Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Meaning:
from an unused root probably meaning to gleam; conspicuous; Ebets, a place in Palestine
Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:
I will make white (or miry)
Potts’ Bible Proper Names:
Muddy; dirty; color of tin; to gleam; conspicuous:―a town of Issachar, Josh. 19:20. {Pollutus}