Ebez Explained

Ebez (Hebrew: אֶבֶץ meaning "tin", or "white")^[1] also rendered Abez, was a town in the allotment of the tribe of Issachar, at the north of the Jezreel Valley, or plain of Esdraelon.^[2] F. R. and C. R. Conder (1879), believed that it was probably the ruins of el-Beida, but William Robertson Smith (1899) expressed doubt about this identification.^{[3] [4]} According to the 1915 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), the location is not known.^[5] It is mentioned only in Joshua 19:20, where various manuscripts of the Septuagint render it as Rebes (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Ῥεβὲς), Aeme, or Aemis.^[6] It is mentioned on the façade of the Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu as Apijaa.^{[7] [8] [9]}

Notes and References

1. The proposed meanings "tin" and "white" appear in Easton's Bible Dictionary, "Abez."
2. The form "Abez" is found in the King James Version; "Ebez" in the Revised Version.
3. "Probably the ruin el-Beida, 'white,' at the north limit of the Plain of Esdraelon." Book: A handbook to the Bible, by F.R. and C.R. Conder. 1879. 401. Conder. Francis Roubiliac.
4. W. Robertson Smith (1899), "Abez." In Cheyne and Black, eds., Encyclopaedia Biblica.
5. James Orr, ed. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), entry for "Ebez." The full entry reads: "Ebez, 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 (Jg 12:8-10). All else concerning it is conjecture."
6. W. Robertson Smith (1899), "Abez." In Cheyne and Black, eds., Encyclopaedia Biblica.
7. Book: Gauthier . Henri . Dictionnaire des Noms Géographiques Contenus dans les Textes Hiéroglyphiques Vol. 1 . 1925 . 67 .
8. Book: Wallis Budge . E. A. . An Egyptian hieroglyphic dictionary: with an index of English words, king list and geological list with indexes, list of hieroglyphic characters, coptic and semitic alphabets, etc. Vol II . 1920 . . 956 .
9. Book: Gaston Maspero . Gaston Maspero . Daressy . Georges . Georges Daressy . Recueil de travaux relatifs à la philologie et à l'archéologie égyptiennes et assyriennes: pour servir de bullletin à la Mission Française du Caire Vol. XX . 117 . 10 April 2020 . French.