Jabez

[Easton] Affiction. (1.) A descendant of Judah, of whom it is recorded that “God granted him that which he requested” (1 Chr. 4:9, 10). (2.) A place inhabited by several families of the scribes (1 Chr. 2:55). [Smith] (sorrow). Apparently a place at which the families of the scribes resided who belonged to the families of the Kenites. (1 Chronicles 2:55) The name occurs again in the genealogies of Judah, (1 Chronicles 4:9,10) in a passage of remarkable detail inserted in a genealogy again connected with Bethlehem. ver. 4. [Hitchcock] sorrow; trouble [Nave] –1. A city of the tribe of Judah 1Ch 2:55 –2. The head of a family 1Ch 4:9 , 10 [STEPBible TIPNR] A location near Bethlehem only mentioned at 1Ch.2.55) only referred to as Jabez (יַעְבֵּץ). [Theographic] A place inhabited by several families of the scribes (1 Chr. 2:55).