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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

4:11; 6:19; 6:25; 38:21

Leviticus

25:32; 25:33

Numbers

1:47; 1:50; 1:51; 1:53; 2:17; 2:33; 3; 3:9; 3:12; 3:20; 3:32; 3:39; 4:18; 4:46; 7:5; 7:6; 8; 8:6; 8:19; 18:6; 18:23; 18:24; 18:26; 18:30; 26:57

Deuteronomy

10:8; 12:12; 12:18; 12:19; 14:27; 14:29; 16:1; 16:14; 17:9; 17:18; 18:1; 18:6; 18:7; 24:8; 26:10; 26:12; 26:13; 27:9; 27:14; 31:25

Joshua

3:3; 8:33; 13:14; 13:33; 14:3; 14:4; 18:7; 21:1; 21:3; 21:4; 21:8; 21:20; 21:27; 21:34; 21:38; 21:39

Judges

17:1; 17:9; 17:10; 17:11; 17:12; 17:13; 18:3; 18:15; 19:1; 20:4

1 Samuel

6:15

2 Samuel

15:24

1 Kings

8:3; 8:4

1 Chronicles

6:33; 6:49; 9:2; 9:10; 9:14; 9:26; 9:31; 9:33; 9:34; 12:26; 12:27; 13:2; 15:2; 15:4; 15:11; 15:12; 15:14; 15:15; 15:16; 15:17; 15:22; 15:26; 15:27; 16:4; 23:2; 23:14; 23:26; 24:6; 24:6; 24:30; 24:31; 26:17

2 Chronicles

5:4; 5:5; 5:12; 11:14; 17:8; 20:14; 23:18; 29:12; 29:25; 29:30; 30:27; 31:12; 31:14; 34:12; 34:12; 35:5

Ezra

2:40; 8:20; 8:33; 10:15

Nehemiah

3:17; 7:1; 7:43; 8:7; 9:5; 10:1; 10:1; 10:10; 10:29; 10:39; 11:15; 11:16; 12:8; 12:24; 12:27; 13:5; 13:10

Psalms

135:20

Isaiah

66:21; 66:21

Jeremiah

33:18; 33:21; 33:22

Ezekiel

43:19; 44:10; 44:15; 45:4; 45:5; 48:11; 48:12; 48:13; 48:22

Malachi

2:8

H3881

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3881 matches the Hebrew לְוִי (lᵊvî),
which occurs 43 times in 37 verses in 'Neh' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:17 - post eum aedificaverunt Levitae Reum filius Benni post eum aedificavit Asebias princeps dimidiae partis vici Ceilae in vico suo

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:1 - postquam autem aedificatus est murus et posui valvas et recensui ianitores et cantores et Levitas

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:43

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:43 - filii Iosue et Cadmihel filiorum

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:73

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:73 - habitaverunt autem sacerdotes et Levitae et ianitores et cantores et reliquum vulgus et Nathinnei et omnis Israhel in civitatibus suis

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:7 - porro Hiesue et Baani et Serebia Iamin Accub Septhai Odia Maasia Celita Azarias Iozabed Anam Phalaia Levitae silentium faciebant in populo ad audiendam legem populus autem stabat in gradu suo

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:9 - dixit autem Neemias ipse est Athersatha et Ezras sacerdos scriba et Levitae interpretantes universo populo dies sanctificatus est Domino Deo nostro nolite lugere et nolite flere flebat enim omnis populus cum audiret verba legis

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:11 - Levitae autem silentium faciebant in omni populo dicentes tacete quia dies sanctus est et nolite dolere

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:13 - et in die secundo congregati sunt principes familiarum universi populi sacerdotes et Levitae ad Ezram scribam ut interpretaretur eis verba legis

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:4 - surrexit autem super gradum Levitarum Iosue et Bani Cedmihel Sebnia Bani Sarebias Bani Chanani et inclamaverunt voce magna Dominum Deum suum

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:5 - et dixerunt Levitae Iosue et Cedmihel Bonni Asebia Serebia Odoia Sebna Fataia surgite benedicite Domino Deo vestro ab aeterno usque in aeternum et benedicant nomini gloriae tuae excelso in omni benedictione et laude

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:38

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:38 - super omnibus ergo his nos ipsi percutimus foedus et scribimus et signant principes nostri Levitae nostri et sacerdotes nostri

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:9 - porro Levitae Iosue filius Azaniae Bennui de filiis Enadad Cedmihel

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 10:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:28 - et reliqui de populo sacerdotes Levitae ianitores et cantores Nathinnei et omnes qui se separaverunt de populis terrarum ad legem Dei uxores eorum filii eorum et filiae eorum

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 10:34

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:34 - sortes ergo misimus super oblatione lignorum inter sacerdotes et Levitas et populos ut inferrentur in domum Dei nostri per domos patrum nostrorum per tempora a temporibus anni usque ad annum ut arderent super altare Domini Dei nostri sicut scriptum est in lege Mosi

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 10:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:37 - et primitias ciborum nostrorum et libaminum nostrorum et poma omnis ligni vindemiae quoque et olei adferemus sacerdotibus ad gazofilacium Dei nostri et decimam partem terrae nostrae Levitis ipsi Levitae decimas accipient ex omnibus civitatibus operum nostrorum

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 10:38

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:38 - erit autem sacerdos filius Aaron cum Levitis in decimis Levitarum et Levitae offerent decimam partem decimae suae in domum Dei nostri ad gazofilacium in domo thesauri

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:3 - hii sunt itaque principes provinciae qui habitaverunt in Hierusalem et in civitatibus Iuda habitavit unusquisque in possessione sua in urbibus suis Israhel sacerdotes Levitae Nathinnei et filii servorum Salomonis

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 11:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:15 - et de Levitis Sebenia filius Asob filius Azaricam filius Asabia filius Boni

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 11:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:16 - et Sabathai et Iozabed super opera quae erant forinsecus in domo Dei a principibus Levitarum

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 11:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:18 - omnes Levitae in civitate sancta ducenti octoginta quattuor

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 11:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:20 - et reliqui ex Israhel sacerdotes et Levitae in universis civitatibus Iuda unusquisque in possessione sua

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 11:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:22 - et episcopus Levitarum in Hierusalem Azzi filius Bani filius Asabiae filius Matthaniae filius Michae de filiis Asaph cantores in ministerio domus Dei

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 11:36

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:36 - et de Levitis partitiones Iuda et Beniamin

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:1 - hii autem sacerdotes et Levitae qui ascenderunt cum Zorobabel filio Salathihel et Iosue Saraia Hieremias Ezra

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:8 - porro Levitae Iesua Bennui Cedmihel Sarabia Iuda Mathanias super hymnos ipsi et fratres eorum

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:22 - Levitae in diebus Eliasib et Ioiada et Ionan et Ieddoa scripti principes familiarum et sacerdotes in regno Darii Persae

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:24 - et principes Levitarum Asebia Serebia et Iesue filius Cedmihel et fratres eorum per vices suas ut laudarent et confiterentur iuxta praeceptum David viri Dei et observarent aeque per ordinem

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:27 - in dedicatione autem muri Hierusalem requisierunt Levitas de omnibus locis suis ut adducerent eos in Hierusalem et facerent dedicationem et laetitiam in actione gratiarum et in cantico in cymbalis psalteriis et citharis

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:30 - et mundati sunt sacerdotes et Levitae et mundaverunt populum et portas et murum

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:44

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:44 - [Vulgate 12:43] recensuerunt quoque in die illa viros super gazofilacia thesauri ad libamina et ad primitias et ad decimas ut introferrent per eos principes civitatis in decore gratiarum actionis sacerdotes et Levitas quia laetatus est Iuda in sacerdotibus et Levitis adstantibus

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:47

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:47 - [Vulgate 12:46] et omnis Israhel in diebus Zorobabel et in diebus Neemiae dabat partes cantoribus et ianitoribus per dies singulos et sanctificabant Levitas et Levitae sanctificabant filios Aaron

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:5 - fecit ergo sibi gazofilacium grande et ibi erant ante eum reponentes munera et tus et vasa et decimam frumenti et vini et olei partes Levitarum et cantorum et ianitorum et primitias sacerdotales

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:10 - et cognovi quoniam partes Levitarum non fuissent datae et fugisset unusquisque in regionem suam de Levitis et de cantoribus et de his qui ministrabant

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:13 - et constituimus super horrea Selemiam sacerdotem et Sadoc scribam et Phadaiam de Levitis et iuxta eos Anan filium Zacchur filium Matthaniae quoniam fideles conprobati sunt et ipsis creditae sunt partes fratrum suorum

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:22 - dixi quoque Levitis ut mundarentur et venirent ad custodiendas portas et sanctificandum diem sabbati et pro hoc ergo memento mei Deus meus et parce mihi secundum multitudinem miserationum tuarum

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:29 - recordare Domine Deus meus adversum eos qui polluunt sacerdotium iusque sacerdotale et leviticum

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:30 - igitur mundavi eos ab omnibus alienigenis et constitui ordines sacerdotum et Levitarum unumquemque in ministerio suo
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