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Lexicon :: Strong's H3879 - lēvay

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לֵוַי
Transliteration
lēvay
Pronunciation
lay-vee'
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Part of Speech
masculine patrial noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Corresponding to לִוְיָה (H3880)
Strong’s Definitions

לֵוִי Lêvîy, lay-vee'; (Aramaic) corresponding to H3880:—Levite.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's H3879 in the following manner: Levite (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's H3879 in the following manner: Levite (4x).

  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)
לֵוִי Lêvîy, lay-vee'; (Aramaic) corresponding to H3880:—Levite.
STRONGS H3879: Abbreviations

Biblical Aramaic

† [לֵוָי] name, of a people Levite (Biblical Hebrew H3878 לִוֵי); — plural emphatic לויא Kt, לְוָאֵי Qr (K§§ 61, 6); 52. d), Ezra 6:16, Ezra 6:18; Ezra 7:13, Ezra 7:24 (all + priests).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Ezra

6:16; 6:18; 7:13; 7:24

H3879

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3879 matches the Hebrew לֵוַי (lēvay),
which occurs 4 times in 4 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:16 - And the people of Israel, the priests and the Levites, and the rest of the returned exiles, celebrated the dedication of this house of God with joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:18 - And they set the priests in their divisions and the Levites in their divisions, for the service of God at Jerusalem, as it is written in the Book of Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:13 - I make a decree that anyone of the people of Israel or their priests or Levites in my kingdom, who freely offers to go to Jerusalem, may go with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:24 - We also notify you that it shall not be lawful to impose tribute, custom, or toll on anyone of the priests, the Levites, the singers, the doorkeepers, the temple servants, or other servants of this house of God.
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