A Levite of the Kohathite clan; name means 'My father has gathered' or 'The Father gathers'
ʾEḇyāsāp̄ (ab + yāsap̄, 'to add/gather') is a Levite descended from Kohath through Korah. He appears in the Levitical genealogies of 1 Chronicles 6 and 9. He is a descendant of the Korah who led the rebellion against Moses (Numbers 16), yet the sons of Korah were preserved and became a distinguished guild of temple singers — their psalms (Psalms 42–49, 84–85, 87–88) are among the most beautiful in the Psalter. The name 'my father gathers' is a gracious irony given the family history.
Ebiasaph's lineage illustrates one of Scripture's greatest themes: God's grace to those who could be disqualified. The sons of Korah survived their father's rebellion (Numbers 26:11) and became authors of some of the most spiritually profound psalms in the Bible — Psalm 84 ('How lovely is your dwelling place, O LORD') belongs to this guild. God gathers (yāsap̄) those whose fathers fell, and turns judgment into worship. This is a foreshadowing of the gospel: where sin abounded, grace abounded all the more (Romans 5:20).