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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); —
1.
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 2 / 2 (Ezr 8:15–Mal 3:3)

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:15 - Now I assembled H6908 them at the river H5104 that runs H935 to Ahava, H163 where H8033 we camped H2583 for three H7969 days; H3117 and when I observed H995 the people H5971 and the priests, H3548 I did not find H4672 any H4480 Levites H1121 H3881 there. H8033

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:18 - According to the good H2896 hand H3027 of our God H430 upon us they brought H935 us a man H376 of insight H7922 of the sons H1121 of Mahli, H4249 the son H1121 of Levi, H3878 the son H1121 of Israel, H3478 namely Sherebiah, H8274 and his sons H1121 and brothers, H251 18 H8083 H6240 men;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:39 - For the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 and the sons H1121 of Levi H3878 shall bring H935 the contribution H8641 of the grain, H1715 the new H8492 wine H8492 and the oil H3323 to the chambers; H3957 there H8033 are the utensils H3627 of the sanctuary, H4720 the priests H3548 who are ministering, H8334 the gatekeepers H7778 and the singers. H7891 Thus we will not [fn]neglect H5800 the house H1004 of our God. H430

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:23 - The sons H1121 of Levi, H3878 the heads H7218 of fathers’ H1 households, were registered H3789 in the Book H5612 of the Chronicles H1697 H3117 up to the days H3117 of Johanan H3076 the son H1121 of Eliashib. H475

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:20 - O house H1004 of Levi, H3878 bless H1288 the LORD; H3068
You who [fn]revere H3372 the LORD, H3068 bless H1288 the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:46 - but the chamber H3957 which H834 faces H6440 toward H1870 the north H6828 is for the priests H3548 who keep H8104 charge H4931 of the altar. H4196 These H1992 are the sons H1121 of Zadok, H6659 who from the sons H1121 of Levi H3878 come H7131 near H7131 to the LORD H3068 to minister H8334 to Him.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:31 - [fn]shall be the gates H8179 of the city, H5892 [fn]named H5921 H8034 for the tribes H7626 of Israel, H3478 three H7969 gates H8179 toward the north: H6828 the gate H8179 of Reuben, H7205 one; H259 the gate H8179 of Judah, H3063 one; H259 the gate H8179 of Levi, H3878 one. H259

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:13 - the family H4940 of the house H1004 of Levi H3878 by itself H905 and their wives H802 by themselves; H905 the family H4940 of the Shimeites H8097 by itself H905 and their wives H802 by themselves; H905

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:4 - “Then you will know H3045 that I have sent H7971 this H2088 commandment H4687 to you, [fn]that My covenant H1285 may [fn]continue H1961 with Levi,” H3878 says H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts. H6635

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:8 - “But as for you, you have turned H5493 aside H5493 from the way; H1870 you have caused many H7227 to stumble H3782 [fn]by the instruction; H8451 you have [fn]corrupted H7843 the covenant H1285 of Levi,” H3878 says H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts. H6635

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:3 - “He will sit H3427 as a smelter H6884 and purifier H2891 of silver, H3701 and He will purify H2891 the sons H1121 of Levi H3878 and refine H2212 them like gold H2091 and silver, H3701 so that they may present H5066 to the LORD H3068 [fn]offerings H4503 in righteousness. H6666

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