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Lexicon :: Strong's H3879 - lēvay

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לֵוַי
Transliteration
lēvay
Pronunciation
lay-vee'
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Part of Speech
masculine patrial noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Corresponding to לִוְיָה (H3880)
Strong’s Definitions

לֵוִי Lêvîy, lay-vee'; (Aramaic) corresponding to H3880:—Levite.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's H3879 in the following manner: Levite (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's H3879 in the following manner: Levite (4x).

  1. Levite = see Levi "joined to"

    1. the descendants of Levi, the 3rd son of Jacob by Leah

      1. the tribe descended from Levi specially set aside by God for His service

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
לֵוִי Lêvîy, lay-vee'; (Aramaic) corresponding to H3880:—Levite.
STRONGS H3879: Abbreviations

Biblical Aramaic

† [לֵוָי] name, of a people Levite (Biblical Hebrew H3878 לִוֵי); — plural emphatic לויא Kt, לְוָאֵי Qr (K§§ 61, 6); 52. d), Ezra 6:16, Ezra 6:18; Ezra 7:13, Ezra 7:24 (all + priests).
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Ezra

6:16; 6:18; 7:13; 7:24

H3879

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3879 matches the Hebrew לֵוַי (lēvay),
which occurs 4 times in 4 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:16 - And the children H1123 of Israel, H3479 the priests, H3549 and the Levites, H3879 and the rest H7606 of the children H1123 of the captivity, H1547 kept H5648 the dedication H2597 of this H1836 house H1005 of God H426 with joy, H2305

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:18 - And they set H6966 the priests H3549 in their divisions, H6392 and the Levites H3879 in their courses, H4255 for H5922 the service H5673 of God, H426 which is at Jerusalem; H3390 as it is written H3792 in the book H5609 of Moses. H4873

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:13 - I H4481 make H7761 a decree, H2942 that all H3606 they of H4481 the people H5972 of Israel, H3479 and of his priests H3549 and Levites, H3879 in my realm, H4437 which are minded of their own freewill H5069 to go up H1946 to Jerusalem, H3390 go H1946 with thee. H5974

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:24 - Also we certify H3046 you, that touching any H3606 of the priests H3549 and Levites, H3879 singers, H2171 porters, H8652 Nethinims, H5412 or ministers H6399 of this H1836 house H1005 of God, H426 it shall not H3809 be lawful H7990 to impose H7412 toll, H4061 tribute, H1093 or custom, H1983 upon H5922 them.
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