Levi
לֵוִיStrong’s H3881leviyyi (le-viy-yi)
Appears in 263 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Leviyyi is the Hebrew word usually translated “levites”, “levite” and “levi”. It appears in 263 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart.”
Meaning
- The descendants of Levi, the 3rd son of Jacob by Leah
How it's translated
- the levites 147
- and the levites 59
- to the levites 25
- the levite 19
- levi 7
- and the levite 6
- of the levites 5
- and to the levites 4
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Chronicles 59
- Numbers 49
- Nehemiah 37
- 1 Chronicles 32
- Deuteronomy 21
- Ezra 19
16 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 6:16And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi were an hundred thirty and seven years.
- Exodus 6:25And Eleazar Aaron’s son took him one of the daughters of Putiel to wife; and she bare him Phinehas: these are the heads of the fathers of the Levites according to their families.
- Exodus 38:21This is the sum of the tabernacle, even of the tabernacle of testimony, as it was counted, according to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son to Aaron the priest.
- Leviticus 25:32Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites, and the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time.
- Leviticus 25:33And if a man purchase of the Levites, then the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, shall go out in the year of jubile: for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel.
- Numbers 1:47But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.
All 263 verses, by book
- Numbers 49
- 1:471:501:511:532:172:333:63:93:123:203:323:393:413:453:463:494:184:467:57:68:68:98:108:118:128:138:148:158:188:198:208:218:228:248:2616:118:618:2318:2418:2618:3026:5731:3031:4735:235:435:635:735:8
- Deuteronomy 21
- 10:912:1212:1812:1914:2714:2916:1116:1417:917:1818:118:618:724:826:1126:1226:1327:927:1431:931:25
- 1 Samuel 1
- 6:15
- 2 Samuel 1
- 15:24
- 1 Kings 1
- 8:4
- 1 Chronicles 32
- 6:196:486:649:29:149:269:319:339:3413:215:215:415:1115:1215:1415:1515:1615:1715:2215:2615:2716:423:223:323:2624:624:3024:3126:1726:2028:1328:21
- 2 Chronicles 59
- 5:45:55:127:68:148:1511:1311:1413:913:1017:819:819:1120:1420:1923:223:423:623:723:823:1824:524:624:1129:429:529:1229:1629:2529:2629:3029:3430:1530:1630:1730:2130:2230:2530:2731:231:431:931:1231:1431:1731:1934:934:1234:1334:3035:335:535:835:935:1035:1135:1435:1535:18
- Nehemiah 37
- 3:177:17:437:738:78:98:118:139:49:59:3810:910:2810:3410:3710:3811:311:1511:1611:1811:2011:2211:3612:112:812:2212:2412:2712:3012:4412:4713:513:1013:1313:2213:2913:30
- Isaiah 1
- 66:21
Hebrew dictionary
לֵוִי leviyyi · Levi
Someone from the tribe of Levi living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.29.34; son of: Israel (H3478) and Leah (H3812); brother of: Reuben (H7205), Simeon (H8095), Judah (H3063), Issachar (H3485), Zebulun (H2074) and Dinah (H1783); half-brother of: Dan (H1835H), Naphtali (H5321), Gad (H1410), Asher (H0836), Joseph (H3130) and Benjamin (H1144); father of: Gershon (H1648), Kohath (H6955), Merari (H4847) and Jochebed (H3115) Another name of le.vi (לֵוִי "Levi" H3878) § Levite, of Levi "joined to" 1) the descendants of Levi, the 3rd son of Jacob by Leah …
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “levite” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
LE'VITE, noun
[from Levi, one the sons of Jacob.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.