Abez
Abez
(Heb. E’bets, , in pause A bets, lustre, and hence, perhaps, tin; Sept. , Vulg. Abes), a town in the tribe of Issachar, apparently near the border, mentioned between Kishion and Remeth (Jos 19:20). It is probably the Abesap () 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 (1Sa 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:
Abez
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.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Abez
tin, or white, a town in the tribe of Issachar (Josh. 19:20), at the north of the plain of Esdraelon. It is probably identified with the ruins of el-Beida.
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Abez
A town in Issachar (Jos 19:20). From a Chaldee term meaning “tin”; or else a contraction for Thebez, near Shunem.
Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary
Abez
abez: Used in the King James Version (Jos 19:20) for EBEZ.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Abez
[A’bez].
A town of Issachar only mentioned in Jos 19:20. It has been identified with el-Beida, 32 43′ N, 35 9′ E.
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
Abez
H77
A city of Issachar.
Jos 19:20
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Abez
A’bez. (lofty). A town in the possession of Issachar, named between Kishion and Remeth in Jos 19:20 only.