

Isaac Jabez Rabbi Isaac Jabez (also known as Yitzchak Yaavetz and Hachasid Yaavetz -- ) (died 7th Tevet 5308 / 29 November 1547) was a physician and rabbi in Thessaloniki. Biography Rabbi Isaac Jabez was the son of Rabbi Joseph ben Hayyim Jabez, who had bee ...

(died 1547), physician and rabbi in Thessaloniki *

Joseph ben Hayyim Jabez Joseph ben Hayyim Jabez (also "Yaavetz") (14381539) was a Spanish-Jewish theologian. He lived for a time in Portugal, where he associated with Joseph ben Abraham Ḥayyun, who inspired him with that taste for mysticism which he subsequently di ...

(1438–1539), Spanish-Jewish theologian

Pen name

Eric Nicol Eric Patrick Nicol (December 28, 1919 – February 2, 2011) was a Canadians, Canadian writer, best known as a longtime humour columnist for the Vancouver, British Columbia newspaper ''The Province''. He also published over 40 books, both origin ...

(1919–2011), Canadian author, who early wrote under the pen name "Jabez"

Fictional characters

* Jabez Clegg, the eponymous character in Isabella Banks' 1876 novel '' The Manchester Man'' and its 1920 film adaptation * Jabez Dexter, the villain of the 1949

Wonder Woman Wonder Woman is a superheroine who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character first appeared in ''All Star Comics'' Introducing Wonder Woman, #8, published October 21, 1941, with her first feature in ''Sensation Comic ...

comic ''Sensation Comics #87'' * Jabez North, the villain of

Mary Elizabeth Braddon Mary Elizabeth Braddon (4 October 1835 – 4 February 1915) was an English popular Novelists, novelist of the Victorian era. She is best known for her 1862 sensation novel ''Lady Audley's Secret'', which has also been dramatised and filmed seve ...

's first novel '' The Trail of the Serpent'' * Jabez Potter, in Alice B. Emerson's ''Ruth Fielding of the Red Mill'' (1913), the first of a 30-book series * Jabez Stone, the protagonist of the short story "

The Devil and Daniel Webster "The Devil and Daniel Webster" (1936) is a short story by American writer Stephen Vincent Benét. He tells of a New Hampshire farmer who sells his soul to the devil and is later defended by a fictionalized Daniel Webster, a noted 19th-century A ...

" and its film adaptations * Jabez Stump, a secondary character in the 1989 ''

Redwall ''Redwall'' is a series of children's fantasy novels by British writer Brian Jacques, published from 1986 to 2011. It is also the title of the first book of the series, published in 1986, as well as the name of the abbey featured in the book, ...

'' series novel ''

Mattimeo ''Mattimeo'' is a fantasy novel by Brian Jacques, published in 1989. It is the third book in the ''Redwall'' series. It is also one of the three ''Redwall'' novels to be made into a television series, alongside its self-titled novel (Season 1) ...

'' and the second season of the ''Redwall'' animated television show * Jabez Wilson, a main character in the Sherlock Holmes short story "

The Red-Headed League "The Red-Headed League" is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It first appeared in ''Strand Magazine, The Strand Magazine'' in August 1891, with illustrations by Sidney Paget. Conan Doyle ranked "Th ...

" * Jabez, a boat rental operator on the Thames in Connie Willis's ''

To Say Nothing of the Dog ''To Say Nothing of the Dog'': ''or, How We Found the Bishop's Bird Stump at Last'' is a 1997 comic science fiction novel by Connie Willis. It uses the same setting, including time-traveling historians, which Willis explored in '' Fire Watch'' ...

References

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