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Lexicon :: Strong's H3881 - lᵊvî

Aa
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.
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H3881

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Strong's Number H3881 matches the Hebrew לְוִי (lᵊvî),
which occurs 286 times in 258 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 5 / 6 (Ezr 7:7–Jer 33:22)

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:7 - And some of the sons of Israel and some of the priests, the Levites H3881, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants went up to Jerusalem in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:20 - and 220 of the temple servants, whom David and the princes had given for the service of the Levites H3881, all of them designated by name.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:29 - “Watch and keep them until you weigh them before the officials of the priests, the Levites H3881 and the officials of the fathers’ households of Israel at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of Yahweh.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:30 - So the priests and the Levites H3881 accepted the weighed out silver and gold and the utensils, to bring them to Jerusalem to the house of our God.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:33 - On the fourth day the silver and the gold and the utensils were weighed out in the house of our God into the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest, and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them were the Levites H3881, Jozabad the son of Jeshua and Noadiah the son of Binnui.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:1 -

Now when these things had been completed, the princes approached me, saying, “The people of Israel and the priests and the Levites H3881 have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands, according to their abominations, those of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians and the Amorites.

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:5 -

Then Ezra arose and made the leading priests, the Levites H3881 and all Israel, swear an oath that they would do according to this word; so they swore an oath.

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:15 - However, Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah stood against this, with Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite H3881 helping them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:23 -

Of Levites H3881 there were Jozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah (that is, Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah and Eliezer.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:17 - After him the Levites H3881 made repairs under Rehum the son of Bani. Next to him Hashabiah, the official of half the district of Keilah, made repairs for his district.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:1 -

Now it happened when the wall was rebuilt and I had made the doors to stand, and the gatekeepers and the singers and the Levites H3881 were appointed,

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:43 -

The Levites H3881:

the sons of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, of the sons of [fn]Hodevah, 74.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:73 -

So the priests, the Levites H3881, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the temple servants, and all Israel lived in their cities.

Then the seventh month came, and the sons of Israel were in their cities.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:7 - Also Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, the Levites H3881, were providing understanding of the law to the people while the people stood in their place.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:9 -

Then Nehemiah, who was the [fn]governor, and Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites H3881, who provided the people with understanding, said to all the people, “This day is holy to Yahweh your God; do not mourn or weep.” For all the people were weeping when they heard the words of the law.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:11 - So the Levites H3881 quieted all the people, saying, “Be still, for the day is holy; do not be grieved.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:13 -

Then on the second day the heads of fathers’ households of all the people, the priests and the Levites H3881 were gathered to Ezra the scribe that they might gain insight into the words of the law.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:4 - Then Jeshua rose up on the Levites’ H3881 platform, along with Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and they cried out with a loud voice to Yahweh their God.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:5 -

And the Levites H3881, Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, “Rise up, bless Yahweh your God from everlasting to everlasting!

O may Your glorious name be blessed

And exalted above all blessing and praise!

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:38 -

[fn]Now because of all this

We are cutting an agreement in writing;

And on the sealed document are the names of our princes, our Levites H3881, and our priests.”

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:9 -

And the Levites H3881:

Jeshua the son of Azaniah,

Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel;

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:28 -

Now the rest of the people—the priests, the Levites H3881, the gatekeepers, the singers, the temple servants, and all those who had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to the law of God, their wives, their sons and their daughters—all those who had knowledge and understanding,

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:34 -

Likewise we cast lots for the supply of wood among the priests, the Levites H3881, and the people, in order to bring it to the house of our God, according to our fathers’ households, at fixed times annually, to burn on the altar of Yahweh our God, as it is written in the law;

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:37 - We will also bring the first of our [fn]dough, our contributions, the fruit of every tree, the new wine and the oil to the priests at the chambers of the house of our God, and the tithe of our ground to the Levites H3881, for the Levites H3881 are they who receive the tithes in all the towns where we serve.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:38 - And the priest, the son of Aaron, shall be with the Levites H3881 when the Levites H3881 receive tithes, and the Levites H3881 shall bring up the tenth of the tithes to the house of our God, to the chambers of the storehouse.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:3 -

Now these are the heads of the provinces who lived in Jerusalem, but in the cities of Judah each lived in his own possession in their cities[fn]the Israelites, the priests, the Levites H3881, the [fn]temple servants, and the sons of Solomon’s servants.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:15 -

Now from the Levites H3881:

Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni;

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:16 -

and Shabbethai and Jozabad, from the [fn]chiefs of the Levites H3881, who were over the outside work of the house of God;

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:18 -

All the Levites H3881 in the holy city were 284.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:20 - The rest of Israel, of the priests and of the Levites H3881, were in all the cities of Judah, each on his own inheritance.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:22 -

Now the overseer of the Levites H3881 in Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica, from the sons of Asaph, who were the singers [fn]over the work of the house of God.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:36 -

From the Levites H3881, some divisions in Judah belonged to Benjamin.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:1 -

Now these are the priests and the Levites H3881 who came up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua:

Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:8 -

The Levites H3881 were

Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah who was over of the songs of thanksgiving, he and his brothers.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:22 -

As for the Levites H3881, in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan and Jaddua, the heads of fathers’ households were written down; the priests were also in the reign of Darius the Persian.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:24 -

The heads of the Levites H3881 were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers opposite them, to praise and give thanks, by the commandment of David the man of God, watch by watch.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:27 -

Now at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought out the Levites H3881 from all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem so that they might celebrate the dedication with gladness, with hymns of thanksgiving and with songs to the accompaniment of cymbals, harps and lyres.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:30 - The priests and the Levites H3881 cleansed themselves; they also cleansed the people, the gates, and the wall.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:44 -

On that day men were also appointed over the chambers for the stores, the contributions, the first fruits, and the tithes, to gather into them from the fields of the cities the portions required by the law for the priests and Levites H3881; for Judah was glad over the priests and Levites H3881 who stood to minister.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:47 - So all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel and Nehemiah were giving the portions due the singers and the gatekeepers as each day required, and set apart the holy portion for the Levites H3881, and the Levites H3881 set apart the holy portion for the sons of Aaron.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:5 - had prepared a large [fn]room for him, where formerly they put the grain offerings, the frankincense, the utensils, and the tithes of grain, also new wine and oil commanded for the Levites H3881, the singers, and the gatekeepers, as well as the [fn]contributions for the priests.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:10 -

I also came to know that the portions of the Levites H3881 had not been given them, so the Levites H3881 and the singers who did the work had fled, each to his own field.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:13 - In charge of the storehouses I appointed Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah of the Levites H3881, and in addition to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah; for they were counted as faithful, and it was [fn]their task to apportion everything to their [fn]relatives.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:22 - And I said to the Levites H3881 that they should cleanse themselves and come as gatekeepers to keep the sabbath day holy. For this also remember me, O my God, and have compassion on me according to the greatness of Your lovingkindness.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:29 - Remember them, O my God, [fn]because they have defiled the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and the Levites H3881.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:30 -

Thus I cleansed them from everything foreign and ensured that the responsibilities stood for the priests and the Levites H3881, each in his work,

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:21 - “I will also take some of them for priests and for Levites H3881,” says Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:18 - [fn]and the Levitical H3881 priests shall not have a man cut off from before Me who is to offer burnt offerings, to offer up grain offerings in smoke, and to perform sacrifices [fn]continually.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:21 - then My covenant may also be broken with David My servant so that he will not have a son to reign on his throne, and with the Levitical H3881 priests, My ministers.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:22 - ‘As the host of heaven cannot be counted and the sand of the sea cannot be measured, so I will multiply the seed of David My servant and the Levites H3881 who minister to Me.’”

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