Abez

Smith's Bible Dictionary

A'bez. (Lofty). A town in the possession of Issachar, named between Kishion and Remeth in  Joshua 19:20 only.

Morrish Bible Dictionary

A town of Issachar only mentioned in  Joshua 19:20 . It has been identified with el-Beida , 32 43' N, 35 9' E.

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

A town in Issachar ( Joshua 19:20). From a Chaldee term meaning "tin"; or else a contraction for Thebez, near Shunem.

Holman Bible Dictionary

 Joshua 19:20

Easton's Bible Dictionary

 Joshua 19:20

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. E'bets, אֶבֶוֹ , in pause אָבֶוֹ A ‘ Bets, Lustre, and hence, perhaps, Tin; Sept. ‘Αεμές , Vulg. Abes), a town in the tribe of Issachar, apparently near the border, mentioned between Kishion and Remeth ( Joshua 19:20). It is probably the Abesap ( Ἀβέσαρος ) mentioned by Josephus (Ant. 6:13, 8) as the native city of the wife whom David had married prior to Abigail and after his deprival of Michal; possibly referring to Ahinoam the Jezreelitess ( 1 Samuel 25:43), as if she had been so called as having resided in some town of the valley of Esdraelon. According to Schwarz (Palest. p. 167), "it is probably the village of Kunebiz, called also Karm En-Abiz, which lies three English miles west-south-west from Iksal;" meaning the Khuneifis or Ukhneifis of Robinson (Researches, 3, 167, 218), which is in the general locality indicated by the associated names.

Addendum From Volume 11:

Lieuit. Coitier (Tent Work, 2, 334) thinks this is the ruined site Khurbet el- Beida, marked on the Ordnance Map eight miles west of Nazareth and two south-west of Beit-Lahm, remarking (Quar. Report of the "Pal. Explor. Fund," Jan. 1881, p. 49) that "the Arabic exactly corresponds [?] to the Hebrew, with the same meaning, ‘ white'" but this seems doubtful.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

a´bez  : Used in the King James Version ( Joshua 19:20 ) for Ebez .