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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

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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 - She conceived again, and bare a son. Said, "Now this time will my husband be joined to me, because I have borne him three sons." Therefore was his name called Levi.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 34:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:25 - It happened on the third day, when they were sore, that two of Ya`akov's sons, Shim`on and Levi, Dinah's brothers, each took his sword, came upon the unsuspecting city, and killed all the males.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 34:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:30 - Ya`akov said to Shim`on and Levi, "You have troubled me, to make me odious to the inhabitants of the land, among the Kana`anim and the Perizzi. I am few in number. They will gather themselves together against me and strike me, and I will be destroyed, I and my house."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:23 - The sons of Le'ah: Re'uven (Ya`akov's firstborn), Shim`on, Levi, Yehudah, Yissakhar, and Zevulun.

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:5 - "Shim`on and Levi are brothers; Weapons of violence are their swords.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:2 - Re'uven, Shim`on, Levi, and Yehudah,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 2:1

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

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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, and Kehat, and Merari; and the years of the life of Levi were one hundred thirty-seven years.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 6:19

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:26 - then Moshe stood in the gate of the camp, and said, "Whoever is on the LORD's side, come to me!" All the sons of Levi gathered themselves together to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:28 - The sons of Levi did according to the word of Moshe: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:49

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:49 - "Only the tribe of Levi you shall not number, neither shall you take a census of them among the children of Yisra'el;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:6 - "Bring the tribe of Levi near, and set them before Aharon the Kohen, that they may minister to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:15 - "Number the children of Levi by their fathers' houses, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shall you number."

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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, and Kehat, and Merari.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:2 - "Take a census of the sons of Kehat from among the sons of Levi, by their families, by their fathers' houses,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:1 - Now Korach, the son of Yitzhar, the son of Kehat, the son of Levi, with Datan and Aviram, the sons of Eli'av, and On, the son of Pelet, sons of Re'uven, took men:

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:7 - and put fire in them, and put incense on them before the LORD tomorrow: and it shall be that the man whom the LORD does choose, he shall be holy: you take too much on you, you sons of Levi.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:8 - Moshe said to Korach, 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, and all your brothers the sons of Levi with you? and seek you the priesthood also?

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:3 - You shall write Aharon's name on the rod of Levi; for there shall be one rod for each head of their fathers' houses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:8 - It happened on the next day, that Moshe went into the tent of the testimony; and, behold, the rod of Aharon for the house of Levi was budded, and put forth buds, and produced blossoms, and bore ripe almonds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:2 - Your brothers also, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, bring you near with you, that they may be joined to you, and minister to you: but you and your sons with you shall be before the tent of the testimony.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:21 - To the children of Levi, behold, I have given all the tithe in Yisra'el for an inheritance, in return for their service which they serve, even the service of the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:59

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:59 - The name of `Amram's wife was Yokheved, the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Mitzrayim: and she bore to `Amram Aharon and Moshe, and Miryam their sister.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:8 - At that time the LORD set apart 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 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:9 - Therefore Levi has no portion nor inheritance with his brothers; the LORD is his inheritance, according as the LORD your God spoke to him.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 18:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:1 - The Kohanim the Levites, even all the tribe of Levi, shall have no portion nor inheritance with Yisra'el: they shall eat the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and his inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 21:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:5 - The Kohanim the sons of Levi shall come near; for them the LORD your God has chosen to minister to him, and to bless in the name of the LORD; and according to their word shall every controversy and every stroke be.

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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 are passed over the Yarden: Shim`on, and Levi, and Yehudah, and Yissakhar, and Yosef, and Binyamin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:9 - Moshe wrote this law, and delivered it to the Kohanim the sons of Levi, who bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and to all the Zakenim of Yisra'el.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:8 - Of Levi he said, Your Tummim and your Urim are with your godly one, Whom you did prove at Massah, With whom you did strive at the waters of Merivah;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:14 - Only to the tribe of Levi he gave no inheritance; the offerings of the LORD, the God of Yisra'el, made by fire are his inheritance, as he spoke to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 13:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:33 - But to the tribe of Levi Moshe gave no inheritance: the LORD, the God of Yisra'el, is their inheritance, as he spoke to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:10 - and they were for the children of Aharon, of the families of the Kehati, who were of the children of Levi; for theirs was the first lot.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:31 - He made houses of high places, and made Kohanim from among all the 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 are the sons of Yisra'el: Re'uven, Shim`on, Levi, and Yehudah, Yissakhar, and Zevulun,

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

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:16 - The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kehat, and Merari.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:38 - the son of Yitzhar, the son of Kehat, the son of Levi, the son of Yisra'el.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:43 - the son of Yachat, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:47

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:47 - the son of Machli, 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 - who hitherto waited in the king's gate eastward: they were the porters for the camp of the children of Levi.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:26 - Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:6 - But he didn't count Levi and Binyamin among them; for the king's word was abominable to Yo'av.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:6 - David divided them into courses according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kehat, and Merari.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:14 - But as for Moshe the man of God, his sons were named among the tribe of Levi.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:24 - These were the sons of Levi after their fathers' houses, even the heads of the fathers' houses of those of those who were counted, in the number of names by their polls, who did the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from twenty years old and upward.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 24:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:20 - Of the rest of the sons of Levi: of the sons of `Amram, Shuva'el; of the sons of Shuva'el, Yechdeyahu.

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