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Abiasaph

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H23

אֲבִיאָסָף

a.vi.a.saph — Abiasaph

A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Exo.6.24; son of: Korah (H7141I); brother of: Assir (H0617) and Elkanah (H0511); father of: Assir (H0617H) and Kore (H6981); also called Abiasaph at Exo.6.24; Asaph at 1Ch.26.1; Another name of ev.ya.saph (אֶבְיָסָף, אֲבִיאָסָף "Ebiasaph" H0043) § Abiasaph = "my father has gathered" son (descendant) of Korah

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Historical dictionary entry

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).

Scripture references

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.

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Exodus 6:24

And the sons of Korah; Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these [are] the families of the Korhites.

1 Chronicles 6:37

The son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,

1 Chronicles 6:23

Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son,

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