A name from Scripture
Jabesh
JAY-besh
Meaning
Dry; Parched; Shame
Hebrew origin · Boy · First in Judges
What it points to
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 · King James Version
“Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabeshgilead.”
1 Samuel 11:1
“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.”
1 Samuel 31:11-13