לֵוִיLêvîy

לֵוִי: proper name, masculine: Levi

Pronunciation: lay-vee' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3878

Meanings

1.

a. Levi, son of Jacob and Leah, as individual (Genesis 29:34; Genesis 34:25; Genesis 34:30)

b. as head of a family of descendants (Exodus 2:1; Numbers 17:23; Zechariah 12:13)

c. with tribal reference (Exodus 32:26; Exodus 32:28; Joshua 21:10)

2. as name of tribe (Deuteronomy 18:1; Numbers 1:49; Numbers 3:6)

: Levite (Ezra 6:16; Ezra 6:18; Ezra 7:13; Ezra 7:24)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 59 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 29:34 Then she became pregnant a third time and gave birth to another son. He was named Levi, for she said, “Surely this time my husband will feel affection for me, since I have given him three sons!”
  • Genesis 34:25 But three days later, when their wounds were still sore, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, who were Dinah’s full brothers, took their swords and entered the town without opposition. Then they slaughtered every male there,
  • Genesis 34:30 Afterward Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have ruined me! You’ve made me stink among all the people of this land—among all the Canaanites and Perizzites. We are so few that they will join forces and crush us. I will be ruined, and my entire household will be wiped out!”
  • Genesis 35:23 The sons of Leah were Reuben (Jacob’s oldest son), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
  • Genesis 46:11 The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
  • Genesis 49:5 “Simeon and Levi are two of a kind; their weapons are instruments of violence.
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