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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 65 times in 59 verses in '2Ch' in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (2Ch 5:4–2Ch 34:30)

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:4 - Then all the elders of Israel came, and the Levites H3881 picked up the ark.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:5 - They brought up the ark, the tent of meeting, and all the holy utensils that were in the tent. The Levitical H3881 priests brought them up.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:12 - and all the Levitical H3881 singers, Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and kinsmen, clothed in fine linen, with cymbals, harps, and lyres, standing east of the altar, and with them 120 priests blowing trumpets
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:6 - The priests stood at their posts, and the Levites H3881 also, with the musical instruments for the LORD, which King David had made for giving praise to the LORD—“for His faithfulness is everlasting”—whenever David gave praise through their [fn]ministry; the priests on the other side blew trumpets and all Israel was standing.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:14 -

Now according to the ordinance of his father David, he appointed the divisions of the priests for their service, and the Levites H3881 for their duties of praise and ministering before the priests according to the daily rule, and the gatekeepers by their divisions at every gate; for this is what David, the man of God, had commanded.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:15 - And they did not deviate from the commandment of the king to the priests and Levites H3881 in any matter or regarding the storehouses.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:13 -

Moreover, the priests and the Levites H3881 who were in all Israel also stood with him from all their districts.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:14 - For the Levites H3881 left their pasture lands and their property and went to Judah and Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his sons had excluded them from serving as priests to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:9 - “Have you not driven out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron and the Levites H3881, and made for yourselves priests like the peoples of other lands? Whoever comes to consecrate himself with a bull and seven rams, even he may become a priest of things that are not gods.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:10 - “But as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not abandoned Him; and the sons of Aaron are ministering to the LORD as priests, and the Levites H3881 [fn]attend to their work.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:8 - and with them the Levites H3881, Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tobadonijah, the Levites H3881; and with them the priests Elishama and Jehoram.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:8 -

In Jerusalem Jehoshaphat also appointed some of the Levites H3881 and priests, and some of the heads of the fathers’ households of Israel, for the judgment of the LORD, and [fn]to judge disputes among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:11 - “Behold, Amariah the chief priest will be over you in every matter [fn]that pertains to the LORD, and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, in all that pertains to the king. Also the Levites H3881 shall be officers before you. [fn]Act resolutely, and may the LORD be with the upright.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:14 - Then in the midst of the assembly the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, the Levite H3881 of the sons of Asaph;
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:19 - The Levites H3881, from the sons of the Kohathites and from the sons of the Korahites, stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel, with a very loud voice.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:2 - And they went throughout Judah and gathered the Levites H3881 from all the cities of Judah, and the heads of the fathers’ households of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:4 - “This is the thing which you shall do: a third of you, of the priests and Levites H3881 who come in on the Sabbath, shall be gatekeepers,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:6 - “But no one is to enter the house of the LORD except the priests and the ministering Levites H3881; they may enter, for they are holy. And all the people are to keep the command of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:7 - “The Levites H3881 will surround the king, each man with his weapons in his hand; and whoever enters the house is to be put to death. Therefore be with the king when he comes in and when he goes out.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:8 -

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 - Moreover, Jehoiada placed the offices of the house of the LORD under the [fn]authority of the Levitical H3881 priests, whom David had assigned over the house of the LORD, to offer the burnt offerings of the LORD, as it is written in the Law of Moses—with rejoicing and singing according to the [fn]order of David.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:5 - He gathered the priests and Levites H3881 and said to them, “Go out to the cities of Judah and collect money from all Israel to [fn]repair the house of your God annually, and you shall [fn]do the work quickly.” But the Levites H3881 did not act quickly.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:6 - So the king summoned 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 [fn]contribution of Moses, the servant of the LORD, and the congregation of Israel, for the tent of the testimony?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:11 - It happened that whenever the chest was brought to the king’s officer by the Levites H3881, and they saw that the money was substantial, the king’s scribe and the chief priest’s officer would come and empty the chest, and pick it up and return it to its place. They did this daily and collected a large amount of money.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:4 - He brought in the priests and the Levites H3881 and gathered them into the public square on the east.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:5 - Then he said to them, “Listen to me, you Levites H3881. Consecrate yourselves now, and consecrate the house of the LORD, the God of your fathers, and carry the uncleanness out of 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 into the inner part of the house of the LORD to cleanse it, and they brought every unclean thing which they found in the temple of the LORD out to the courtyard of the house of the LORD. Then the Levites H3881 received it to carry out to the Kidron [fn]Valley.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:25 -

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

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:26 - 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 the LORD with the words of David and Asaph the seer. So they sang praises with joy, 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 finished and the other priests had consecrated themselves. For the Levites H3881 were more [fn]conscientious to consecrate themselves 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 consecrated themselves and brought burnt offerings to the house of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:16 - They stood at their stations following their custom, according to the Law of Moses the man of God; the priests sprinkled 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 consecrated themselves; therefore, the Levites H3881 were in charge of the slaughter of the Passover lambs for everyone who was unclean, in order to consecrate them to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:21 - The sons of Israel present in Jerusalem celebrated the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days with great joy, and the Levites H3881 and the priests were praising the LORD day after day with loud instruments to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:22 - Then Hezekiah spoke [fn]encouragingly to all the Levites H3881 who showed good insight in the things of the LORD. So they ate for the appointed seven days, sacrificing peace offerings and giving thanks to the LORD God of their fathers.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:25 - All the assembly of Judah rejoiced, with the priests and the Levites H3881 and all the assembly that came from Israel, both the strangers who came from the land of Israel and those living in Judah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:27 - Then the Levitical H3881 priests stood and blessed the people; and their voice was heard and their prayer came to His holy dwelling place, to heaven.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:2 -

And Hezekiah appointed 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 serve and to give thanks and to praise in the gates of the camp of the LORD.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:4 - Also he told the people who lived in Jerusalem to give the portion due to the priests and the Levites H3881, so that they might devote themselves to the Law of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:9 - Then Hezekiah questioned the priests and the Levites H3881 concerning the heaps.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:12 - They faithfully brought in the contributions, the tithes, and the consecrated things; and Conaniah the Levite H3881 was the officer in charge of them, and his brother Shimei was second.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:14 - Kore the son of Imnah the Levite H3881, the keeper of the eastern gate, was in charge of the [fn]voluntary offerings for God, to distribute the contributions for the LORD and the most holy things.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:17 - as well as the priests who were enrolled genealogically according to their fathers’ households, and the Levites H3881 from twenty years old and upward, by their duties 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 enrolled among the Levites H3881.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:9 - 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 collected [fn]from Manasseh and Ephraim, and from all the remnant of Israel, from all Judah and Benjamin and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:12 - The men did the work faithfully with foremen over them to supervise: 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 in charge of the burden bearers, and supervised all the workmen from job to job; and some of the Levites H3881 were scribes, and officials, and gatekeepers.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:30 - The king went up to the house of the LORD [fn]with all the men of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the priests, the Levites H3881, and all the people, from the greatest to the least; and he read in their [fn]presence all the words of the Book of the Covenant which was found in the house of the LORD.

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