EBEZ

e'-bez ('ebhets, meaning unknown; Rhebes; the King James Version Abez): One of the 16 cities in Issachar (Joshua 19:20). The name seems to be cognate to that of the judge Ibzan (Judges 12:8-10). All else concerning it is conjecture.

From the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Edited by James Orr, published in 1939 by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.