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Lexicon :: Strong's G3019 - leuitēs

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Λευίτης
Transliteration
leuitēs (Key)
Pronunciation
lyoo-ee'-tace
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TDNT Reference: 4:239,530

Strong’s Definitions

†Λευΐτης Leuḯtēs, lyoo-ee'-tace; from G3017; a Levite, i.e. descendant of Levi:—Levite.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G3019 in the following manner: Levite (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G3019 in the following manner: Levite (3x).

  1. one of the tribe of Levi

  2. in a narrower sense those were called Levites who, not being of the family of Aaron, for whom alone the priesthood was reserved, served as assistants to the priests. It was their duty to keep the sacred utensils and the temple clean, to provide the sacred loaves, to open and shut the gates of the temple, to sing the sacred hymns in the temple, and to do many other things.

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†Λευΐτης Leuḯtēs, lyoo-ee'-tace; from G3017; a Levite, i.e. descendant of Levi:—Levite.
STRONGS G3019:
Λευίτης (T WH Λευειτης (so Tr except in Acts 4:36; see εἰ, ἰ)), Λευίτου, ὁ, a Levite;
a. one of Levi's posterity.
b. in a norrower sense those were called Levites (Hebrew לֵוִי בְּנֵי, לְוִיִּים) who, not being of the race of Aaron for whom alone the priesthood was reserved, served as assistants of the priests. It was their duty to keep the sacred utensils and the temple clean, to provide the sacred loaves, to open and shut the gates of the temple, to sing sacred hymns in the temple, and do many other things; so Luke 10:32; John 1:19; Acts 4:36; ((Plutarch, quaest. conv. 1. iv. quaest. 6, 5; Philo de vit. Moys. i. § 58). See BB. DD., under the word ; Edersheim, The Temple, 2nd edition, p. 63ff.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Luke
10:32
John
1:19
Acts
4:36; 4:36

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3019 matches the Greek Λευίτης (leuitēs),
which occurs 273 times in 247 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 5 (Exo 4:14–Num 35:7)

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:14 - Then the LORD’s anger burned against Moses and he said, “What about your brother, Aaron the Levite? I know he can speak well. He is already on his way to meet you, and he will be glad to see you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:25 - Eleazar son of Aaron married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him Phinehas. These were the heads of the Levite families, clan by clan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:21 - These are the amounts of the materials used for the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the covenant law, which were recorded at Moses’ command by the Levites under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron, the priest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:32 - “ ‘The Levites always have the right to redeem their houses in the Levitical towns, which they possess.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:33 - So the property of the Levites is redeemable—that is, a house sold in any town they hold—and is to be returned in the Jubilee, because the houses in the towns of the Levites are their property among the Israelites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:47

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:47 - The ancestral tribe of the Levites, however, was not counted along with the others.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:50

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:50 - Instead, appoint the Levites to be in charge of the tabernacle of the covenant law—over all its furnishings and everything belonging to it. They are to carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings; they are to take care of it and encamp around it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:51

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:51 - Whenever the tabernacle is to move, the Levites are to take it down, and whenever the tabernacle is to be set up, the Levites shall do it. Anyone else who approaches it is to be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:53

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:53 - The Levites, however, are to set up their tents around the tabernacle of the covenant law so that my wrath will not fall on the Israelite community. The Levites are to be responsible for the care of the tabernacle of the covenant law.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:17 - Then the tent of meeting and the camp of the Levites will set out in the middle of the camps. They will set out in the same order as they encamp, each in their own place under their standard.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:33 - The Levites, however, were not counted along with the other Israelites, as the LORD commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:9 - Give the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they are the Israelites who are to be given wholly to him.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:12 - “I have taken the Levites from among the Israelites in place of the first male offspring of every Israelite woman. The Levites are mine,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:20 - The Merarite clans: Mahli and Mushi. These were the Levite clans, according to their families.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:32 - The chief leader of the Levites was Eleazar son of Aaron, the priest. He was appointed over those who were responsible for the care of the sanctuary.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:39 - The total number of Levites counted at the LORD’s command by Moses and Aaron according to their clans, including every male a month old or more, was 22,000.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:41

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:41 - Take the Levites for me in place of all the firstborn of the Israelites, and the livestock of the Levites in place of all the firstborn of the livestock of the Israelites. I am the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:45

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:45 - “Take the Levites in place of all the firstborn of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites in place of their livestock. The Levites are to be mine. I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:46

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:46 - To redeem the 273 firstborn Israelites who exceed the number of the Levites,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:49

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:49 - So Moses collected the redemption money from those who exceeded the number redeemed by the Levites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:18 - “See that the Kohathite tribal clans are not destroyed from among the Levites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:46

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:46 - So Moses, Aaron and the leaders of Israel counted all the Levites by their clans and families.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:5 - “Accept these from them, that they may be used in the work at the tent of meeting. Give them to the Levites as each man’s work requires.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:6 - So Moses took the carts and oxen and gave them to the Levites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:6 - “Take the Levites from among all the Israelites and make them ceremonially clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:9 - Bring the Levites to the front of the tent of meeting and assemble the whole Israelite community.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:10 - You are to bring the Levites before the LORD, and the Israelites are to lay their hands on them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:11 - Aaron is to present the Levites before the LORD as a wave offering from the Israelites, so that they may be ready to do the work of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:12 - “Then the Levites are to lay their hands on the heads of the bulls, using one for a sin offering to the LORD and the other for a burnt offering, to make atonement for the Levites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:13 - Have the Levites stand in front of Aaron and his sons and then present them as a wave offering to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:14 - In this way you are to set the Levites apart from the other Israelites, and the Levites will be mine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:15 - “After you have purified the Levites and presented them as a wave offering, they are to come to do their work at the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:18 - And I have taken the Levites in place of all the firstborn sons in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:19 - From among all the Israelites, I have given the Levites as gifts to Aaron and his sons to do the work at the tent of meeting on behalf of the Israelites and to make atonement for them so that no plague will strike the Israelites when they go near the sanctuary.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:20 - Moses, Aaron and the whole Israelite community did with the Levites just as the LORD commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:21 - The Levites purified themselves and washed their clothes. Then Aaron presented them as a wave offering before the LORD and made atonement for them to purify them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:22 - After that, the Levites came to do their work at the tent of meeting under the supervision of Aaron and his sons. They did with the Levites just as the LORD commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:24 - “This applies to the Levites: Men twenty-five years old or more shall come to take part in the work at the tent of meeting,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:26 - They may assist their brothers in performing their duties at the tent of meeting, but they themselves must not do the work. This, then, is how you are to assign the responsibilities of the Levites.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:6 - I myself have selected your fellow Levites from among the Israelites as a gift to you, dedicated to the LORD to do the work at the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:23 - It is the Levites who are to do the work at the tent of meeting and bear the responsibility for any offenses they commit against it. This is a lasting ordinance for the generations to come. They will receive no inheritance among the Israelites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:24 - Instead, I give to the Levites as their inheritance the tithes that the Israelites present as an offering to the LORD. That is why I said concerning them: ‘They will have no inheritance among the Israelites.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:26 - “Speak to the Levites and say to them: ‘When you receive from the Israelites the tithe I give you as your inheritance, you must present a tenth of that tithe as the LORD’s offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:30 - “Say to the Levites: ‘When you present the best part, it will be reckoned to you as the product of the threshing floor or the winepress.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:30 - From the Israelites’ half, select one out of every fifty, whether people, cattle, donkeys, sheep or other animals. Give them to the Levites, who are responsible for the care of the LORD’s tabernacle.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:47

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:47 - From the Israelites’ half, Moses selected one out of every fifty people and animals, as the LORD commanded him, and gave them to the Levites, who were responsible for the care of the LORD’s tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:2 - “Command the Israelites to give the Levites towns to live in from the inheritance the Israelites will possess. And give them pasturelands around the towns.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:4 - “The pasturelands around the towns that you give the Levites will extend a thousand cubits[fn] from the town wall.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:6 - “Six of the towns you give the Levites will be cities of refuge, to which a person who has killed someone may flee. In addition, give them forty-two other towns.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:7 - In all you must give the Levites forty-eight towns, together with their pasturelands.

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