abiasaph Summary and Overview

father of gathering; the gatherer, the youngest of the three sons of Korah the Levite, head of a family of Korhites (Ex. 6:24); called Ebisaph (1 Chr. 6:37).

(father of gathering, i.e. gathered), #Ex 6:24| otherwise written Ebi/asaph. #1Ch 6:23,37; 9:19| one of the descendants of Korah, and head of the Korhites. Among the remarkable descendants of Abiasaph were Samuel the prophet, #1Sa 1:11| and Heman the singer.

ABI'ASAPH (father of gathering, i. e. gathered), a Levite, one of the sons of Korah, and head of one of the Korhitic families,Ex 6:24: called Ebiasaph in 1 Chr 6:37 and 1 Chr 9:19.

front. ("whose father God took away," namely, Korah: Numbers 16. Or else, "the father of gathering, the gatherer".) Head of a family of Korhites (a house of the Kohathites): Exodus 6:24; 1 Chronicles 6:37. Possibly Abiasaph may be a distinct person from Ebiasaph; in genealogies generations are often passed over between two persons of the same name. The descendants of Abiasaph, of whom Shallum was chief, were "keepers of the gates of the tabernacle" (1 Chronicles 9:19; 1 Chronicles 9:31), and "had the set office over the things made in the pans," in David's time. Compare Nehemiah 12:25.