Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:
(sorrow). Persons or places (1 Chron. 2:55; 4:9-10).
Concise Bible Dictionary:
1. City in which the various families of the scribes dwelt (1 Chron. 2:55). Not identified.
2. A descendant of Judah, said to be more honorable than his brethren. He prayed to the God of Israel that He would bless him, and enlarge his border; that God’s hand might be with him, and keep him from evil that it might not grieve him. God granted that which he requested (1 Chron. 4:9-10). It is a beautiful instance of individual faith, which rose to the privileges of God’s earthly people, and counted on the God of Israel.
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Meaning:
from an unused root probably meaning to grieve; sorrowful; Jabets, the name of an Israelite, and also of a place in Palestine
Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:
whiteness swept away: mire swept away: shovel of mire
Potts’ Bible Proper Names:
He produced sorrow; trouble:―name of an Israelite, also a place in Palestine, 1 Chron. 4:10. {Dolorem creavit}