jabez <1CH2 -55> And the families of the scribes which dwelt at {Jabez}; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, [and] Suchathites. These [are] the Kenites that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab. jabez <1CH4 -9> And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name {Jabez}, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow. jabez <1CH4 -9> And {Jabez} was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow. jabez <1CH4 -10> And {Jabez} called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep [me] from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.