abez Summary and Overview
Bible Dictionaries at a Glance
abez in Easton's Bible Dictionary
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.
abez in Smith's Bible Dictionary
(lofty), a town in the possession of Issachar, named between Kishion and Remeth in #Jos 19:20| only.
abez in 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.
abez in 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.