Levi:
adhesion. (1.) The third son of Jacob by Leah. The origin of the name is found in Leah's words (Gen 29:34), "This time will my husband be joined [Heb. yillaveh] unto me." He is mentioned as taking a prominent part in avenging his sister Dinah (Gen 34:25-31). He and his three sons went down with Jacob (46:11) into Egypt, where he died at the age of one hundred and thirty-seven years (Exd 6:16).
(2.) The father of Matthat, and son of Simeon, of the ancestors of Christ (Luk 3:29).
(3.) Luk 3:24.
(4.) One of the apostles, the son of Alphaeus (Mar 2:14; Luk 5:27,29), called also Matthew (Mat 9:9).
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