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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 - She conceived again and bore a son, and said, “Now this time my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons.” Therefore his name was called Levi.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:14 - And they said to them, “We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised, for that would be a reproach to us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:25 - Now it came to pass on the third day, when they were in pain, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, each took his sword and came boldly upon the city and killed all the males.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:30 - Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have troubled me by making me obnoxious among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites; and since I am few in number, they will gather themselves together against me and kill me. I shall be destroyed, my household and I.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:23 - the sons of Leah were Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun;

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:5 - “Simeon and Levi are brothers;
Instruments of cruelty are in their dwelling place.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:1 - And a man of the house of Levi went and took as wife a daughter of Levi.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:16 - These are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. And the years of the life of Levi were one hundred and thirty-seven.

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:26 - then Moses stood in the entrance of the camp, and said, “Whoever is on the LORD’s side—come to me!” And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:28 - So the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses. And about three thousand men of the people fell that day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:49 - “Only the tribe of Levi you shall not number, nor take a census of them among the children of Israel;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:6 - “Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may serve him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:15 - “Number the children of Levi by their fathers’ houses, by their families; you shall number every male from a month old and above.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:17

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:2 - “Take a census of the sons of Kohath from among the children of Levi, by their families, by their fathers’ house,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:1 - Now Korah the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, with Dathan and Abiram the sons of Eliab, and On the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:7 - “put fire in them and put incense in them before the LORD tomorrow, and it shall be that the man whom the LORD chooses is the holy one. You take too much upon yourselves, you sons of Levi!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:8 - Then Moses said to Korah, “Hear now, you sons of Levi:

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:10 - “and that He has brought you near to Himself, you and all your brethren, the sons of Levi, with you? And are you seeking the priesthood also?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:3 - “And you shall write Aaron’s name on the rod of Levi. For there shall be one rod for the head of each father’s house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:8 - Now it came to pass on the next day that Moses went into the tabernacle of witness, and behold, the rod of Aaron, of the house of Levi, had sprouted and put forth buds, had produced blossoms and yielded ripe almonds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:2 - “Also bring with you your brethren of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, that they may be joined with you and serve you while you and your sons are with you before the tabernacle of witness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:21 - “Behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tithes in Israel as an inheritance in return for the work which they perform, the work of the tabernacle of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:57

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:57 - And these are those who were numbered of the Levites according to their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; of Merari, the family of the Merarites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:58

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:58 - These are the families of the Levites: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, and the family of the Korathites. And Kohath begot Amram.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:59

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:59 - The name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt; and to Amram she bore Aaron and Moses and their sister Miriam.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:8 - At that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi to bear the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to minister to Him and to bless in His name, to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 18:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:1 - “The priests, the Levites—all the tribe of Levi—shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel; they shall eat the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and His portion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 27:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:12 - “These shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people, when you have crossed over the Jordan: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:9 - So Moses wrote this law and delivered it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and to all the elders of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:8 - And of Levi he said:

“Let Your Thummim and Your Urim be with Your holy one,
Whom You tested at Massah,
And with whom You contended at the waters of Meribah,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:14 - Only to the tribe of Levi he had given no inheritance; the sacrifices of the LORD God of Israel made by fire are their inheritance, as He said to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:7 - “But the Levites have no part among you, for the priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance. And Gad, Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:1 - Then the heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites came near to Eleazar the priest, to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of the fathers’ houses of the tribes of the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:10 - which were for the children of Aaron, one of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi; for the lot was theirs first.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:40 - So all the cities for the children of Merari according to their families, the rest of the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:31 - He made shrines[fn] on the high places, and made priests from every class of people, who were not of the sons of Levi.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 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 Box 1Ch 6:1

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:16

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:19 - The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. Now these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 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 Box 1Ch 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 Box 1Ch 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 Box 1Ch 9:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:18 - Until then they had been gatekeepers for the camps of the children of Levi at the King’s Gate on the east.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:26 - of the sons of Levi four thousand six hundred;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:6 - But he did not count Levi and Benjamin among them, for the king’s word was abominable to Joab.

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