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Lexicon :: Strong's G3017 - leui

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Λευί
Transliteration
leui (Key)
Pronunciation
lyoo'-ee
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of Hebrew origin לֵוִי (H3878)
mGNT
7x in 2 unique form(s) TR
5x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
72x in 1 unique form(s)
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TDNT Reference: 4:234,529

Strong’s Definitions

†Λευΐ Leuḯ, lyoo'-ee; of Hebrew origin (H3878); Levi, the name of three Israelites:—Levi. Compare G3018.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's G3017 in the following manner: Levi (5x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's G3017 in the following manner: Levi (5x).

  1. Levi = "joined"

    1. the third son of the patriarch Jacob by his wife Leah, the founder of the tribe of Israelites which bears his name

    2. the son of Melchi, one of Christ's ancestors

    3. the son of Simeon, an ancestor of Christ

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†Λευΐ Leuḯ, lyoo'-ee; of Hebrew origin (H3878); Levi, the name of three Israelites:—Levi. Compare G3018.
STRONGS G3017:
Λευί and Λευίς (T Tr (yet see below) WH Λευεις (but Lachmann Λευίς; see εἰ, ἰ)), genitive Λευί (T Tr WH Λευει), accusative Λευίν (T WH Λεύειν, so Tr except in Mark 2:14) (Buttmann, 21 (19); Winer's Grammar, § 10, 1), ὁ (Hebrew לֵוִי a joining, from לָוָה, cf. Genesis 29:34), Levi;
1. the third son of the patriarch Jacob by his wife Leah, the founder of the tribe of Israelites which bears his name: Hebrews 7:5, 9; (Revelation 7:7).
2. the son of Melchi, one of Christ's ancestors: Luke 3:24.
3. the son of Simeon, also an ancestor of Christ: Luke 3:29.
4. the son of Alphaeus, a collector of customs ((A. V. publican)): Mark 2:14 (here WH (rejected) marginal reading Ἰάκωβον (see their note at the passage, cf. Weiss in Meyer on Matthew 7te Aufl., p. 2)); Luke 5:27, 29; according to common opinion he is the same as Matthew the apostle (Matthew 9:9); but cf. Grimm in the Theol. Studien und Kritiken for 1870. p. 727ff; (their identity is denied also by Nicholson on Matthew 9:9; yet see Patritius, De Evangeliis, 1., the passage cited i. quaest. 1; Venables in Alex.'s Kitto, under the word Matthew; Meyer, Commentary on Matthew, Introductory § 1).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
29:34
Matthew
7; 9:9; 9:9
Mark
2:14; 2:14
Luke
3:24; 3:29; 5:27; 5:29
Hebrews
7:5; 7:9
Revelation
7:7

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3017 matches the Greek Λευί (leui),
which occurs 72 times in 68 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 29:34–1Ch 21:6)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:34 - Again she conceived, and when she gave birth to a son she said, “Now at last my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons.” So he was named Levi.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:14 - They said to them, “We can’t do such a thing; we can’t give our sister to a man who is not circumcised. That would be a disgrace to us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:25 - Three days later, while all of them were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, took their swords and attacked the unsuspecting city, killing every male.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:30 - Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble on me by making me obnoxious to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people living in this land. We are few in number, and if they join forces against me and attack me, I and my household will be destroyed.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:23 - The sons of Leah: Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar and Zebulun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:11 - The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath and Merari.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:5 - “Simeon and Levi are brothers— their swords[fn] are weapons of violence.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:2 - Reuben, Simeon, Levi and Judah;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:1 - Now a man of the tribe of Levi married a Levite woman,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:16 - These were the names of the sons of Levi according to their records: Gershon, Kohath and Merari. Levi lived 137 years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:19 - The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of Levi according to their records.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:26 - So he stood at the entrance to the camp and said, “Whoever is for the LORD, come to me.” And all the Levites rallied to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:28 - The Levites did as Moses commanded, and that day about three thousand of the people died.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:49 - “You must not count the tribe of Levi or include them in the census of the other Israelites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:6 - “Bring the tribe of Levi and present them to Aaron the priest to assist him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:15 - “Count the Levites by their families and clans. Count every male a month old or more.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:17 - These were the names of the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath and Merari.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:2 - “Take a census of the Kohathite branch of the Levites by their clans and families.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:1 - Korah son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and certain Reubenites—Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth—became insolent[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:7 - and tomorrow put burning coals and incense in them before the LORD. The man the LORD chooses will be the one who is holy. You Levites have gone too far!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:8 - Moses also said to Korah, “Now listen, you Levites!

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:10 - He has brought you and all your fellow Levites near himself, but now you are trying to get the priesthood too.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:3 - On the staff of Levi write Aaron’s name, for there must be one staff for the head of each ancestral tribe.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:8 - The next day Moses entered the tent and saw that Aaron’s staff, which represented the tribe of Levi, had not only sprouted but had budded, blossomed and produced almonds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:2 - Bring your fellow Levites from your ancestral tribe to join you and assist you when you and your sons minister before the tent of the covenant law.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:21 - “I give to the Levites all the tithes in Israel as their inheritance in return for the work they do while serving at the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:57

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:57 - These were the Levites who were counted by their clans: through Gershon, the Gershonite clan; through Kohath, the Kohathite clan; through Merari, the Merarite clan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:58

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:58 - These also were Levite clans: the Libnite clan, the Hebronite clan, the Mahlite clan, the Mushite clan, the Korahite clan. (Kohath was the forefather of Amram;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:59

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:59 - the name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, a descendant of Levi, who was born to the Levites[fn] in Egypt. To Amram she bore Aaron, Moses and their sister Miriam.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:8 - At that time the LORD set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to minister and to pronounce blessings in his name, as they still do today.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:1 - The Levitical priests—indeed, the whole tribe of Levi—are to have no allotment or inheritance with Israel. They shall live on the food offerings presented to the LORD, for that is their inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:12 - When you have crossed the Jordan, these tribes shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph and Benjamin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:9 - So Moses wrote down this law and gave it to the Levitical priests, who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and to all the elders of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:8 - About Levi he said: “Your Thummim and Urim belong to your faithful servant. You tested him at Massah; you contended with him at the waters of Meribah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:14 - But to the tribe of Levi he gave no inheritance, since the food offerings presented to the LORD, the God of Israel, are their inheritance, as he promised them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:7 - The Levites, however, do not get a portion among you, because the priestly service of the LORD is their inheritance. And Gad, Reuben and the half-tribe of Manasseh have already received their inheritance on the east side of the Jordan. Moses the servant of the LORD gave it to them.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:1 - Now the family heads of the Levites approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the other tribal families of Israel

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:10 - (these towns were assigned to the descendants of Aaron who were from the Kohathite clans of the Levites, because the first lot fell to them):

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:40 - The total number of towns allotted to the Merarite clans, who were the rest of the Levites, came to twelve.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:31 - Jeroboam built shrines on high places and appointed priests from all sorts of people, even though they were not Levites.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:1 - These were the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:1 - The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath and Merari.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:16 - The sons of Levi: Gershon,[fn] Kohath and Merari.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:19 - The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites listed according to their fathers:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:38 - the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:43 - the son of Jahath, the son of Gershon, the son of Levi;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:47

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:47 - the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:18 - being stationed at the King’s Gate on the east, up to the present time. These were the gatekeepers belonging to the camp of the Levites.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:26 - from Levi—4,600,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:6 - But Joab did not include Levi and Benjamin in the numbering, because the king’s command was repulsive to him.

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