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The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), general editor James Orr — public domain, printed whole.

as-e-bi'-as, as-e-bi'-a (Asebias; the King James Version Asebia): Asebias returned with Ezra to perform the function of a priest in Jerusalem (1 Esdras 8:48). Compare Hashabiah (Ezr 8:19).