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Levi

לֵוִיStrong’s H3881

leviyyi (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.”
Exodus 4:14 KJV
Meaning
  1. 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
All 263 verses, by book
Leviticus 2
25:3225:33
1 Samuel 1
6:15
2 Samuel 1
15:24
1 Kings 1
8:4
Isaiah 1
66:21
Jeremiah 3
33:1833:2133:22
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.