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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 1 / 6 (Exo 4:14–Num 35:4)

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:14 - Then the anger H639 of the LORD H3068 burned H2734 against Moses H4872, and He said H559, “Is there not your brother H251 Aaron H175 the Levite H3881? I know H3045 that [fn]he speaks H1696 fluently H1696. And moreover H1571, behold H2009, he is coming H3318 out H3318 to meet H7122 you; when he sees H7200 you, he will be [fn]overjoyed H8055 H3820.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:25 - Now Aaron’s H175 son H1121 Eleazar H499 [fn]married H3947 H802 one H4480 of the daughters H1323 of Putiel H6317, and she bore H3205 him Phinehas H6372. These H428 are the heads H7218 of the fathers’ H1 households of the Levites H3881 according to their families H4940.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:21 -

[fn]This H428 is the number H6485 of H6485 the things H6485 for the [fn]tabernacle H4908, the [fn]tabernacle H4908 of the testimony H5715, as they were [fn]counted H6485 according H5921 to the [fn]command H6310 of Moses H4872, for the service H5656 of the Levites H3881, by the hand H3027 of Ithamar H385 the son H1121 of Aaron H175 the priest H3548.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:32 - ‘As for the cities H5892 of the Levites H3881, the Levites H3881 have H1961 a permanent H5769 right H1353 of H1353 redemption H1353 for the houses H1004 of the cities H5892 which are their possession H272.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:33 - ‘What H834, therefore, [fn]belongs H4480 to the Levites H3881 may be redeemed H1350, and a house H1004 sale H4465 [fn]in the city H5892 of this possession H272 [fn]reverts H3318 in the jubilee H3104, because H3588 the houses H1004 of the cities H5892 of the Levites H3881 are their possession H272 among H8432 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:47 -

The Levites H3881, however, were not counted H6485 among H8432 them by their fathers’ H1 tribe H4294.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:50 - “And you shall appoint H6485 the Levites H3881 over H5921 the [fn]tabernacle H4908 of the testimony H5715, and over H5921 all H3605 its furnishings H3627 and over H5921 everything H3605 that belongs to it. They shall carry H5375 the tabernacle H4908 and all H3605 its furnishings H3627, and they shall take H8334 care H8334 of H8334 it; they shall also camp H2583 around H5439 the [fn]tabernacle H4908.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:51 - “So when the tabernacle H4908 is to move H5265 on H5265, the Levites H3881 shall take H3381 it down H3381; and when the tabernacle H4908 encamps H2583, the Levites H3881 shall set H6965 it up H6965. But the [fn]layman H2114 who comes H7131 near H7131 it shall be put H4191 to H4191 death H4191.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:53 - “But the Levites H3881 shall camp H2583 around H5439 the tabernacle H4908 of the testimony H5715, so that there will be no H3808 divine wrath H7110 against H5921 the congregation H5712 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478. So the Levites H3881 shall be H8104 responsible H8104 for H8104 service H4931 to the tabernacle H4908 of the testimony H5715.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:17 -

“Then the tent H168 of meeting H4150 shall set H5265 out H5265 with the camp H4264 of the Levites H3881 in the midst H8432 of the camps H4264; just H834 as H834 they camp H2583, so H3651 they shall set H5265 out H5265, every H376 man H376 in his place H3027 by their flags H1714.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:33 - The Levites H3881, however, were not counted H6485 among H8432 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478, just H834 as H834 the LORD H3068 had commanded H6680 Moses H4872.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:9 - “So you shall assign H5414 the Levites H3881 to Aaron H175 and to his sons H1121; they are exclusively H5414 assigned H5414 to him from the sons H1121 of Israel H3478.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:12 - “Now, behold H2009, I have taken H3947 the Levites H3881 from among H8432 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 instead H8478 of H8478 every H3605 firstborn H1060, the firstborn H6363 of the womb H7358 among H4480 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478. So the Levites H3881 shall be Mine.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:20 - and the sons H1121 of Merari H4847 by their families H4940: Mahli H4249 and Mushi H4187. These H428 are the families H4940 of the Levites H3881 according to their fathers’ H1 households H1004.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:32 - and Eleazar H499 the son H1121 of Aaron H175 the priest H3548 was the head H5387 of the leaders H5387 of Levi H3878, and he had the supervision H6486 of those who performed H8104 the duties H4931 of the sanctuary H6944.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:39 - All H3605 the numbered H6485 men of the Levites H3881, whom H834 Moses H4872 and Aaron H175 counted H6485 at the [fn]command H6310 of the LORD H3068 by their families H4940, every H3605 male H2145 from a month H2320 old H1121 and upward H4605, were twenty-two H8147 H6242 thousand H505.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:41 - “And you shall take H3947 the Levites H3881 for Me—I am the LORD H3068—instead H8478 of H8478 all H3605 the firstborn H1060 among the sons H1121 of Israel H3478; and the cattle H929 of the Levites H3881 in H8478 place H8478 of H8478 all H3605 the firstborn H1060 among the cattle H929 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:45 - “Take H3947 the Levites H3881 in H8478 place H8478 of H8478 all H3605 the firstborn H1060 among the sons H1121 of Israel H3478, and the cattle H929 of the Levites H3881 in H8478 place H8478 of H8478 their cattle H929. And the Levites H3881 shall be Mine; I am the LORD H3068.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:46 - “And as [fn]a redemption H6302 price H6302 for the 273 H7969 H7657 H3967 of the firstborn H1060 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 who are in excess H5736 of the number of the Levites H3881,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:49 - So Moses H4872 took H3947 the redemption H6302 money H3701 from those who were in excess H5736 of the number of those redeemed H6299 by the Levites H3881;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:18 - “Do not let the tribe H7626 of the families H4940 of the Kohathites H6956 be eliminated H3772 from among H8432 the Levites H3881.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:46 -

All H3605 the numbered H6485 men of the Levites H3881, whom H834 Moses H4872, Aaron H175, and the leaders H5387 of Israel H3478 counted H6485, by their families H4940 and by their fathers’ H1 households H1004,

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:5 - “Accept H3947 these things from them, that they may be [fn]used H5647 in the service H5656 of the tent H168 of meeting H4150, and you shall give H5414 them to the Levites H3881, to each H376 man H376 according H6310 to his service H5656.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:6 - So Moses H4872 took H3947 the carts H5699 and the oxen H1241 and gave H5414 them to the Levites H3881.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:6 - “Take H3947 the Levites H3881 from among H8432 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 and cleanse H2891 them.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:9 - “So you shall present H7126 the Levites H3881 in front H6440 of the tent H168 of meeting H4150. You shall also assemble H6950 the whole H3605 congregation H5712 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:10 - and present H7126 the Levites H3881 before H6440 the LORD H3068; and the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 shall lay H5564 their hands H3027 on the Levites H3881.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:11 - “Aaron H175 then shall [fn]present H5130 the Levites H3881 before H6440 the LORD H3068 as a wave H8573 offering H8573 from the sons H1121 of Israel H3478, so that they may [fn]qualify H1961 to perform H5647 the service H5656 of the LORD H3068.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:12 - “Now the Levites H3881 shall lay H5564 their hands H3027 on the heads H7218 of the bulls H6499; then you are to offer H6213 the one H259 as a sin H2403 offering H2403 and the other H259 as a burnt H5930 offering H5930 to the LORD H3068, to make H3722 atonement H3722 for the Levites H3881.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:13 - “And you shall have the Levites H3881 stand H5975 before H6440 Aaron H175 and his sons H1121 so as to present H5130 them as a wave H8573 offering H8573 to the LORD H3068.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:14 -

“So you shall single H914 out H914 the Levites H3881 from among H8432 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478, and the Levites H3881 shall be Mine.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:15 - “Then after H310 that the Levites H3881 may go H935 in H935 to serve H5647 the tent H168 of meeting H4150. But you shall cleanse H2891 them and present H5130 them as a wave H8573 offering H8573;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:18 - “But I have taken H3947 the Levites H3881 instead H8478 of H8478 every H3605 firstborn H1060 among the sons H1121 of Israel H3478.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:19 - “And I have given H5414 the Levites H3881 as [fn]a gift H5414 to Aaron H175 and to his sons H1121 from among H8432 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478, to perform H5647 the service H5656 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 at the tent H168 of meeting H4150 and to make H3722 atonement H3722 on H5921 behalf H5921 of H5921 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478, so that there will be no H3808 affliction H5063 among the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 due to [fn]their approaching H5066 the sanctuary H6944.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:20 -

So this is what Moses H4872, Aaron H175, and all H3605 the congregation H5712 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 did H6213 to the Levites H3881; according to everything H3605 that the LORD H3068 had commanded H6680 Moses H4872 regarding the Levites H3881, so H3651 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 did H6213 to them.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:21 - The Levites H3881, too, purified H2398 themselves from H2398 sin H2398 and washed H3526 their clothes H899; and Aaron H175 presented H5130 them as a wave H8573 offering H8573 before H6440 the LORD H3068. Aaron H175 also made H3722 atonement H3722 for them to cleanse H2891 them.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:22 - Then after H310 that the Levites H3881 went H935 in H935 to perform H5647 their service H5656 in the tent H168 of meeting H4150 before H6440 Aaron H175 and his sons H1121; just H834 as H834 the LORD H3068 had commanded H6680 Moses H4872 concerning H5921 the Levites H3881, so H3651 they did H6213 to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:24 - “This H2088 is what H834 applies to the Levites H3881: from twenty-five H6242 H2568 years H8141 old H1121 and upward H4605 [fn]they shall enter H935 to perform H6633 service H6635 in the work H5656 of the tent H168 of meeting H4150.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:26 - “They may, however, [fn]assist H8334 their brothers H251 in the tent H168 of meeting H4150, to fulfill H8104 an obligation H4931, but they themselves shall do H5647 no H3808 work H5656. In H3602 this H3602 way H3602 you shall deal H6213 with the Levites H3881 in their obligations H4931.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:6 - “Behold H2009, I Myself H589 have taken H3947 your [fn]fellow H251 Levites H3881 from among H8432 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478; they are a gift H4979 to you, [fn]dedicated H5414 to the LORD H3068, to perform H5647 the service H5656 for the tent H168 of meeting H4150.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:23 - “Only the Levites H3881 shall perform H5647 the service H5656 of the tent H168 of meeting H4150, and they shall bear H5375 their own guilt H5771; it shall be a permanent H5769 statute H2708 throughout your generations H1755, and among H8432 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 they shall have H5157 no H3808 inheritance H5159.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:24 - “For the tithe H4643 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478, which H834 they offer H7311 as an offering H8641 to the LORD H3068, I have given H5414 to the Levites H3881 as an inheritance H5159; therefore H5921 H3651 I have said H559 concerning them, ‘They shall have H5157 no H3808 inheritance H5159 among H8432 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:26 - “Moreover, you shall speak H1696 to the Levites H3881 and say H559 to them, ‘When H3588 you take H3947 from the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 the tithe H4643 which H834 I have given H5414 you from them for your inheritance H5159, then you shall present H7311 an offering H8641 from it to the LORD H3068, a tithe H4643 of the tithe H4643.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:30 - “And you shall say H559 to them, ‘When you have [fn]offered H7311 from it the best H2459 of it, then the rest shall be credited H2803 to the Levites H3881 like the product H8393 of the threshing H1637 floor H1637, and like the product H8393 of the wine H3342 vat H3342.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:57 -

These H428 are those who were numbered H6485 of the Levites H3881 according to their families H4940: of Gershon H1648, the family H4940 of the Gershonites H1649; of Kohath H6955, the family H4940 of the Kohathites H6956; of Merari H4847, the family H4940 of the Merarites H4848.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:58 - These H428 are the families H4940 of Levi H3878: the family H4940 of the Libnites H3846, the family H4940 of the Hebronites H2276, the family H4940 of the Mahlites H4250, the family H4940 of the Mushites H4188, and the family H4940 of the Korahites H7145. Kohath H6955 fathered H3205 Amram H6019.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:30 - “And from the sons H1121 of Israel’s H3478 half H4276, you shall take H3947 one H259 drawn H270 from every fifty H2572 of the persons H120, of the cattle H1241, of the donkeys H2543, and of the sheep H6629, from all H3605 the animals H929; and give H5414 them to the Levites H3881 who perform H8104 the duty H4931 of the tabernacle H4908 of the LORD H3068.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:47 - from the sons H1121 of Israel’s H3478 half H4276 Moses H4872 took H3947 one H259 drawn H270 from every fifty H2572, both H4480 of people H120 and of animals H929, and gave H5414 them to the Levites H3881, who performed H8104 the duty H4931 of the tabernacle H4908 of the LORD H3068, just H834 as H834 the LORD H3068 had commanded H6680 Moses H4872.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:2 - “Command H6680 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 that they give H5414 to the Levites H3881 from the inheritance H5159 of their possession H272 cities H5892 to live H3427 in; and you shall give H5414 to the Levites H3881 pasture H4054 lands H4054 around H5439 the cities H5892.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:4 -

“The pasture H4054 lands H4054 of the cities H5892 which H834 you are to give H5414 to the Levites H3881 shall extend from the wall H7023 of the city H5892 [fn]outward H2351 a thousand H505 cubits H520 around H5439.


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