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Original Word:לֵוִי
Part of Speech:Proper Name Masculine
Transliteration:Leviy
Pronunciation:lay-VEE
Phonetic Spelling:(lay-vee')
Definition:Levi
Meaning:Levi

Word Origin:Derived from the Hebrew root לָוָה (lavah), meaning "to join" or "to attach."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: -Genesis 29:34 (BSB): "Again she conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, 'Now at last my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons.' So he was named Levi."

-Exodus 6:16 (BSB): "These were the names of the sons of Levi according to their records: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Levi lived 137 years."

-Numbers 18:21 (BSB): "Behold, I have given the Levites all the tithes in Israel as an inheritance in return for the work they do, the service of the Tent of Meeting."

10.Corresponding Strong's Greek Entries:

-G3017 (Λευί): Levi, referring to the same individual or tribe in the New Testament context.

Usage:Levi is a proper noun used to refer to the third son of Jacob and Leah, and the ancestor of the tribe of Levi.

Cultural and Historical Background:The name Levi is often associated with the idea of being joined or attached, reflecting Leah's hope that her husband Jacob would become more attached to her after Levi's birth (Genesis 29:34).

Word Origin
of uncertain derivation
Definition
a son of Jacob, also the tribe descended from him
NASB Translation
Levi (65), Levi's (1).

I. (√ and meaning dubious;Genesis 29:34 (J) interpreted asjoined, i. e. husband to wife;Numbers 18:2,4 (P; apparently in word-play) of Levites asjoined to, attendant upon, Aaron; originally asattached to, accompanying Israel from Egypt, Lag^{Or. ii. 20 f.};as attached to, attending upon the ark, Bau^{Priest. 74}; in this case

would be derived from

in priestly sense; Hom^{A. u. A. 1890, 30 f.} proposes Minaean ,lau'ân, priest, compare Id^{Süd-Arab. Chrest. 127}; against all such views see Kau^{SK 1890, 771 f.} We^{Prol. ed. 5, 141; Hist. Israel 145} Sta^{ZAW i (1881), 112 ff.} Gray^{Prop. Names, p. 96}, compare Nö^{ZMG xi (1886). 167}, make name, of a people from (q. v.); compare a further suggestion We^{Skizzen iii. 114}) — ()(); —

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 []Exodus 2:1 (E),Numbers 26:59 (P).

Exodus 2:1 (E), and (with reference to tribe; late)Numbers 17:23,Zechariah 12:13.

oftenExodus 32:26,28 (E),Joshua 21:10 (P), with tribal referenceNumbers 3:15;Numbers 4:2;Numbers 18:21 (charged with service of tabernacle, and hence to receive tithes; all P); as priestsDeuteronomy 21:5;Deuteronomy 31:9, compareMalachi 3:3, and1 Kings 12:31; from the the Zadokites are selected as priestsEzekiel 40:46; according to1 Chronicles 9:18;1 Chronicles 23:24,27 are subordinate officials in temple (compare1 Chronicles 23:28f.), compare1 Chronicles 24:20; sharply distinguished from priestsEzra 8:15;Nehemiah 12:23 (compareNehemiah 12:22); so also in later stratum of story of Korah's revoltNumbers 16:7,8,10 (P²).

,Deuteronomy 18:1 (priestly tribe),Numbers 1:49 (in charge of tabernacle),Numbers 3:6;Numbers 18:2 (ministers unto Aaron); alone = (tribe of) LeviDeuteronomy 27:12;Deuteronomy 33:8 (earlier poem),Numbers 26:58 (P),Ezekiel 48:31;Malachi 2:4 (priestly tribe, compareMalachi 2:1),1 Chronicles 21:6;1 Chronicles 27:17; =rod of (the tribe of)LeviNumbers 17:18 (P); also (no inheritance, because charged with service of tabernacle)Deuteronomy 10:9.

[] (Biblical Hebrew ); — plural emphatic Kt, Qr (K^{§§ 61, 6}); 52. d),Ezra 6:16,18;Ezra 7:13,24 (all + priests).

Levi

Fromlavah; attached; Levi, a son of Jacob -- Levi. See alsoLeviy,Leviyiy.

see HEBREWlavah

see HEBREWLeviy

see HEBREWLeviyiy

הַ֭לֵּוִי הַלֵּוִ֔י הַלֵּוִ֖י הַלֵּוִ֗י הַלֵּוִֽי׃ הלוי הלוי׃ וְלֵוִ֖י וְלֵוִ֜י וְלֵוִ֣י וְלֵוִי֙ וּלְלֵוִ֣י ולוי וללוי לְלֵוִ֖י לֵוִ֑י לֵוִ֔י לֵוִ֖י לֵוִ֛י לֵוִ֜י לֵוִ֣י לֵוִֽי׃ לֵוִי֒ לֵוִי֙ לֵוִי֩ לֵוִי֮ לוי לוי׃ ללוי hal·lê·wî halleVi hallêwî lə·lê·wî lê·wî leleVi ləlêwî leVi lêwî ū·lə·lê·wî uleleVi ūləlêwî veleVi wə·lê·wî wəlêwîInterlinear Greek •Interlinear Hebrew •Strong's Numbers •Englishman's Greek Concordance •Englishman's Hebrew Concordance •Parallel Texts

Genesis 29:34
HEB:קָרָֽא־ שְׁמ֖וֹ לֵוִֽי׃
NAS: Therefore he was namedLevi.
KJV: therefore was his name calledLevi.
INT: called was his nameLevi

Genesis 34:25
HEB:יַ֠עֲקֹב שִׁמְע֨וֹן וְלֵוִ֜י אֲחֵ֤י דִינָה֙
NAS: Simeonand Levi, Dinah's
KJV: Simeonand Levi, Dinah's
INT: of Jacob's Simeonand Levi brothers Dinah's

Genesis 34:30
HEB:שִׁמְע֣וֹן וְאֶל־ לֵוִי֮ עֲכַרְתֶּ֣ם אֹתִי֒
NAS: to Simeonand Levi, You have brought trouble
KJV: to Simeonand Levi, Ye have troubled
INT: Simeon andLevi have brought making

Genesis 35:23
HEB:רְאוּבֵ֑ן וְשִׁמְעוֹן֙ וְלֵוִ֣י וִֽיהוּדָ֔ה וְיִשָּׂשכָ֖ר
NAS: then Simeonand Levi and Judah
KJV: and Simeon,and Levi, and Judah,
INT: Reuben Simeonand Levi and Judah and Issachar

Genesis 46:11
HEB: וּבְנֵ֖י לֵוִ֑י גֵּרְשׁ֕וֹן קְהָ֖ת
NAS: The sonsof Levi: Gershon, Kohath,
KJV: And the sonsof Levi; Gershon,
INT: the sonsof Levi Gershon Kohath

Genesis 49:5
HEB: שִׁמְע֥וֹן וְלֵוִ֖י אַחִ֑ים כְּלֵ֥י
NAS: Simeonand Levi are brothers;
KJV: Simeonand Levi [are] brethren;
INT: Simeonand Levi are brothers are implements

Exodus 1:2
HEB:רְאוּבֵ֣ן שִׁמְע֔וֹן לֵוִ֖י וִיהוּדָֽה׃
NAS: Reuben, Simeon,Levi and Judah;
KJV: Reuben, Simeon,Levi, and Judah,
INT: Reuben SimeonLevi and Judah

Exodus 2:1
HEB:אִ֖ישׁ מִבֵּ֣ית לֵוִ֑י וַיִּקַּ֖ח אֶת־
NAS: from the houseof Levi went
KJV: of the houseof Levi, and took
INT: man the houseof Levi and married A daughter

Exodus 2:1
HEB:אֶת־ בַּת־ לֵוִֽי׃
NAS: and married a daughterof Levi.
KJV: and took [to wife] a daughterof Levi.
INT: and married A daughterof Levi

Exodus 6:16
HEB:שְׁמ֤וֹת בְּנֵֽי־ לֵוִי֙ לְתֹ֣לְדֹתָ֔ם גֵּרְשׁ֕וֹן
NAS: of the sonsof Levi according to their generations:
KJV: of the sonsof Levi according to their generations;
INT: are the names of the sonsof Levi to their generations Gershon

Exodus 6:16
HEB:וּשְׁנֵי֙ חַיֵּ֣י לֵוִ֔י שֶׁ֧בַע וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֛ים
NAS: and the lengthof Levi's life
KJV: of the lifeof Levi [were] an hundred
INT: and the length of the lifeof Levi's and seven thirty

Exodus 6:19
HEB:אֵ֛לֶּה מִשְׁפְּחֹ֥ת הַלֵּוִ֖י לְתֹלְדֹתָֽם׃
KJV: these [are] the familiesof Levi according to their generations.
INT: These are the familiesof Levi to their generations

Exodus 32:26
HEB:כָּל־ בְּנֵ֥י לֵוִֽי׃
NAS: the sonsof Levi gathered
KJV: side? [let him come] unto me. And all the sonsof Levi gathered
INT: all the sonsof Levi

Exodus 32:28
HEB:וַיַּֽעֲשׂ֥וּ בְנֵֽי־ לֵוִ֖י כִּדְבַ֣ר מֹשֶׁ֑ה
NAS: So the sonsof Levi did as Moses
KJV: And the childrenof Levi did
INT: did the sonsof Levi instructed Moses

Numbers 16:1
HEB:קְהָ֖ת בֶּן־ לֵוִ֑י וְדָתָ֨ן וַאֲבִירָ֜ם
NAS: the sonof Levi, with Dathan
KJV: the sonof Levi, and Dathan
INT: of Kohath the sonof Levi Dathan and Abiram

Numbers 16:7
HEB:לָכֶ֖ם בְּנֵ֥י לֵוִֽי׃
NAS: you sonsof Levi!
KJV: upon you, ye sonsof Levi.
INT: far sonsof Levi

Numbers 16:8
HEB:נָ֖א בְּנֵ֥י לֵוִֽי׃
NAS: now, you sonsof Levi,
KJV: Hear, I pray you, ye sonsof Levi:
INT: now sonsof Levi

Numbers 16:10
HEB:אַחֶ֥יךָ בְנֵי־ לֵוִ֖י אִתָּ֑ךְ וּבִקַּשְׁתֶּ֖ם
NAS: sonsof Levi, with you? And are you seeking
KJV: the sonsof Levi with thee: and seek
INT: your brothers sonsof Levi for seeking

Numbers 17:3
HEB:עַל־ מַטֵּ֣ה לֵוִ֑י כִּ֚י מַטֶּ֣ה
NAS: on the rodof Levi; for there is one
KJV: name upon the rodof Levi: for one rod
INT: on the rodof Levi for rod

Numbers 17:8
HEB:אַהֲרֹ֖ן לְבֵ֣ית לֵוִ֑י וַיֹּ֤צֵֽא פֶ֙רַח֙
NAS: for the houseof Levi had sprouted
KJV: for the houseof Levi was budded,
INT: of Aaron the houseof Levi and put buds

Numbers 18:2
HEB:אַחֶיךָ֩ מַטֵּ֨ה לֵוִ֜י שֵׁ֤בֶט אָבִ֙יךָ֙
NAS: the tribeof Levi, the tribe
KJV: also of the tribeof Levi, the tribe
INT: your brothers the tribeof Levi the tribe of your father

Numbers 18:21
HEB: וְלִבְנֵ֣י לֵוִ֔י הִנֵּ֥ה נָתַ֛תִּי
NAS: To the sonsof Levi, behold,
KJV: the childrenof Levi all the tenth
INT: to the sonsof Levi behold have given

Numbers 26:59
HEB:יוֹכֶ֙בֶד֙ בַּת־ לֵוִ֔י אֲשֶׁ֨ר יָלְדָ֥ה
NAS: the daughterof Levi, who
KJV: the daughterof Levi, whom [her mother] bare
INT: was Jochebed the daughterof Levi who was born

Numbers 26:59
HEB:יָלְדָ֥ה אֹתָ֛הּ לְלֵוִ֖י בְּמִצְרָ֑יִם וַתֵּ֣לֶד
NAS: was bornto Levi in Egypt;
KJV: whom [her mother] bareto Levi in Egypt:
INT: who was bornto Levi Egypt bore

Deuteronomy 10:8
HEB:אֶת־ שֵׁ֣בֶט הַלֵּוִ֔י לָשֵׂ֖את אֶת־
NAS: the tribeof Levi to carry
KJV: the tribeof Levi, to bear
INT: the LORD the tribeof Levi to carry the ark

58 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 3878
58 Occurrences

hal·lê·wî — 9 Occ.
lə·lê·wî — 1 Occ.
lê·wî — 42 Occ.
ū·lə·lê·wî — 1 Occ.
wə·lê·wî — 5 Occ.