Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
one of the three families of scribes residing at Jabez, (1 Chronicles 2:55) the others being the Shimeathites and Sucathites. The passage is hopelessly obscure.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898)
TI'RATHITES, THE (gate), one of three families of Levites at Jabez. 1 Chr 2:55.