ABISHUA ə bĭsh’ ōō ə (אֲבִישׁ֗וּעַ, my [or the] father is salvation [or wealth] or the father of salvation). In KJV of 1 Esdras 8:2 ABISUM ăb’ ĭ sŭm, and in 1 Esdras 1:2 ABISEI ăb ĭs’ eī. The name variously given in the LXX MSS. 1. A great grandson of Aaron, son of Phineas, the priest and ancestor of Ezra the scribe (1 Chron 6:4, 5, 50; Ezra 7:5) included in the genealogy of Levi among the descendants of Aaron serving the altar.

2. One of the sons of Bela who was the first-born of Benjamin (1 Chron 8:4).