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Lexicon :: Strong's H3878 - lēvî

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לֵוִי
Transliteration
lēvî
Pronunciation
lay-vee'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
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TWOT Reference: 1093

Strong’s Definitions

לֵוִי Lêvîy, lay-vee'; from H3867; attached; Levi, a son of Jacob:—Levi. See also H3879, H3881.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 64x

The KJV translates Strong's H3878 in the following manner: Levi (64x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 64x
The KJV translates Strong's H3878 in the following manner: Levi (64x).

  1. Levi = "joined to"

    1. the 3rd son of Jacob by Leah and progenitor of tribe of Levites

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
לֵוִי Lêvîy, lay-vee'; from H3867; attached; Levi, a son of Jacob:—Levi. See also H3879, H3881.
STRONGS H3878: Abbreviations
† I. לֵוִי proper name, masculine Levi (√ and meaning dubious; Genesis 29:34 (J) interpreted as joined, i.e. husband to wife; Numbers 18:2, 4 (P; apparently in word-play) of Levites as joined to, attendant upon, Aaron; originally as attached to, accompanying Israel 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, lau'ân, priest, compare IdSüd-Arab. Chrest. 127; against all such views see KauSK 1890, 771 f. WeProl. ed. 5, 141; Hist. Israel 145 StaZAW i (1881), 112 ff. GrayProp. Names, p. 96, compare NöZMG xi (1886). 167, make לֵוִי name, of a people from לֵאָה (H3812 which see); compare a further suggestion WeSkizzen iii. 114) — Greek Version of the LXX Λευ(ε)ι(ν); —
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a. Levi, son of Jacob and Leah, as individual, Genesis 29:34; Genesis 34:25, 30; Genesis 35:23; Genesis 49:5 (all J); Genesis 35:23; Genesis 46:11; Exodus 1:2; Exodus 6:16; Exodus 16:16; Numbers 3:17; Numbers 16:1 (all P); 1 Chronicles 21; 1 Chronicles 5:22; 1 Chronicles 6:1; 1 Chronicles 6:4; 1 Chronicles 6:23; 1 Chronicles 6:28; 1 Chronicles 6:32; 1 Chronicles 23:6; Ezra 8:18; so בַּתלֿ׳ [אֶתֿ] Exodus 2:1 (E), Numbers 26:59 (P).
b. as head of a family of descendants, in phrase בֵּית לֵוִי Exodus 2:1 (E), and (with reference to tribe; late) Numbers 17:23, ל׳ בֵּית מִשְׁפַחַת Zechariah 12:13.
c. often בְּנֵי(־)ל׳ Exodus 32:26, 28 (E), Joshua 21:10 (P), בְּנֵי(־)ל׳ with tribal reference Numbers 3:15; Numbers 4:2; Numbers 18:21 (charged with service of tabernacle, and hence to receive tithes; all P); as priests הַכֹּהֲנִים בְּנֵי לֵוִי Deuteronomy 21:5; Deuteronomy 31:9, compare Malachi 3:3, and לֹא הָיוּ מִבְּנֵי ל׳ 1 Kings 12:31; from the בְּנֵי ל׳ the Zadokites are selected as priests Ezekiel 40:46; according to 1 Chronicles 9:18; 1 Chronicles 23:24, 27 בְּנֵי ל׳ are subordinate officials in temple (compare 1 Chronicles 23:28f.), compare 1 Chronicles 24:20; sharply distinguished from priests Ezra 8:15; Nehemiah 12:23 (compare Nehemiah 12:22); so also in later stratum of story of Korah's revolt Numbers 16:7, 8, 10 (P2).
2. as name of tribe, שֵׁבֶט ל׳ Deuteronomy 18:1 (priestly tribe), מַטֵּה ל׳ Numbers 1:49 (in charge of tabernacle), Numbers 3:6; Numbers 18:2 (ministers unto Aaron); לֵוִי alone = (tribe of) Levi Deuteronomy 27:12; Deuteronomy 33:8 (earlier poem), Numbers 26:58 (P), Ezekiel 48:31; Malachi 2:4 (priestly tribe, compare Malachi 2:1), 1 Chronicles 21:6; 1 Chronicles 27:17; מַטֵּה ל׳ =rod of (the tribe of) Levi Numbers 17:18 (P); also (no inheritance, because charged with service of tabernacle) Deuteronomy 10:9.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H3879.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

29:34; 29:34; 34:25; 34:30; 35:23; 35:23; 46:11; 49:5

Exodus

1:2; 2:1; 2:1; 6:16; 16:16; 32:26; 32:28

Numbers

1:49; 3:6; 3:15; 3:17; 4:2; 16:1; 16:7; 16:8; 16:10; 18:2; 18:2; 18:4; 18:21; 26:58; 26:59

Deuteronomy

10:9; 18:1; 21:5; 27:12; 31:9; 33:8

Joshua

21:10

1 Kings

12:31

1 Chronicles

5:22; 6:1; 6:4; 6:23; 6:28; 6:32; 9:18; 21; 21:6; 23:6; 23:24; 23:27; 23:28; 24:20; 27:17

Ezra

8:15; 8:18

Nehemiah

12:22; 12:23

Ezekiel

40:46; 48:31

Zechariah

12:13

Malachi

2:1; 2:4; 3:3

H3878

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3878 matches the Hebrew לֵוִי (lēvî),
which occurs 64 times in 61 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 29:34–1Ch 24:20)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:34 - And she conceived yet again, and bore a son, and said, In the present time my husband will be with me, for I have born him three sons; therefore she called his name, Levi.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:25 - And it came to pass on the third day, when they were in pain, the two sons of Jacob, Symeon and Levi, Dina's brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city securely, and slew every male.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:30 - And Jacob said to Symeon and Levi, Ye have made me hateful so that I should be evil to all the inhabitants of the land, both among the Chananites and the Pherezites, and I am few in number; they will gather themselves against me and cut me in pieces, and I shall be utterly destroyed, and my house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:23 - The sons of Lea, the first-born of Jacob; Ruben, Symeon, Levi, Judas, Issachar, Zabulon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:11 - And the sons of Levi; Gerson, Cath, and Merari.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:5 - Symeon and Levi, brethren, accomplished the injustice of their cutting off.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:2 - Ruben, Simeon, Levi, Judas,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:1 - And there was a certain man of the tribe of Levi, who took to wife one of the daughters of Levi.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:16 - And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their kindreds, Gedson, Caath, and Merari; and the years of the life of Levi were a hundred and thirty-seven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:19 - And the sons of Merari, Moöli, and Omusi, these are the houses of the families of Levi, according to their kindreds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:26 - then stood Moses at the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the Lord's side? let him come to me. Then all the sons of Levi came to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:28 - And the sons of Levi did as Moses spoke to them, and there fell of the people in that day to the number of three thousand men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:49

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:49 - See, thou shalt not muster the tribe of Levi, and thou shalt not take their numbers, in the midst of the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:6 - Take the tribe of Levi, and thou shalt set them before Aaron the priest, and they shall minister to him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:15 - Take the number of the sons of Levi, according to the houses of their families, according to their divisions; number ye them every male from a month old and upwards.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:17 - And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gedson, Caath, and Merari.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:2 - Take the sum of the children of Caath from the midst of the sons of Levi, after their families, according to the houses of their fathers' households;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:1 - And Core the son of Isaar the son of Caath the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiron, sons of Eliab, and Aun the son of Phaleth the son of Ruben, spoke;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:7 - and put fire on them, and put incense on them before the Lord to-morrow; and it shall come to pass that the man whom the Lord has chosen, he shall be holy: let it be enough for you, ye sons of Levi.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:8 - And Moses said to Core, Hearken to me, ye sons of Levi.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:10 - and he has brought thee near and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee, and do ye seek to be priests also?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:3 - (LXX 17:18) And write the name of Aaron on the rod of Levi; for it is one rod for each: they shall give them according to the tribe of the house of their families.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:8 - (LXX 17:23) And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi blossomed, and put forth a bud, and bloomed blossoms and produced almonds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:2 - And take to thyself thy brethren the tribe of Levi, the family of thy father, and let them be joined to thee, and let them minister to thee; and thou and thy sons with thee shall minister before the tabernacle of witness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:21 - And, behold, I have given to the sons of Levi every tithe in Israel for an inheritance for their services, whereinsoever they perform ministry in the tabernacle of witness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:59

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:59 - And the name of his wife was Jochabed, daughter of Levi, who bore these to Levi in Egypt, and she bore to Amram, Aaron and Moses, and Mariam their sister.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 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 near before the Lord, to minister and bless in his name to this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:9 - Therefore the Levites have no part nor inheritance among their brethren; the Lord himself is their inheritance, as he said to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:1 - The priests, the Levites, even the whole tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel; the burnt-offerings of the Lord are their inheritance, they shall eat them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:5 - And the priests the Levites shall come, because the Lord God has chosen them to stand by him, and to [fn]bless in his name, and [fn]by their word shall every controversy and every stroke be decided.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:12 - These shall stand to bless the people on mount Garizin having gone over Jordan; Symeon, Levi, Judas, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:9 - And Moses wrote the words of this law in a book, and gave it to the priests the sons of Levi who bear the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and to the elders of the sons of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:8 - And to Levi he said, Give to Levi his manifestations, and his truth to the holy man, whom they tempted in the temptation; they reviled him at the water of strife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:14 - Only no inheritance was given to the tribe of Levi: the Lord God of Israel, he is their inheritance, as the Lord said to them; and this is the division which Moses made to the children of Israel in Araboth Moab, on the other side of Jordan, by Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:10 - to the sons of Aaron of the family of Caath of the sons of Levi, for the lot [fn]fell to these.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:31 - And he made houses on the high places, and made priests of any part of the people, who were not of the sons of Levi.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:1 - These are the names of the sons of Israel;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:1 - (LXX 5:27) The sons of Levi: Gedson, Caath, and Merari.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:16 - (LXX 6:1) The sons of Levi: Gedson, Caath, and Merari.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:38 - (LXX 6:23) the son of Isaar, the son of Caath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:43 - (LXX 6:28) the son of Jeeth, the son of Gedson, the son of Levi.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:47

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:47 - (LXX 6:32) the son of Mooli, the son of Musi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:18 - and he waited hitherto in the king's gate eastward: these are the gates of the companies of the sons of Levi.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:26 - (LXX 12:27) Of the sons of Levi, four thousand and six hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:6 - But he numbered not Levi and Benjamin among them; for the word of the king was painful to Joab.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:6 - And David divided them into daily courses, for the sons of Levi, for Gedson, Caath, and Merari.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:14 - And as for Moses the man of God, his sons were reckoned to the tribe of Levi.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:24 - These are the sons of Levi according to the houses of their fathers; chiefs of their families according to their numbering, according to the number of their names, according to their polls, doing the works of service of the house of the Lord, from twenty years old and upward.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:20 - And for the sons of Levi that were left, even for the sons of Ambram, Sobael: for the sons of Sobael, Jedia.

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