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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 became pregnant again and had another son. She said, "Now this time my husband will show me affection, because I have given birth to three sons for him." That is why he was named Levi.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:25 - In three days, when they were still in pain, two of Jacob's sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, each took his sword and went to the unsuspecting city and slaughtered every male.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:30 - Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "You have brought ruin on me by making me a foul odor among the inhabitants of the land - among the Canaanites and the Perizzites. I am few in number; they will join forces against me and attack me, and both I and my family will be destroyed!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:23 - The sons of Leah were Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, as well as Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 46:11

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:5 - Simeon and Levi are brothers, weapons of violence are their knives!

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:2 - Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:1 - A man from the household of Levi married a woman who was a descendant of Levi.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:16 - Now these are the names of the sons of Levi, according to their records: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. (The length of Levi's life was 137 years.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:19 - The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of Levi, according to their records.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:26 - So Moses stood at the entrance of the camp and said, "Whoever is for the LORD, come to me." All the Levites gathered around him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:28 - The Levites did what Moses ordered, and that day about three thousand men of the people died.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:49 - "Only the tribe of Levi you must not number or count with the other Israelites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:6 - "Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may serve him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:15 - "Number the Levites by their clans and their families; every male from a month old and upward you are to 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, Kohath, and Merari.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:2 - "Take a census of the Kohathites from among the Levites, by their families and by their clans,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:1 - Now Korah son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth, who were Reubenites, took men

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:7 - put fire in them, and set incense on them before the LORD tomorrow, and the man whom the LORD chooses will be holy. You take too much upon yourselves, you sons of Levi!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:8 - Moses said to Korah, "Listen now, you sons of Levi!

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:10 - He has brought you near and all your brothers, the sons of Levi, with you. Do you now seek the priesthood also?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:3 - You must write Aaron's name on the staff of Levi; for one staff is for the head of every tribe.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:8 - On the next day Moses went into the tent of the testimony - and the staff of Aaron for the house of Levi had sprouted, and brought forth buds, and produced blossoms, and yielded almonds!

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:2 - "Bring with you your brothers, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, so that they may join with you and minister to you while you and your sons with you are before the tent of the testimony.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:21 - See, I have given the Levites all the tithes in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they perform - the service of the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:59

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:59 - Now the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt. And to Amram she bore Aaron, Moses, and Miriam 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 carry the ark of the LORD's covenant, to stand before the LORD to serve him, and to formulate blessings in his name, as they do to this very day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:9 - Therefore Levi has no allotment or inheritance among his brothers; the LORD is his inheritance just as the LORD your God told him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 18:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:1 - The Levitical priests - indeed, the entire tribe of Levi - will have no allotment or inheritance with Israel; they may eat the burnt offerings of the LORD and of his inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 21:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:5 - Then the Levitical priests will approach (for the LORD your God has chosen them to serve him and to pronounce blessings in his name, and to decide every judicial verdict)

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 27:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:12 - "The following tribes must stand to bless the people on Mount Gerizim when you cross the Jordan: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:9 - Then Moses wrote down this law and gave it to the Levitical priests, who carry the ark of the LORD's covenant, and to all Israel's elders.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:8 - Of Levi he said: Your Thummim and Urim belong to your godly one, whose authority you challenged at Massah, and with whom you argued at the waters of Meribah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:14 - However, Moses did not assign land as an inheritance to the Levites; their inheritance is the sacrificial offerings made to the LORD God of Israel, as he instructed them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:33 - However, Moses did not assign land as an inheritance to the Levites; their inheritance is the LORD God of Israel, as he instructed them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:10 - They were assigned to the Kohathite clans of the Levites who were descendants of Aaron, for the first lot belonged to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:31 - He built temples on the high places and appointed as priests people who were not Levites.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:1 - These were the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah; Issachar and Zebulun;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:1 - (5:27) The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:16 - (6:1) The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:38 - son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, son of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:43

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:47

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:47 - son of Mahli, son of Mushi, son of Merari, son of Levi.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:18 - he serves to this day at the King's Gate on the east. These were the gatekeepers from the camp of the descendants of Levi.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:26 - From Levi there were 4,600.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:6 - Now Joab did not number Levi and Benjamin, for the king's edict disgusted him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:6 - David divided them into groups corresponding to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:14 - The descendants of Moses the man of God were considered Levites.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:24 - These were the descendants of Levi according to their families, that is, the leaders of families as counted and individually listed who carried out assigned tasks in the LORD's temple and were twenty years old and up.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 24:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:20 - The rest of the Levites included: Shubael from the sons of Amram, Jehdeiah from the sons of Shubael,

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