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Lexicon :: Strong's H3881 - lᵊvî

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לְוִי
Transliteration
lᵊvî
Pronunciation
lay-vee-ee'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
Patronymically from לֵוִי (H3878)
Strong’s Definitions

לֵוִיִּי Lêvîyîy, lay-vee-ee'; or לֵוִי Lêvîy; patronymically from H3878; a Levite or descendant of Levi:—Leviite.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 286x

The KJV translates Strong's H3881 in the following manner: Levite (286x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 286x
The KJV translates Strong's H3881 in the following manner: Levite (286x).
  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)
לֵוִיִּי Lêvîyîy, lay-vee-ee'; or לֵוִי Lêvîy; patronymically from H3878; a Levite or descendant of Levi:—Leviite.
STRONGS H3881: Abbreviations
II. לֵוִי 291 adjective, of a people Levite; — לֵוִי, + 40 times; plural לֵוִיִּם + 250 times; suffix לְוִיֵּנוּ Nehemiah 10:1; —
† 1. singular of individual, אִישׁ ל׳ Judges 19:1 a certain Levite; predicate וְהוּא ל׳ Judges 17:1 and he was a Levite, so Judges 17:9; with article הַלּ׳ as substantive the Levite Exodus 4:11 (J), Judges 17:10, 11, 12, 13 (as priest), Deuteronomy 18:6; 2 Chronicles 20:14; 31:12, 14; Ezra 10:15; הַנַּעַר הַלּ׳ Judges 18:3, 15; הָאִישׁ הַלּ׳ Judges 20:4. followed usually
† 2. with article הַלֵּוִי as substantive collective the Levites: Exodus 6:19; Numbers 3:20, 32; Numbers 26:57 (all P); Numbers 18:23 (P; charged with service of tabernacle); especially D, Deuteronomy 12:12, 18, 19; Deuteronomy 14:27, 29; Deuteronomy 16:1, 14; Deuteronomy 26:10, 12, 13; also 1 Chronicles 24:6; Malachi 2:8 (as priestly tribe); שֵׁבָט הַלּ׳ Deuteronomy 10:8 tribe of the Levites (set apart for service), compare Joshua 13:14, 33; 1 Chronicles 23:14; בְּנֵיהַֿלֵּוִי 1 Chronicles 12:27 (van d. H 1 Chronicles 12:26) sons of the Levites (i.e. of the tribe); so Nehemiah 10:40 [Nehemiah 10:39] (as tithe-collectors); בֵּית הַלֵּוִי Psalm 135:20 house (family, tribe) of the Levites.
3. plural לְוִיִּם chiefly Chronicles and P; — always with article ַֽֽֽהלְוִיִּם except suffix לוִיֵּנוּ Nehemiah 10:1; the article is omitted by Greek Version of the LXX Vulgate and most in Isaiah 66:21; always = substantive Levites; — 1.
† a. earlier usage: — as bearing the ark 1 Samuel 6:15; 2 Samuel 15:24; Deuteronomy 31:25, so (with priests) 1 Kings 8:4 2 Chronicles 5:5 (HCT הכהנים הַל׳; read probably וְהַל׳ as in Kings, Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Vulgate compare Öttli VB); also 1 Chronicles is 1 Chronicles 15:2, 1 Chronicles 15:26, 1 Chronicles 15:27; 1 Chronicles 23:26; 2 Chronicles 5:4 (for הכהנים || 1 Kings 8:3).
† b. not distinguished from priests by D: הַכֹּהֲנִים הַל׳ Deuteronomy 17:9, 18; Deuteronomy 18:1; Deuteronomy 24:8; Deuteronomy 27:9; Joshua 3:3; Joshua 8:33 (both D; as bearing ark), also Jeremiah 33:18, 21 ׅ הַכ׳ (הַל׳, Ezekiel 43:19; Ezekiel 44:15; compare Deuteronomy 18:7; Deuteronomy 27:14; Jeremiah 33:22; הַל׳ הַכ׳ likewise 2 Chronicles 23:18; 30:27 (but read probably וְהַל׳ after Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Vulgate, compare Öttli and below)
† c. as tribal designation, Exodus 6:25; Numbers 3:39; Numbers 4:18, 46; Joshua 21:1 (all P), 1 Chronicles 9:33, 34; 1 Chronicles 15:12; 2 Chronicles 35:5; Nehemiah 11:15, 16; Nehemiah 12:24; with reference to share in land Leviticus 25:32 (twice in verse); Leviticus 25:33 (twice in verse) (H), Numbers 1:47; Numbers 2:33; Joshua 14:3, 4; Joshua 21:3, 4, 8, 20, 27, 34, 38, 39 (all P), Joshua 18:7 (D), 1 Chronicles 6:49; compare also † 2 Chronicles 11:14.
d. set apart for service in tabernacle, Exodus 38:21; Numbers 1:50, 51 (twice in verse); Numbers 1:53 (twice in verse); Numbers 2:17; Numbers 7:5, 6; Numbers 8:6 + 18 times Numbers 8 (all p), compare 1 Chronicles 6:33; 1 Chronicles 16:4; ministers to Aaron and his sons Numbers 3:9; Numbers 8:19; Numbers 18:6 (P); set apart for י׳ (as redemption for first-born) Numbers 3:12 (twice in verse) + 7 times Numbers 3 (P); with certain perquisites Numbers 18:24, 26, 30 + 9 times Numbers (P).
2. in Chronicles the tribal idea is in the background, and thought of Levites as official class is prominent:
a. distinguished from priests וְהַל׳ הַכ׳ 1 Chronicles 9:14 (compare 1 Chronicles 9:10), 1 Chronicles 13:2; 1 Chronicles 15:4, 11, 14; 1 Chronicles 23:2; 1 Chronicles 24:6, 31 + 67 times Chronicles; also Isaiah 66:21 (according to Vrss., but dubious), Ezekiel 44:10; Ezekiel 45:5 (compare Ezekiel 45:4), Ezekiel 48:11, 12, 13, 22.
b. as porters, 1 Chronicles 9:26; 1 Chronicles 26:17, compare 1 Chronicles 34:9; as in charge of music, 1 Chronicles 15:16, 17, 22; 2 Chronicles 5:12; 29:25, 30; 34:12; Nehemiah 12:27; yet distinguished from porters and singers, Nehemiah 7:1; Nehemiah 13:5, 10; distinguished also from נְתִינִים 1 Chronicles 9:2; Ezra 8:20; Nehemiah 10:29; further (with various official functions) 1 Chronicles 9:31 + 29 times Chronicles; of groups of individuals, 2 Chronicles 17:8 (twice in verse); 2 Chronicles 29:12; 34:12; Ezra 2:40 = Nehemiah 7:43; Ezra 8:33; Nehemiah 3:17; Nehemiah 9:5; Nehemiah 10:10; Nehemiah 12:8, also Nehemiah 8:7 (omitted וְ; Vulgate BeRy Ryle).
c. בְּנֵיהַֿלְוִיִּם 1 Chronicles 15:15 (bearing ark), 1 Chronicles 24:30 (tribal designation). — See, on Levites, especially GfGeschichte. d. Stammes Levi in MeArchiv i. 68 ff. 208 ff. WeProl. Cap. iv RSOTJC. 435 f., 2nd ed., 360 f. BauPriesterthum 50 f., 68 f., and often.
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H3881

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Strong's Number H3881 matches the Hebrew לְוִי (lᵊvî),
which occurs 286 times in 258 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 4 / 6 (2Ch 23:6–Ezr 6:20)

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:6 - “But let no one enter the house of Yahweh except the priests and the ministering Levites H3881; they may enter, for they are holy. And let all the people keep the charge of Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:7 - “And the Levites H3881 will surround the king, each man with his weapons in his hand; and whoever enters the house, let him be put to death. And be with the king when he comes in and when he goes out.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:8 -

So the Levites H3881 and all Judah did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded. And each one of them took his men who were to come in on the sabbath, with those who were to go out on the sabbath, for Jehoiada the priest did not dismiss any of the divisions.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:18 - And Jehoiada placed the assignments concerning the house of Yahweh in the hand of the Levitical H3881 priests, whom David had divided by lot to be over the house of Yahweh, to offer the burnt offerings of Yahweh, as it is written in the law of Moses—with gladness and singing according to the [fn]order of David.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:5 - And he gathered the priests and Levites H3881 and said to them, “Go out to the cities of Judah and gather money from all Israel to [fn]repair the house of your God [fn]annually, and you shall do the matter quickly.” But the Levites H3881 did not act quickly.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:6 - So the king called for Jehoiada the chief priest and said to him, “Why have you not required the Levites H3881 to bring in from Judah and from Jerusalem the levy fixed by Moses the servant of Yahweh on the congregation of Israel for the tent of the testimony?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:11 - Now it happened that whenever the chest was brought in to the king’s officer by the hand of the Levites H3881, and when they saw that there was much money, then the king’s scribe and the chief priest’s officer would come, empty the chest, take it, and return it to its place. Thus they did daily and collected much money.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:4 - And he brought in the priests and the Levites H3881 and gathered them into the square on the east.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:5 - Then he said to them, “Listen to me, O Levites H3881. Set yourselves apart now as holy, and set apart as holy the house of Yahweh, the God of your fathers, and bring out the impurity from the holy place.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:12 -

Then the Levites H3881 arose:

Mahath, the son of Amasai and Joel the son of Azariah, from the sons of the Kohathites;

and from the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi and Azariah the son of Jehallelel;

and from the Gershonites, Joah the son of Zimmah and Eden the son of Joah;

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:16 - So the priests went in to the inner part of the house of Yahweh to cleanse it, and every unclean thing which they found in the temple of Yahweh they brought out to the court of the house of Yahweh. Then the Levites H3881 received it to bring out to the Kidron [fn]valley, to an outer area.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:25 -

He then caused the Levites H3881 to stand in the house of Yahweh with cymbals, with harps, and with lyres, according to the command of David and of Gad the king’s seer, and of Nathan the prophet; for the command was from Yahweh by the hand of His prophets.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:26 - And the Levites H3881 stood with the musical instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:30 - Moreover, King Hezekiah and the officials ordered the Levites H3881 to sing praises to Yahweh with the words of David and Asaph the seer. So they sang praises with gladness, and bowed down and worshiped.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:34 - But the priests were too few, so that they were unable to skin all the burnt offerings; therefore their brothers the Levites H3881 helped them until the work was completed and until the other priests had set themselves apart as holy. For the Levites H3881 were more upright of heart to set themselves apart as holy than the priests.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:15 - Then they slaughtered the Passover lambs on the fourteenth of the second month. And the priests and Levites H3881 were ashamed of themselves, and set themselves apart as holy and brought burnt offerings to the house of Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:16 - And they stood at their stations according to the legal judgment for them, according to the law of Moses the man of God; the priests splashed the blood which they received from the hand of the Levites H3881.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:17 - For there were many in the assembly who had not set themselves apart as holy; therefore, the Levites H3881 were over the slaughter of the Passover lambs for everyone who was unclean, in order to set them apart as holy to Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:21 - And the sons of Israel present in Jerusalem celebrated the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days with great gladness, and the Levites H3881 and the priests praised Yahweh day after day with loud instruments to Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:22 - Then Hezekiah spoke to the hearts of all the Levites H3881 who showed good insight in the things of Yahweh. So they ate for the appointed seven days, sacrificing peace offerings and giving thanks to Yahweh, the God of their fathers.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:25 - And all the assembly of Judah were glad, with the priests and the Levites H3881 and all the assembly that came from Israel, both the sojourners who came from the land of Israel and those living in Judah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:27 - Then the Levitical H3881 priests arose and blessed the people; and their voice was heard and their prayer came to His holy habitation, to heaven.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:2 -

And Hezekiah set up the divisions of the priests and the Levites H3881 by their divisions, each according to his service, both the priests and the Levites H3881, for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister and to give thanks and to praise in the gates of the camp of Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:4 - Also he said to the people who lived in Jerusalem to give the portion due to the priests and the Levites H3881, that they might be strong in the law of Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:9 - Then Hezekiah inquired of the priests and the Levites H3881 concerning the heaps.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:12 - And they faithfully brought in the contribution and the tithe and the holy things; and Conaniah the Levite H3881 was the officer over them and his brother Shimei was second.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:14 - And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite H3881, the keeper of the eastern gate, was over the freewill offerings of God, to distribute the contributions for Yahweh and the most holy things.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:17 - as well as the priests who were recorded genealogically according to their fathers’ households, and the Levites H3881 from twenty years old and upwards, by their responsibilities and their divisions.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:19 - Also for the sons of Aaron the priests who were in the pasture lands of their cities, or in each and every city, there were men who were designated by name to distribute portions to every male among the priests and to everyone genealogically recorded among the Levites H3881.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:9 - And they came to Hilkiah the high priest and gave him the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites H3881, the [fn]doorkeepers, had gathered from the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and from all the remnant of Israel, and from all Judah and Benjamin and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:12 - And the men did the work faithfully with foremen over them to direct: Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites H3881 of the sons of Merari, Zechariah and Meshullam of the sons of the Kohathites, and the Levites H3881, all who were skillful with musical instruments.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:13 - They were also over those who carried loads, and directed all those who did the work from service to service; and some of the Levites H3881 were scribes and officials and gatekeepers.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:30 - And the king went up to the house of Yahweh and all the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests and the Levites H3881 and all the people, from the greatest to the least; and he read in their hearing all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:3 - He also said to the Levites H3881 who provided understanding to all Israel and who were holy to Yahweh, “Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel built; it will be a burden on your shoulders no longer. Now serve Yahweh your God and His people Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:5 - “Moreover, stand in the holy place according to the sections of the fathers’ households of your brothers the [fn]lay people, and according to the Levites H3881, by division of a father’s household.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:8 - His officials also contributed a freewill offering to the people, the priests, and the Levites H3881. Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, the officers of the house of God, gave to the priests for the Passover offerings 2,600 from the flocks and 300 bulls.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:9 - Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethanel, his brothers, and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, the [fn]officials of the Levites H3881, contributed to the Levites H3881 for the Passover offerings 5,000 from the flocks and 500 bulls.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:10 -

So the service was prepared, and the priests stood at their stations and the Levites H3881 by their divisions according to the king’s commandment.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:11 - And [fn]they slaughtered the Passover animals, and while the priests splashed [fn]the blood received from their hand, the Levites H3881 skinned them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:14 - Afterwards they prepared for themselves and for the priests, because the priests, the sons of Aaron, were offering the burnt offerings and the fat until night; therefore the Levites H3881 prepared for themselves and for the priests, the sons of Aaron.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:15 - The singers, the sons of Asaph, were also at their stations according to the commandment of David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s seer; and the gatekeepers at each gate did not have to turn aside from their service, because the Levites H3881 their brothers prepared for them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:18 - And there had not been celebrated a Passover like it in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; nor had any of the kings of Israel celebrated such a Passover as Josiah celebrated with the priests, the Levites H3881, all Judah and Israel who were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 1:5 -

Then the heads of fathers’ households of Judah and Benjamin and the priests and the Levites H3881 arose, that is of everyone whose spirit God had stirred to go up to rebuild the house of Yahweh which is in Jerusalem.

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:40 -

The Levites H3881:

the sons of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the sons of [fn]Hodaviah, 74.

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:70 -

So the priests and the Levites H3881, some of the people, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants lived in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:8 -

Now in the second year of their coming to the house of God at Jerusalem in the second month, Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak and the rest of their brothers the priests and the Levites H3881, and all who came from the captivity to Jerusalem, began the work and appointed the Levites H3881 from twenty years and older to direct the work of the house of Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:9 - Then Jeshua with his sons and brothers stood united with Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of [fn]Judah and the sons of Henadad with their sons and brothers the Levites H3881, to direct those who do the work in the house of God.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:10 -

So the builders laid the foundation of the temple of Yahweh. Then [fn]the priests stood in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites H3881, the sons of Asaph, with cymbals, to praise Yahweh according to the [fn]directions of King David of Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:12 - Yet many of the priests and Levites H3881 and heads of fathers’ households, the old men who had seen the first house of Yahweh, were weeping with a loud voice when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, while many in loud shouts with gladness were raising their voice,
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:20 - For the priests and the Levites H3881 had cleansed themselves together; all of them were clean. Then they slaughtered the Passover lamb for all the exiles, both for their brothers the priests and for themselves.

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