לֵוִי
Levi
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Full lexicon entry — Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
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Where this word appears
Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Proper
- A name of a specific person, place, or people (e.g. Abraham, Zion, Israel).
- Gentilic
- A noun naming a member of a people, tribe, or region of origin (e.g. an Israelite, a Moabite).
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
Every verse where H3878 appears in the Book of Psalms — 1 distinct verse. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
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About this entry
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At its core, לוי (Lêvîy) means “Levi.” Scripture first uses it in Genesis 29:34. It turns up in 61 verses across 13 books, a moderately common footprint. Dig into 61-verse concordance and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H3878 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 61
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 61 distinct verses.
- 13 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 13 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #607
- by frequency
- Top 1000 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 607 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 61 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- Numbers 14 verses 23%
- 1 Chronicles 13 verses 21%
- Deuteronomy 7 verses 11%
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 61 distinct verses.
- Torah (Pentateuch) 33 verses · 54%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 18 verses · 30%
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 10 verses · 16%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
BDB lists this Strong’s number as 2 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: Levi 62×
- American Standard Version†: Levi 57×, Ye sons of levi 2×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Levi 41×, Levites 4×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Levi 62×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H3878 across 64† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 2 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H3878 across 64† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 5 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H3878 across 48† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 3 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 11 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H3878 across 66† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 4 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
15 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 15 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
לוי I m. Levi (√ and meaning dubious
- 1.
- a. Levi, son of Jacob and Leah, as individual, Gn 29:34; 34:25, 30; 35:23; 49:5 (all J); 35:23; 46:11; Ex 1:2; 6:16(×2) Nu 3:17; 16:1 (all P); 1 Ch 2:1; 5:22; 6:1, 4, 23, 28, 32; 23:6 Ezr 8:18; so בַּת־ל׳ [אֶת־] Ex 2:1 (E), Nu 26:59 (P). e.g. Genesis 29:34
- b. as head of a family of descendants, in phr. בֵּית לֵוִי Ex 2:1 (E), and (with ref. to tribe; late) Nu 17:23, מִשְׁפַּחַת בֵּית ל׳ Zc 12:13. e.g. Exodus 2:1
- c. often בְּנֵי(־)ל׳ Ex 32:26, 28 (E), Jos 21:10 (P), בְּנֵי(־)ל׳ with tribal ref. Nu 3:15; 4:2; 18:21 (charged with service of tabern., and hence to receive tithes; all P); as priests הַכֹּהֲנִים בְּנֵי לֵוִי Dt 21:5; 31:9, cf. Mal 3:3, and לֹא הָיוּ מִבְּנֵי ל׳ 1 K 12:31; from the בְּנֵי ל׳ the Zadokites are selected as priests Ez 40:46; according to 1 Ch 9:18 23:24, 27 בְּנֵי ל׳ are subordinate officials in temple (cf. v 28 f.), cf. 24:20; sharply disting. from priests Ezr 8:15, Ne 12:23 (cf. v 22); so also in later stratum of story of Korah’s revolt Nu 16:7, 8, 10 (P2). e.g. Exodus 32:26
- 2. as name of tribe, שֵׁבֶט ל׳ Dt 18:1 (priestly tribe), מַטֵּה ל׳ Nu 1:49 (in charge of tabern.), 3:6; 18:2 (ministers unto Aaron); לֵוִי alone = (tribe of) Levi Dt 27:12; 33:8 (earlier poem), Nu 26:58 (P), Ez 48:31; Mal 2:4 (priestly tribe, cf. v 1), 1 Ch 21:6; 27:17; מַטֵּה ל׳ = rod of (the tribe of) Levi Nu 17:18 (P); also (no inheritance, because charged with service of tabernacle) Dt 10:9. e.g. Deuteronomy 18:1
לוי II Levite
- 1. sg. of individual, אִישׁ ל׳ Ju 19:1 a certain Levite; pred. וְהוּא ל׳ Ju 17:1 and he was a Levite, so v 9; c. art. הַלּ׳ as subst. the Levite Ex 4:14 (J), Ju 17:10, 11, 12, 13 (as priest), Dt 18:6; 2 Ch 20:14; 31:12, 14, Ezr 10:15; הַנַּעַר הַלּ׳ Ju 18:3, 15; הָאִישׁ הַלּ׳ 20:4. e.g. Judges 19:1
- 2. c. art. הַלֵּוִי as subst. coll. the Levites: Ex 6:19; Nu 3:20, 32; 26:57 (all P); 18:23 (P; charged with service of tabern.); especially D, Dt 12:12, 18, 19; 14:27, 29; 16:1, 14; 26:10, 12, 13; also 1 Ch 24:6; Mal 2:8 (as priestly tribe), שֵׁבֶט הַלּ׳ Dt 10:8 tribe of the Levites (set apart for service), cf. Jos 13:14, 33; 1 Ch 23:14; בְּנֵי־הַלֵּוִי 1 Ch 12:27 (van d. H. v 26) sons of the Levites (i.e. of the tribe); so Ne 10:40 (as tithe-collectors); בֵּית הַלֵּוִי ψ 135:20 house (family, tribe) of the Levites e.g. Exodus 6:19
- 3. pl. לְוִיִּם chiefly Chr and P;—always c. art. הַֽלְוִיִּם except sf. לְוִיֵּנוּ Ne 10:1; the art. is om. by 𝔊𝔙 and most in Is 66:21; always = subst. Levites;— e.g. Nehemiah 10:1
- A.
- a. earlier usage:—as bearing the ark 1 S 6:15; 2 S 15:24; Dt 31:25, so (with priests) 1 K 8:4 = 2 Ch 5:5 (ℌ הכהנים הַל׳; read prob. וְהַל׳ as in K, 𝔊𝔖𝔙 cf. Öt VB); also 1 Ch 15:2, 26, 27; 23:26; 2 Ch 5:4 (for הכהנים ‖ 1 K 8:3). e.g. 1 Samuel 6:15
- b. not disting. from priests by D: הַכֹּהֲנִים הַל׳ Dt 17:9, 18; 18:1; 24:8; 27:9, Jos 3:3; 8:33 (both D; as bearing ark), also Je 33:18, 21 (הַל׳ הַכּ׳), Ez 43:19; 44:15; cf. Dt 18:7; 27:14 Je 33:22; הַכּ׳ הַל׳ likewise 2 Ch 23:18; 30:27 (but read prob. וְהַל׳ after 𝔊𝔖𝔙, cf. Öt and infr.) e.g. Deuteronomy 17:9
- c. as tribal designation, Ex 6:25; Nu 3:39; 4:18, 46; Jos 21:1 (all P), 1 Ch 9:33, 34; 15:12; 2 Ch 35:5; Ne 11:15, 16; 12:24; with ref. to share in land Lv 25:32(×2), 33(×2) (H), Nu 1:47; 2:33; Jos 14:3, 4; 21:3, 4, 8, 20, 27, 34, 38, 39 (all P), 18:7 (D), 1 Ch 6:49; cf. also 2 Ch 11:14†. e.g. Exodus 6:25
- d. set apart for service in tabern., Ex 38:21; Nu 1:50, 51(×2), 53(×2); 2:17; 7:5, 6; 8:6 + 18 times Nu 8 (all P), cf. 1 Ch 6:33; 16:4; ministers to Aaron and his sons Nu 3:9; 8:19; 18:6 (P); set apart for י׳ (as redemption for first-born) Nu 3:12(×2) + 7 times Nu 3 (P); with certain perquisites Nu 18:24, 26, 30 + 9 times Nu (P). e.g. Exodus 38:21
- B. in Chr. the tribal idea is in the background, and thought of Levites as official class is prominent:
- a. disting. from priests הַכּ׳ וְהַל׳ 1 Ch 9:14 (cf. v 10), 13:2; 15:4, 11, 14; 23:2; 24:6, 31 + 67 times Chr.; also Is 66:21 (according to Vrss., but dub.), Ez 44:10; 45:5 (cf. v 4), 48:11, 12, 13, 22. e.g. 1 Chronicles 9:14
- b. as porters, 1 Ch 9:26; 26:17, cf. 34:9; as in charge of music, 1 Ch 15:16, 17, 22 2 Ch 5:12; 29:25, 30; 34:12 Ne 12:27; yet disting. from porters and singers, Ne 7:1; 13:5, 10; disting. also from נְתִינִים 1 Ch 9:2; Ezr 8:20; Ne 10:29; further (with various official functions) 1 Ch 9:31 + 29 times Chr.; of groups of individuals, 2 Ch 17:8(×2); 29:12; 34:12 Ezr 2:40 = Ne 7:43, Ezr 8:33; Ne 3:17; 9:5; 10:10; 12:8, also 8:7 (om. וְ; 𝔙 BeRy Ryle). e.g. 1 Chronicles 9:26
- c. בְּנֵי־הַלְוִיִּם 1 Ch 15:15 (bearing ark), 24:30 (tribal designation).—See, on Levites, especially GfGesch. d. Stammes Levi in MeArchiv i. 68 ff. 208 ff. WeProl. Cap. iv RSOTJC. 435 f., 2nd ed., 360 f. BauPriesterthum 50 f., 68 f., and often e.g. 1 Chronicles 15:15
- A.
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
I. n.pr.m. Levi (√ and meaning dubious; Gn 29:34 (J) interpr. as joined, i.e. husband to wife; Nu 18:2, 4 (P; appar. in word-play) of Levites as joined to, attendant upon, Aaron; orig. as attached to, accompanying Isr. from Egypt, LagOr ii. 20 f.; as attached to, attending upon the ark, BauPriest. 74; in this case i. לֵוִי would be derived from ii. לֵוִי in priestly sense; HomA. u. A. 1890, 30 f. proposes Minaean לוא, lauʾân, priest, cf. Id.Süd-Arabic Chrest. 127; ag. all such views v. KauSK 1890, 771 f.; WeProl. ed. 5, 141; Hist. Isr. 145 StaZAW i (1881), 112 ff. GrayProp. Names, p. 96, cf. NöZMG xl (1886), 167, make לֵוִי n. gent. from לֵאָה (q.v.); cf. a further sugg. WeSkizzen iii. 114)—𝔊 Λευ(ε)ι(ν);—
II. adj.gent. Levite;—לֵוִי, 40 times; pl. לְוִיִּם 250 times; sf. 1 pl. לְוִיֵּנוּ Ne 10:1;—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from לוה (lâvâh) (H3867) — to join.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
לוי
- (b. h.)
- 1. to join, be connected, v. Piel, a. לְוָיָה.
- 2. (cmp. Sm. Ant. s. v. Nexum) to assume an obligation; to borrow. Shebu. 41ᵇ; Keth. 88ᵃ; B. Bath. 6ᵃ האומר לא לָוִיתִי וכ׳ he who (being sued for a loan duly testified by witnesses) says, ‘I have not contracted any loan’, is considered as admitting that he has not paid. Ḥull. 84ᵃ כגון אנו לווִֹין אוכלין (delicate persons) like ourselves may buy food on credit. B. Mets. 72ᵇ אין לווִֹין על שער וכ׳ (also לוִֹין) you must not borrow money with the choice of repaying in grain at the present price; (another defin., v. Rashi a. l.). Bets. 15ᵇ לְווּ עלי make a loan on my (the Lord’s) account; a. v. fr.—Esp. לווֶֹה, לוֶֹה debtor, opp. to מַלְוֶה creditor. Shebu. 47ᵃ מת ל׳ בחיי מ׳ if the debtor died before the creditor; a. fr.—Pl. לווִֹין. Ib.ᵇ שני מלווין ושני ל׳ two (different) creditors and two debtors.
- , לִי׳
- 1. to order an escort for protection, v. לְוָיָה. Tanḥ. Bal. 12; Num. R. s. 20 ל׳ להם ענני וכ׳ He appointed the clouds of glory to escort them. Sot. 46ᵇ בשביל … של׳ פרעה וכ׳ for the sake of the four steps which Pharaoh ordered his men to escort Abraham &c.
- 2. to escort, to walk a distance with a departing guest; to follow. Sabb. 119ᵇ שני מה"ש מְלַוִּין לו וכ׳ two ministering angels escort man to his house on the Sabbath eve. Sot. l. c. כל שאינו מְלַוֶּה ומִתְלַוֶּה וכ׳ whoever omits to escort a guest or (as a guest) declines an escort, is regarded as if he had shed blood; שאילמלא לִיוּוּהוּ וכ׳ for if the men of Jericho had escorted Elisha &c. Koh. R. to V, 17 ומה מְלַוֵּהוּ וכ׳ and what does escort him (to the grave)? Merits and good deeds; a. fr.
- 1. to join the company of, to associate. Midr. Till. to Ps. CIV, 26 (play on לויתן, ib.) כל מי שמִתְלַוֶּה עמהן עתיד להיעשות וכ׳ whosoever joins them (the Romans) will be made sport of with them in future days. Ib. כל מי שמתלוה עמהן עתיד הקב"ה וכ׳ him who joins them (the scholars), the Lord will cause to rejoice with them &c.; Yalk. ib. 862. Gen. R. s. 63, end; Yalk. ib. 111 שנתלוה עמו קלונו וכ׳ the disgrace of starvation was made his companion. Tanḥ. Vayishl. 3 להִתְלַוּוֹת לו to be his escort; a. fr.
- 2. to be escorted, to accept escort. Sot. l. c., v. supra.
- 1. to escort. Ber. 18ᵃ ואם הִלְוָהוּ if he does escort him (the dead).
- 2. to lend. EX. R. s. 31 מַלְוֶה ברבית lends on interest; מ׳ שלא ברבית without interest. Ib. שלא יַלְווּ וכ׳ that they must not lend &c. Ib. ראו כמה הִלְוֵיתִי ואיני … ומה הִלְוְותָה הארץ וכ׳ see how much I lend (to man,) without taking interest, and what the earth lends &c. B. Mets. V, 1 המלוה סלע בחמשה וכ׳ he who lends a Sela to get five Denars in return. Ib. 62ᵇ הַלְוֵינִי מנה lend me a Maneh.—B. Kam. 94ᵇ מַלְיֵי רבית (a. ברבית) those who lend on interest; B. Mets. 62ᵃ; a. fr.—מַלְוֶה creditor, v. supra.
לְוִי
- 1. to join, cling to. Targ. II Sam. XX, 2 (h. text דבק).
- 2. to join a caravan, travel with.—Ḥull. 7ᵃ ההוא טייעא דלווה בהדייהו an Arab that had been travelling with them.
- 3. to escort, v. infra.
- to escort. Targ. Y. II, Gen. XXVIII, 12 דִּילַוָּון (Y. I והינון לָוָון).—Gen. R. s. 48, end לַוֵּי, v. אֲכַל I. Tosef. Keth. VII, 6 לַוֵּי דִּילַוּוּנָךְ (ed. Zuck. לְוִי, Var. דילוין לך, read: דִילַוּוּן) escort (the dead) that people may escort thee; Y. ib. VII, 31ᵇ bot. לווי דילוון (not לוויי); Bab. ib. 72ᵃ דלַוַּאי יְלַוּוּנֵיח him who escorted, people will escort; a. e.
- same. Targ. Gen. XII, 20. Ib. O. XVIII, 16 לאַלְווֹאֵיהוֹן ed. Berl. (some ed. לאַלְוָיוּתְהוֹן; Y. לאַלְוָאֵיהוֹן; h. text לשלחם); a. e.—Sot. 40ᵇ אַלְוֵיה לר׳ וכ׳ walked with R. A. (on dismissing him) from &c.; Ber. 31ᵃ אַלְוְיֵיה; a. fr.
לְוַי
- , v. אַלְוַאי
לְוָי
- , v. לְוָוי
לֵוִי
- (b. h.) pr. n. Levi,
- 1. the son of Jacob, progenitor of the tribe of Levi. Gen. R. s. 19, a. e. עמד ל׳ וכ׳ Levi arose and brought her (the Shekhinah) down &c. Ex. R. s. 1; a. fr.
- 2. שבט ל׳, or ל׳ the tribe of Levi; בן ל׳ or ל׳ a Levite. Yoma 26ᵃ דאתי משבט ל׳ a descendant of the tribe of Levi.—Hor. III, 8 כהן קודם לל׳ ל׳ וכ׳ a priest goes before a Levite (in religious privileges), a Levite before an Israelite. Gitt. V, 8. Ib. VIII, 5 בת ל׳ if she is the daughter of a Levite. Arakh. IX, 8; a. fr.—Pl. לְוִיִּים, לְוִיִּם Levites. Ḥull. I, 6; a. fr.
- 3. name of several Amoraim, esp. Levi, or L. bar Sisi, disciple of R. Jehudah han-Nasi (v. Fr. M’bo, p. 110ᵇ). Y. Yeb. XII, 13ᵃ top. Pes. 76ᵇ; a. fr.
- 4. (law) a fictitious name. B. Bath. 43ᵇ; a. fr.
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 23 distinct written forms H3878 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| לֵוִ֑י | Noun, Proper | Exodus 2:1 | 9 |
| לֵוִ֖י | Noun, Proper | Exodus 1:2 | 9 |
| לֵוִֽי | Noun, Proper | Exodus 2:1 | 9 |
| לֵוִ֔י | Noun, Proper | Deuteronomy 31:9 | 8 |
| הַ/לֵּוִ֔י | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | Deuteronomy 10:8 | 5 |
| לֵוִי֙ | Noun, Proper | Exodus 6:16 | 5 |
| וְ/לֵוִ֣י | Noun, Proper | Deuteronomy 27:12 | 2 |
| לֵוִ֛י | Noun, Proper | Deuteronomy 18:1 | 2 |
| הַ/לֵּוִ֖י | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | Exodus 6:19 | 1 |
| הַ/לֵּוִ֗י | Noun, Proper | Nehemiah 10:39 | 1 |
| הַ/לֵּוִֽי | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | 1 Chronicles 23:14 | 1 |
| הַ֭/לֵּוִי | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | Psalms 135:20 | 1 |
| וְ/לֵוִ֖י | Noun, Proper | Genesis 49:5 | 1 |
| וְ/לֵוִ֜י | Noun, Proper | Genesis 34:25 | 1 |
| וְ/לֵוִי֙ | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 21:6 | 1 |
| וּ/לְ/לֵוִ֣י | Noun, Proper | Deuteronomy 33:8 | 1 |
| לְ/לֵוִ֖י | Noun, Proper | Numbers 26:59 | 1 |
| לְ/לֵוִ֛י | Noun, Proper | Deuteronomy 10:9 | 1 |
| לֵוִ֜י | Noun, Proper | Numbers 18:2 | 1 |
| לֵוִ֣י | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 2:1 | 1 |
| לֵוִי֒ | Noun, Proper | Deuteronomy 21:5 | 1 |
| לֵוִי֩ | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 23:24 | 1 |
| לֵוִי֮ | Noun, Proper | Genesis 34:30 | 1 |
Same root — word family
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Bible dictionary
Public-domain dictionary articles matched to this entry by name (Levi). A biblical name can be shared by more than one person or place, so an article may treat several.
Easton's Bible Dictionary · M. G. Easton, 1897
Adhesion. (1.) The third son of Jacob by Leah. The origin of the name is found in Leah's words (Gen. 29:34), "This time will my husband be joined [Heb. yillaveh] unto me." He is mentioned as taking a prominent part in avenging his sister Dinah (Gen. 34:25-31). He and his three sons went down with Jacob (46:11) into Egypt, where he died at the age of one hundred and thirty-seven years (Ex. 6:16).
(2.) The father of Matthat, and son of Simeon, of the ancestors of Christ (Luke 3:29).
(3.) Luke 3:24.
(4.) One of the apostles, the son of Alphaeus (Mark 2:14; Luke 5:27, 29), called also Matthew (Matt. 9:9).
Smith's Bible Dictionary · William Smith, 1863
(joined).
+ The name of the third son of Jacob by his wife Leah. (B.C. about 1753.) The name, derived from lavah, "to adhere," gave utterance to the hope of the mother that the affections of her husband, which had hitherto rested on the favored Rachel, would at last be drawn to her: "This time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have borne him three sons." (Genesis 29:34) Levi, with his brother Simeon, avenged with a cruel slaughter the outrage of their sister Dinah. [Dinah] Levi, with his three sons, Gershon, Kohath and Merari, went down to Egypt with his father Jacob. (Genesis 47:11) When Jacob's death draws near, and the sons are gathered round him, Levi and Simeon hear the old crime brought up again to receive its sentence. They no less than Reuben, the incestuous firstborn, had forfeited the privileges of their birthright. (Genesis 49:5-7) [Levites] + Two of the ancestors of Jesus. (Luke 3:24,29) + Son of Alphaeus or Matthew; one of the apostles. (Mark 2:14; Luke 5:27,29) [See Matthew]
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · Roswell D. Hitchcock, 1869
associated with him
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Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 58 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 61 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 29:34
- Exodus 1:2
- Numbers 1:49
- Deuteronomy 10:8
- Joshua 13:14
- 1 Kings 12:31
- 1 Chronicles 2:1
- Ezra 8:15
- Psalms 135:20
- Ezekiel 40:46
- Zechariah 12:13
- Malachi 2:4
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
