Abiasaph, a-bl'-a-saph (Heb.)–father of gathering.

A descendant of Levi (Exod. 6:24). He is called Ebiasaph in I Chronicles 6: 37.

Meta. A thought in consciousness, of a kind that gathers together, or draws together (father of gathering). Such thoughts belong to the love (Levi) nature in man. They are of a harmonizing character and they help to hold the organism together.