Bible Dictionary

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.

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

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.

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)

(lofty), a town in the possession of Issachar, named between Kishion and Remeth in (Joshua 19:20) only.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary

A'BEZ (tin ? or lofty), a town of Issachar. Josh 19:20. Some think it the same as Thebez, Jud 9:50, near to En-gannim and Shunem; others identify it with Kuehiz, three miles S. W. of Iksal. Conder suggests el-Beida.

Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869)

an egg; muddy