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Lexicon :: Strong's G3017 - leui

Aa
Λευί
Transliteration
leui (Key)
Pronunciation
lyoo'-ee
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of Hebrew origin לֵוִי (H3878)
mGNT
7x in 2 unique form(s) TR
5x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
72x in 1 unique form(s)
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TDNT Reference: 4:234,529

Strong’s Definitions

†Λευΐ Leuḯ, lyoo'-ee; of Hebrew origin (H3878); Levi, the name of three Israelites:—Levi. Compare G3018.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's G3017 in the following manner: Levi (5x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's G3017 in the following manner: Levi (5x).

  1. Levi = "joined"

    1. the third son of the patriarch Jacob by his wife Leah, the founder of the tribe of Israelites which bears his name

    2. the son of Melchi, one of Christ's ancestors

    3. the son of Simeon, an ancestor of Christ

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†Λευΐ Leuḯ, lyoo'-ee; of Hebrew origin (H3878); Levi, the name of three Israelites:—Levi. Compare G3018.
STRONGS G3017:
Λευί and Λευίς (T Tr (yet see below) WH Λευεις (but Lachmann Λευίς; see εἰ, ἰ)), genitive Λευί (T Tr WH Λευει), accusative Λευίν (T WH Λεύειν, so Tr except in Mark 2:14) (Buttmann, 21 (19); Winer's Grammar, § 10, 1), ὁ (Hebrew לֵוִי a joining, from לָוָה, cf. Genesis 29:34), Levi;
1. the third son of the patriarch Jacob by his wife Leah, the founder of the tribe of Israelites which bears his name: Hebrews 7:5, 9; (Revelation 7:7).
2. the son of Melchi, one of Christ's ancestors: Luke 3:24.
3. the son of Simeon, also an ancestor of Christ: Luke 3:29.
4. the son of Alphaeus, a collector of customs ((A. V. publican)): Mark 2:14 (here WH (rejected) marginal reading Ἰάκωβον (see their note at the passage, cf. Weiss in Meyer on Matthew 7te Aufl., p. 2)); Luke 5:27, 29; according to common opinion he is the same as Matthew the apostle (Matthew 9:9); but cf. Grimm in the Theol. Studien und Kritiken for 1870. p. 727ff; (their identity is denied also by Nicholson on Matthew 9:9; yet see Patritius, De Evangeliis, 1., the passage cited i. quaest. 1; Venables in Alex.'s Kitto, under the word Matthew; Meyer, Commentary on Matthew, Introductory § 1).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
29:34
Matthew
7; 9:9; 9:9
Mark
2:14; 2:14
Luke
3:24; 3:29; 5:27; 5:29
Hebrews
7:5; 7:9
Revelation
7:7

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3017 matches the Greek Λευί (leui),
which occurs 72 times in 68 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 29:34–1Ch 21:6)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:34 - And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:14 - And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:25 - And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:30 - And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:23 - The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:11 - And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:5 - Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:2

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:1 - And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:16 - And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi were an hundred thirty and seven years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:19 - And the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these are the families of Levi according to their generations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:26 - Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the LORD'S side? let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:28 - And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:49

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:49 - Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:6 - Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:15 - Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:17 - And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:2 - Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:1 - Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:7 - And put fire therein, and put incense in them before the LORD to morrow: and it shall be that the man whom the LORD doth choose, he shall be holy: ye take too much upon you, ye sons of Levi.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:8 - And Moses said unto Korah, Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:10 - And he hath brought thee near to him, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee: and seek ye the priesthood also?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:3 - And thou shalt write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi: for one rod shall be for the head of the house of their fathers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:8 - And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:2 - And thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou with thee, that they may be joined unto thee, and minister unto thee: but thou and thy sons with thee shall minister before the tabernacle of witness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:21 - And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, even the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:57

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:57 - And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:58

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:58 - These are the families of the Levites: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korathites. And Kohath begat Amram.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:59

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:59 - And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:8 - At that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to minister unto him, and to bless in his name, unto this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:1 - The priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and his inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:12 - These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:9 - And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the sons of Levi, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and unto all the elders of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:8 - And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:14 - Only unto the tribe of Levi he gave none inheritance; the sacrifices of the LORD God of Israel made by fire are their inheritance, as he said unto them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:7 - But the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance: and Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh, have received their inheritance beyond Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:1 - Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:10 - Which the children of Aaron, being of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi, had: for theirs was the first lot.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:40 - So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, which were remaining of the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:31 - And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:1 - These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:1 - The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:16 - The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:19 - The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:38 - The son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:43 - The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:47

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:47 - The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:18 - Who hitherto waited in the king's gate eastward: they were porters in the companies of the children of Levi.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:26 - Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:6 - But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king's word was abominable to Joab.

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