- Original: אבץ - Transliteration: 'Ebets - Phonetic: eh'-bets - Definition: Abez = I will make white (or miry) 1. a city in Issachar - Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to gleam - TWOT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Proper Name Location - Strong's: From an unused root probably means to gleam; conspicuous; Ebets a place in Palestine: - Abez. Total KJV Occurrences: 1 • Abez, 1 Joshua 19:20