Jabez or Jabes is a character in the biblical

Books of Chronicles The Book of Chronicles ( he, דִּבְרֵי־הַיָּמִים ) 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 sect ...

. Jabez may also refer to:

Mononym

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

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

Given name

People

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 Parliament ...

(1843–1916), British businessman, Liberal Party 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 who was a 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 ...

, Jr. (1739–1815), a 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 became dedicated to church order and discipline. He w ...

(1779–1858), English Methodist *

Jabez Burns Jabez Burns (December 18, 1805 – January 31, 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 ...

(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 Lamar Monroe Curry Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry (June 5, 1825 – February 12, 1903) was an American Democratic politician from Alabama who served in the state legislature and US Congress. He also served as an officer of the Confederate States Army in the American C ...

(1825–1903), lawyer, soldier, U.S. Congressman, college professor and administrator, diplomat, and Confederate officer * Jabez Darnell (1884–1950), English footballer * Jabez 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 studi ...

(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. Early life Hornblower was born in Broseley, Shropshire, England. He was the eldest child of steam engineer Jonatha ...

(1744–1814), English pioneer of steam power * Jabez Huntington (1719-1786), Major General in the Connecticut state forces, Connecticut Council of Safety member, merchant from Norwich, Connecticut *

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, the son of James Jackson (1757–1806), and later uncle of James Jackson (1819–1887) ...

(1790–1839), U.S. Representative from Georgia *

Jabez Leftwich Jabez Leftwich (September 22, 1765 – June 22, 1855) was an American politician, planter and military officer who represented Virginia's 14th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives between 1821 and 1825, as well as served i ...

(1765–1855), Representative from Virginia *

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 east ...

(1837–1907), Canadian politician and businessman, Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick *

J. Curry Street Jabez Curry Street (May 5, 1906 – November 7, 1989) was an American physicist, a co-discoverer of atomic particles called muons. Street was also notable for heading the group at MIT that created ground and ship radar systems. He also dire ...

(1906–1989), American physicist, co-discover of muons *

Jabez G. Sutherland Jabez Gridley Sutherland (October 6, 1825 – November 20, 1902) was a politician and judge from the U.S. state of Michigan. Sutherland was born in Van Buren, New York. He completed preparatory studies, studied law and was admitted to the bar i ...

(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 of ...

(1764–1811), Representative from Massachusetts *

Jabez Vodrey Jabez Vodrey (1795–1861) was the first English potter to emigrate to and work west of the Appalachian Mountains. Early years Vodrey was born on January 14, 1795 in Tunstall, Staffordshire, Tunstall, an area in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. Thi ...

(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 t ...

(1853-1930), American politician and curler *Jabez Wong Yau Long (1985-2017), Chinese filmographer and author, famous for adapting

the three little pigs "The Three Little Pigs" is a fable about three pigs who build three houses of different materials. A Big Bad Wolf blows down the first two pigs' houses which made of straw and sticks respectively, but is unable to destroy the third pig's house t ...

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 superhero created by the American psychologist and writer William Moulton Marston (pen name: Charles Moulton), and artist Harry G. Peter. Marston's wife, Elizabeth Holloway Marston, Elizabeth, and their life partner, Olive Byr ...

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 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 several times. ...

's first novel ''

The Trail of the Serpent ''The Trail of the Serpent'' is the debut novel by Mary Elizabeth Braddon, first published in 1860 as ''Three Times Dead; or, The Secret of the Heath''. The story concerns the schemes of the orphan Jabez North to acquire an aristocratic fortune, ...

'' *Jabez Potter, in

Alice B. Emerson Alice B. Emerson is a pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate for the Betty Gordon and Ruth FieldingEmerson, Alice B. Ruth ''Fielding in the Red Cross: Or, Doing Her Best for Uncle Sam''. New York: Cupples & Leon Co, 1918. series of children ...

'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 Daniel Webster, a fictional version of the noted 19th-c ...

" 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 An animated series is a set of animated works with a common series title, usually related to one another. These episodes should typically share the same main characters, some different secondary characters and a basic theme. Series can have either ...

, which is also called ''Mattimeo''. *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 ''The Strand Magazine'' in August 1891, with illustrations by Sidney Paget. Conan Doyle ranked "The Red-Headed Leag ...

" *Jabez, a boat rental operator on the Thames in Connie Willis's ''To Say Nothing of the Dog''

Surname

* Barzillai ben Baruch Jabez, Turkish Talmudist of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries *

Joseph ben Hayyim Jabez Joseph ben Hayyim Jabez (also "Yaavetz") (1438-1539) was a Jews of Spain, Spanish-Jewish theologian. He lived for a time in Portugal, where he associated with Joseph Hayyun, who inspired him with that taste for kabbalah, mysticism which he subs ...

(15th century-16th century), Spanish-Jewish theologian

References

{{given name, type=both Hebrew Bible people de:Jabez he:יעבץ