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Lexicon :: Strong's H3878 - lēvî

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לֵוִי
Transliteration
lēvî
Pronunciation
lay-vee'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
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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); —
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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.
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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)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:34 - She conceived again and bore a son, and said, “Now this time my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons.” Therefore his name was called Levi.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:25 - Now it came to pass on the third day, when they were in pain, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, each took his sword and came boldly upon the city and killed all the males.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 34:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:30 - Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have troubled me by making me obnoxious among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites; and since I am few in number, they will gather themselves together against me and kill me. I shall be destroyed, my household and I.”

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

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:5 - “Simeon and Levi are brothers;
Instruments of cruelty are in their dwelling place.

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

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 6:16

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:19 - The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of Levi according to their generations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:26 - then Moses stood in the entrance of the camp, and said, “Whoever is on the LORD’s side—come to me!” And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together to him.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:49 - “Only the tribe of Levi you shall not number, nor take a census of them among the children of Israel;

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:15 - “Number the children of Levi by their fathers’ houses, by their families; you shall number every male from a month old and above.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:17

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:2 - “Take a census of the sons of Kohath from among the children of Levi, by their families, by their fathers’ house,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:1

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:7 - “put fire in them and put incense in them before the LORD tomorrow, and it shall be that the man whom the LORD chooses is the holy one. You take too much upon yourselves, you sons of Levi!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:8 - Then Moses said to Korah, “Hear now, you sons of Levi:

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:10 - “and that He has brought you near to Himself, you and all your brethren, the sons of Levi, with you? And are you seeking the priesthood also?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:3 - “And you shall write Aaron’s name on the rod of Levi. For there shall be one rod for the head of each father’s house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:8 - Now it came to pass on the next day that Moses went into the tabernacle of witness, and behold, the rod of Aaron, of the house of Levi, had sprouted and put forth buds, had produced blossoms and yielded ripe almonds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:2 - “Also bring with you your brethren of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, that they may be joined with you and serve you while you and your sons are with you before the tabernacle of witness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:21 - “Behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tithes in Israel as an inheritance in return for the work which they perform, the work of the tabernacle of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:59

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:59 - The name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt; and to Amram she bore Aaron and Moses and their sister Miriam.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 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 to Him and to bless in His name, to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:9 - Therefore Levi has no portion nor inheritance with his brethren; the LORD is his inheritance, just as the LORD your God promised him.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 18:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:1 - “The priests, the Levites—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 portion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 21:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:5 - “Then the priests, the sons of Levi, shall come near, for the LORD your God has chosen them to minister to Him and to bless in the name of the LORD; by their word every controversy and every assault shall be settled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 27:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:12 - “These shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people, when you have crossed over the Jordan: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:9 - So Moses wrote this law and delivered it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and to all the elders of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:8 - And of Levi he said:

“Let Your Thummim and Your Urim be with Your holy one,
Whom You tested at Massah,
And with whom You contended at the waters of Meribah,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:14 - Only to the tribe of Levi he had given no inheritance; the sacrifices of the LORD God of Israel made by fire are their inheritance, as He said to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 13:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:33 - But to the tribe of Levi Moses had given no inheritance; the LORD God of Israel was their inheritance, as He had said to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:10 - which were for the children of Aaron, one of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi; for the lot was theirs first.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:31 - He made shrines[fn] on the high places, and made priests from every class of people, who were not of the sons of Levi.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:1

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

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

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 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 Box 1Ch 6:43

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 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 Box 1Ch 9:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:18 - Until then they had been gatekeepers for the camps of the children of Levi at the King’s Gate on the east.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:26 - of the sons of Levi four thousand six hundred;

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:6 - Also David separated them into divisions among the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:14 - Now the sons of Moses the man of God were reckoned to the tribe of Levi.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:24 - These were the sons of Levi by their fathers’ houses—the heads of the fathers’ houses as they were counted individually by the number of their names, who did the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from the age of twenty years and above.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 24:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:20 - And the rest of the sons of Levi: of the sons of Amram, Shubael;[fn] of the sons of Shubael, Jehdeiah.

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