A descendant of Judah, whose high distinction among his brethren seems to have been owing to his prevalence in prayer, 1 Chronicles 4:9-10
Source: ATS Bible Dictionary
Jabez
Affiction. A descendant of Judah, of whom it is recorded that "God granted him that which he requested" (1 Chronicles 4:9,10).
A place inhabited by several families of the scribes (1 Chronicles 2:55).
Source: Easton's Bible Dictionary
Jabez
(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.