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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
Root Word (Etymology)
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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 - concepit tertio et genuit alium dixitque nunc quoque copulabitur mihi maritus meus eo quod pepererim illi tres filios et idcirco appellavit nomen eius Levi

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:25 - et ecce die tertio quando gravissimus vulnerum dolor est arreptis duo Iacob filii Symeon et Levi fratres Dinae gladiis ingressi sunt urbem confidenter interfectisque omnibus masculis

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:30 - quibus patratis audacter Iacob dixit ad Symeon et Levi turbastis me et odiosum fecistis Chananeis et Ferezeis habitatoribus terrae huius nos pauci sumus illi congregati percutient me et delebor ego et domus mea

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:23 - filii Liae primogenitus Ruben et Symeon et Levi et Iudas et Isachar et Zabulon

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:11 - filii Levi Gerson Caath et Merari

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:5 - Symeon et Levi fratres vasa iniquitatis bellantia

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:2 - Ruben Symeon Levi Iuda

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:1 - egressus est post haec vir de domo Levi accepta uxore stirpis suae

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:16 - et haec nomina filiorum Levi per cognationes suas Gerson et Caath et Merari anni autem vitae Levi fuerunt centum triginta septem

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:19 - filii Merari Mooli et Musi hae cognationes Levi per familias suas

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:26 - et stans in porta castrorum ait si quis est Domini iungatur mihi congregatique sunt ad eum omnes filii Levi

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:28 - fecerunt filii Levi iuxta sermonem Mosi cecideruntque in die illo quasi tria milia hominum

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:49 - tribum Levi noli numerare neque ponas summam eorum cum filiis Israhel

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:6 - adplica tribum Levi et fac stare in conspectu Aaron sacerdotis ut ministrent ei et excubent

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:15 - numera filios Levi per domos patrum suorum et familias omnem masculum ab uno mense et supra

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:17 - et inventi sunt filii Levi per nomina sua Gerson et Caath et Merari

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:2 - tolle summam filiorum Caath de medio Levitarum per domos et familias suas

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:1 - ecce autem Core filius Isaar filii Caath filii Levi et Dathan atque Abiram filii Heliab Hon quoque filius Pheleth de filiis Ruben

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:7 - et hausto cras igne ponite desuper thymiama coram Domino et quemcumque elegerit ipse erit sanctus multum erigimini filii Levi

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:8 - dixitque rursum ad Core audite filii Levi

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:10 - idcirco ad se fecit accedere te et omnes fratres tuos filios Levi ut vobis etiam sacerdotium vindicetis

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:3 - nomen autem Aaron erit in tribu Levi et una virga cunctas eorum familias continebit

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:8 - sequenti die regressus invenit germinasse virgam Aaron in domo Levi et turgentibus gemmis eruperant flores qui foliis dilatatis in amigdalas deformati sunt

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:2 - sed et fratres tuos de tribu Levi et sceptro patris tui sume tecum praestoque sint et ministrent tibi tu autem et filii tui ministrabitis in tabernaculo testimonii

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:21 - filiis autem Levi dedi omnes decimas Israhelis in possessionem pro ministerio quo serviunt mihi in tabernaculo foederis

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:59 - qui habuit uxorem Iochabed filiam Levi quae nata est ei in Aegypto haec genuit viro suo Amram filios Aaron et Mosen et Mariam sororem eorum

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:8 - eo tempore separavit tribum Levi ut portaret arcam foederis Domini et staret coram eo in ministerio ac benediceret in nomine illius usque in praesentem diem

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:9 - quam ob rem non habuit Levi partem neque possessionem cum fratribus suis quia ipse Dominus possessio eius est sicut promisit ei Dominus Deus tuus

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:1 - non habebunt sacerdotes et Levitae et omnes qui de eadem tribu sunt partem et hereditatem cum reliquo Israhel quia sacrificia Domini et oblationes eius comedent

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 21:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:5 - accedentque sacerdotes filii Levi quos elegerit Dominus Deus tuus ut ministrent ei et benedicant in nomine eius et ad verbum eorum omne negotium et quicquid mundum vel inmundum est iudicetur

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:12 - hii stabunt ad benedicendum Domino super montem Garizim Iordane transmisso Symeon Levi Iudas Isachar Ioseph et Beniamin

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:9 - scripsit itaque Moses legem hanc et tradidit eam sacerdotibus filiis Levi qui portabant arcam foederis Domini et cunctis senioribus Israhelis

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:8 - Levi quoque ait perfectio tua et doctrina tua viro sancto tuo quem probasti in Temptatione et iudicasti ad aquas Contradictionis

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:14 - tribui autem Levi non dedit possessionem sed sacrificia et victimae Domini Dei Israhel ipsa est eius hereditas sicut locutus est illi

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:33 - tribui autem Levi non dedit possessionem quoniam Dominus Deus Israhel ipse est possessio eius ut locutus est illi

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:10 - filiis Aaron per familias Caath levitici generis prima enim sors illis egressa est

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:31 - et fecit fana in excelsis et sacerdotes de extremis populi qui non erant de filiis Levi

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:1 - filii autem Israhel Ruben Symeon Levi Iuda Isachar et Zabulon

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:1 - filii Levi Gersom Caath Merari

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:16 - filii ergo Levi Gersom Caath et Merari

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:38 - filii Isaar filii Caath filii Levi filii Israhel

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:43 - filii Ieth filii Gersom filii Levi

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:47 - filii Mooli filii Musi filii Merari filii Levi

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:18 - usque ad illud tempus in porta Regis ad orientem observabant per vices suas de filiis Levi

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:26 - de filiis Levi quattuor milia sescenti

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:6 - nam Levi et Beniamin non numeravit eo quod invitus exsequeretur regis imperium

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:6 - et distribuit eos David per vices filiorum Levi Gersom videlicet et Caath et Merari

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:14 - Mosi quoque hominis Dei filii adnumerati sunt in tribu Levi

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:24 - hii filii Levi in cognationibus et familiis suis principes per vices et numerum capitum singulorum qui faciebant opera ministerii domus Domini a viginti annis et supra

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 24:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:20 - porro filiorum Levi qui reliqui fuerant de filiis Amram erat Subahel et filiis Subahel Iedeia

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