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    Jabesh

    JAY-besh

    Hebrew
    Boy
    In the King James Bible
    Meaning
    Dry; Parched; Shame
    Origin
    Hebrew
    Is it in the Bible?
    Yes — Jabesh (spelled Jabez in the King James Bible) appears in the King James Bible; the passages below give the context.
    First appears in
    Judges — Conquest and judges
    Peak US usage
    No recorded United States usage in the 1880–2008 records
    Spiritual meaning
    Jabesh-Gilead — the city that remembered kindness — marched all night to honor a fallen king. Their story teaches that genuine gratitude creates bonds that outlast death itself.
    Verses on this meaning
    • 1 Samuel 11:1

      "Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabeshgilead."

    • 1 Samuel 31:11-13

      "And when the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead heard of that which the Philistines had done to Saul; All the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Bethshan."

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