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).
Source:Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)Public domain
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Abiasaph
Name meaning: consuming father; gathering (Hitchcock)
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Also in Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
(father of gathering, i.e. gathered), (Exodus 6:24) otherwise written Ebi/asaph. (1 Chronicles 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, (1 Samuel 1:11) and Heman the singer.
Source: Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863) · Public domain
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