Help QuickNav Adv. Options
NLT

NLT

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's H3878 - lēvî

Choose a new font size and typeface
לֵוִי
Transliteration
lēvî
Pronunciation
lay-vee'
Listen
Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1093

Strong’s Definitions

לֵוִי Lêvîy, lay-vee'; from H3867; attached; Levi, a son of Jacob:—Levi. See also H3879, H3881.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 64x

The KJV translates Strong's H3878 in the following manner: Levi (64x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 64x
The KJV translates Strong's H3878 in the following manner: Levi (64x).

  1. Levi = "joined to"

    1. the 3rd son of Jacob by Leah and progenitor of tribe of Levites

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
לֵוִי Lêvîy, lay-vee'; from H3867; attached; Levi, a son of Jacob:—Levi. See also H3879, H3881.
STRONGS H3878: Abbreviations
† I. לֵוִי proper name, masculine Levi (√ and meaning dubious; Genesis 29:34 (J) interpreted as joined, i.e. husband to wife; Numbers 18:2, 4 (P; apparently in word-play) of Levites as joined to, attendant upon, Aaron; originally as attached to, accompanying Israel from Egypt, LagOr. ii. 20 f.; as attached to, attending upon the ark, BauPriest. 74; in this case I. לֵוִי would be derived from II. לֵוִי in priestly sense; HomA. u. A. 1890, 30 f. proposes Minaean לוא, lau'ân, priest, compare IdSüd-Arab. Chrest. 127; against all such views see KauSK 1890, 771 f. WeProl. ed. 5, 141; Hist. Israel 145 StaZAW i (1881), 112 ff. GrayProp. Names, p. 96, compare NöZMG xi (1886). 167, make לֵוִי name, of a people from לֵאָה (H3812 which see); compare a further suggestion WeSkizzen iii. 114) — Greek Version of the LXX Λευ(ε)ι(ν); —
1.
a. 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 בַּתלֿ׳ [אֶתֿ] Exodus 2:1 (E), Numbers 26:59 (P).
b. as head of a family of descendants, in phrase בֵּית לֵוִי Exodus 2:1 (E), and (with reference to tribe; late) Numbers 17:23, ל׳ בֵּית מִשְׁפַחַת Zechariah 12:13.
c. often בְּנֵי(־)ל׳ Exodus 32:26, 28 (E), Joshua 21:10 (P), בְּנֵי(־)ל׳ with tribal reference Numbers 3:15; Numbers 4:2; Numbers 18:21 (charged with service of tabernacle, and hence to receive tithes; all P); as priests הַכֹּהֲנִים בְּנֵי לֵוִי Deuteronomy 21:5; Deuteronomy 31:9, compare Malachi 3:3, and לֹא הָיוּ מִבְּנֵי ל׳ 1 Kings 12:31; from the בְּנֵי ל׳ the Zadokites are selected as priests Ezekiel 40:46; according to 1 Chronicles 9:18; 1 Chronicles 23:24, 27 בְּנֵי ל׳ are subordinate officials in temple (compare 1 Chronicles 23:28f.), compare 1 Chronicles 24:20; sharply distinguished from priests Ezra 8:15; Nehemiah 12:23 (compare Nehemiah 12:22); so also in later stratum of story of Korah's revolt Numbers 16:7, 8, 10 (P2).
2. as name of tribe, שֵׁבֶט ל׳ Deuteronomy 18:1 (priestly tribe), מַטֵּה ל׳ Numbers 1:49 (in charge of tabernacle), Numbers 3:6; Numbers 18:2 (ministers unto Aaron); לֵוִי alone = (tribe of) Levi Deuteronomy 27:12; Deuteronomy 33:8 (earlier poem), Numbers 26:58 (P), Ezekiel 48:31; Malachi 2:4 (priestly tribe, compare Malachi 2:1), 1 Chronicles 21:6; 1 Chronicles 27:17; מַטֵּה ל׳ =rod of (the tribe of) Levi Numbers 17:18 (P); also (no inheritance, because charged with service of tabernacle) Deuteronomy 10:9.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H3879.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

29:34; 29:34; 34:25; 34:30; 35:23; 35:23; 46:11; 49:5

Exodus

1:2; 2:1; 2:1; 6:16; 16:16; 32:26; 32:28

Numbers

1:49; 3:6; 3:15; 3:17; 4:2; 16:1; 16:7; 16:8; 16:10; 18:2; 18:2; 18:4; 18:21; 26:58; 26:59

Deuteronomy

10:9; 18:1; 21:5; 27:12; 31:9; 33:8

Joshua

21:10

1 Kings

12:31

1 Chronicles

5:22; 6:1; 6:4; 6:23; 6:28; 6:32; 9:18; 21; 21:6; 23:6; 23:24; 23:27; 23:28; 24:20; 27:17

Ezra

8:15; 8:18

Nehemiah

12:22; 12:23

Ezekiel

40:46; 48:31

Zechariah

12:13

Malachi

2:1; 2:4; 3:3

H3878

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3878 matches the Hebrew לֵוִי (lēvî),
which occurs 64 times in 61 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 29:34–1Ch 24:20)

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:34 - Then she became pregnant a third time and gave birth to another son. She named him Levi,[fn] for she said, “Surely this time my husband will feel affection for me, since I have given him three sons!”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 34:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:25 - But three days later, when their wounds were still sore, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, who were Dinah’s full brothers, took their swords and entered the town without opposition. Then they slaughtered every male there,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 34:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:30 - Afterward Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have ruined me! You’ve made me stink among all the people of this land—among all the Canaanites and Perizzites. We are so few that they will join forces and crush us. I will be ruined, and my entire household will be wiped out!”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:23 - The sons of Leah were Reuben (Jacob’s oldest son), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 46:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:11 - The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:5 - “Simeon and Levi are two of a kind;
their weapons are instruments of violence.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Exo 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:2 - Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Exo 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:1 - About this time, a man and woman from the tribe of Levi got married.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Exo 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:16 - These are the descendants of Levi, as listed in their family records: The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. (Levi lived to be 137 years old.)

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Exo 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:19 - The descendants of Merari included Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites, as listed in their family records.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:26 - So he stood at the entrance to the camp and shouted, “All of you who are on the LORD’s side, come here and join me.” And all the Levites gathered around him.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:28 - The Levites obeyed Moses’ command, and about 3,000 people died that day.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:49

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:49 - “Do not include the tribe of Levi in the registration; do not count them with the rest of the Israelites.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:6 - “Call forward the tribe of Levi, and present them to Aaron the priest to serve as his assistants.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:15 - “Record the names of the members of the tribe of Levi by their families and clans. List every male who is one month old or older.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:17 - Levi had three sons, whose names were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:2 - “Record the names of the members of the clans and families of the Kohathite division of the tribe of Levi.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:1 - One day Korah son of Izhar, a descendant of Kohath son of Levi, conspired with Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth, from the tribe of Reuben.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:7 - Light fires in them tomorrow, and burn incense before the LORD. Then we will see whom the LORD chooses as his holy one. You Levites are the ones who have gone too far!”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:8 - Then Moses spoke again to Korah: “Now listen, you Levites!

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:10 - Korah, he has already given this special ministry to you and your fellow Levites. Are you now demanding the priesthood as well?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Num 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:3 - Inscribe Aaron’s name on the staff of the tribe of Levi, for there must be one staff for the leader of each ancestral tribe.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Num 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:8 - When he went into the Tabernacle of the Covenant the next day, he found that Aaron’s staff, representing the tribe of Levi, had sprouted, budded, blossomed, and produced ripe almonds!

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:2 - “Bring your relatives of the tribe of Levi—your ancestral tribe—to assist you and your sons as you perform the sacred duties in front of the Tabernacle of the Covenant.[fn]

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:21 - As for the tribe of Levi, your relatives, I will compensate them for their service in the Tabernacle. Instead of an allotment of land, I will give them the tithes from the entire land of Israel.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:59

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:59 - and Amram’s wife was named Jochebed. She also was a descendant of Levi, born among the Levites in the land of Egypt. Amram and Jochebed became the parents of Aaron, Moses, and their sister, Miriam.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Deu 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:8 - At that time the LORD set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the Ark of the LORD’s Covenant, and to stand before the LORD as his ministers, and to pronounce blessings in his name. These are their duties to this day.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Deu 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:9 - That is why the Levites have no share of property or possession of land among the other Israelite tribes. The LORD himself is their special possession, as the LORD your God told them.)

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Deu 18:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:1 - “Remember that the Levitical priests—that is, the whole of the tribe of Levi—will receive no allotment of land among the other tribes in Israel. Instead, the priests and Levites will eat from the special gifts given to the LORD, for that is their share.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Deu 21:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:5 - Then the Levitical priests must step forward, for the LORD your God has chosen them to minister before him and to pronounce blessings in the LORD’s name. They are to decide all legal and criminal cases.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Deu 27:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:12 - “When you cross the Jordan River, the tribes of Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin must stand on Mount Gerizim to proclaim a blessing over the people.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:9 - So Moses wrote this entire body of instruction in a book and gave it to the priests, who carried the Ark of the LORD’s Covenant, and to the elders of Israel.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:8 - Moses said this about the tribe of Levi:
“O LORD, you have given your Thummim and Urim—the sacred lots—
to your faithful servants the Levites.[fn]
You put them to the test at Massah
and struggled with them at the waters of Meribah.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jos 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:14 - Moses did not assign any allotment of land to the tribe of Levi. Instead, as the LORD had promised them, their allotment came from the offerings burned on the altar to the LORD, the God of Israel.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jos 13:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:33 - But Moses gave no allotment of land to the tribe of Levi, for the LORD, the God of Israel, had promised that he himself would be their allotment.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:10 - to the descendants of Aaron, who were members of the Kohathite clan within the tribe of Levi, since the sacred lot fell to them first:

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:31 - Jeroboam also erected buildings at the pagan shrines and ordained priests from the common people—those who were not from the priestly tribe of Levi.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:1 - The sons of Israel[fn] were Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:1 - [fn]The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:16 - [fn]The sons of Levi were Gershon,[fn] Kohath, and Merari.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:38 - Izhar, Kohath, Levi, and Israel.[fn]

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:43 - Jahath, Gershon, and Levi.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:47

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:47 - Mahli, Mushi, Merari, and Levi.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:18 - Prior to this time, they were responsible for the King’s Gate on the east side. These men served as gatekeepers for the camps of the Levites.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:26 - From the tribe of Levi, there were 4,600 warriors.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:6 - But Joab did not include the tribes of Levi and Benjamin in the census because he was so distressed at what the king had made him do.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:6 - Then David divided the Levites into divisions named after the clans descended from the three sons of Levi—Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:14 - As for Moses, the man of God, his sons were included with the tribe of Levi.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:24 - These were the descendants of Levi by clans, the leaders of their family groups, registered carefully by name. Each had to be twenty years old or older to qualify for service in the house of the LORD.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 24:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:20 - These were the other family leaders descended from Levi:
From the descendants of Amram, the leader was Shebuel.[fn]
From the descendants of Shebuel, the leader was Jehdeiah.

Search Results Continued...

1. Currently on page 1/2 (Gen 29:34–1Ch 24:20) Gen 29:34–1Ch 24:20

2. LOAD PAGE 2 Ezr 8:15–Mal 3:3

BLB Searches
Search the Bible
NLT
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
NLT
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan

Translations available: King James Version, New King James Version, New Living Translation, New International Version, English Standard Version, Christian Standard Bible, New American Standard Bible 2020, New American Standard Bible 1995, Legacy Standard Bible 2021, New English Translation, Revised Standard Version, American Standard Version, Young's Literal Translation, Darby Translation, Webster's Bible, Hebrew Names Version, Reina-Valera 1960, Latin Vulgate, Westminster Leningrad Codex, Septuagint, Morphological Greek New Testament, and Textus Receptus.