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The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), general editor James Orr — public domain, printed whole.

e'-bez ('ebhets, meaning unknown; Rhebes; the King James Version Abez):

One of the 16 cities in Issachar (Jos 19:20). The name seems to be cognate to that of the judge Ibzan (Jud 12:8-10). All else concerning it is conjecture.