Strong's Lexicon Levi: Levi Original Word: לֵוִי Word Origin: Derived from the Hebrew root לָוָה (lavah), meaning "to join" or "to attach." Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - Genesis 29:34 (BSB): "Again she conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, 'Now at last my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons.' So he was named Levi." - Exodus 6:16 (BSB): "These were the names of the sons of Levi according to their records: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Levi lived 137 years." - Numbers 18:21 (BSB): "Behold, I have given the Levites all the tithes in Israel as an inheritance in return for the work they do, the service of the Tent of Meeting." 10. Corresponding Strong's Greek Entries: - G3017 (Λευί): Levi, referring to the same individual or tribe in the New Testament context. Usage: Levi is a proper noun used to refer to the third son of Jacob and Leah, and the ancestor of the tribe of Levi. Cultural and Historical Background: The name Levi is often associated with the idea of being joined or attached, reflecting Leah's hope that her husband Jacob would become more attached to her after Levi's birth (Genesis 29:34). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originof uncertain derivation Definition a son of Jacob, also the tribe descended from him NASB Translation Levi (65), Levi's (1). Brown-Driver-Briggs I. לֵוִי proper name, masculine Levi (√ and meaning dubious; Genesis 29:34 (J) interpreted as joined, i. e. husband to wife; Numbers 18:2,4 (P; apparently in word-play) of Levites as joined to, attendant upon, Aaron; originally as attached to, accompanying Israel from Egypt, LagOr. ii. 20 f.; as attached to, attending upon the ark, BauPriest. 74; in this case I.לֵוִי would be derived from II. לֵוִי in priestly sense; HomA. u. A. 1890, 30 f. proposes Minaean לוא, lau'ân, priest, compare IdSüd-Arab. Chrest. 127; against all such views see KauSK 1890, 771 f. WeProl. ed. 5, 141; Hist. Israel 145 StaZAW i (1881), 112 ff. GrayProp. Names, p. 96, compare NöZMG xi (1886). 167, make לֵוִי name, of a people from לֵאָה (q. v.); compare a further suggestion WeSkizzen iii. 114) — ᵐ5 Λευ(ε)ι(ν); — 1. a. Levi, son of Jacob and Leah, as individual, Genesis 29:34; Genesis 34:25,30; Genesis 35:23; Genesis 49:5 (all J); Genesis 35:23; Genesis 46:11; Exodus 1:2; Exodus 6:16; Exodus 16:16; Numbers 3:17; Numbers 16:1 (all P); 1 Chronicles 21; 1 Chronicles 5:22; 1 Chronicles 6:1; 1 Chronicles 6:4; 1 Chronicles 6:23; 1 Chronicles 6:28; 1 Chronicles 6:32; 1 Chronicles 23:6; Ezra 8:18; so ׳בַּתלֿ [אֶתֿ] Exodus 2:1 (E), Numbers 26:59 (P). b. as head of a family of descendants, in phrase בֵּית לֵוִי Exodus 2:1 (E), and (with reference to tribe; late) Numbers 17:23, ׳מִשְׁמַּחַת בֵּית ל Zechariah 12:13. c. often ׳בְּנֵי(ֿ) ל Exodus 32:26,28 (E), Joshua 21:10 (P), ׳בְּנֵי(ֿ) ל with tribal reference Numbers 3:15; Numbers 4:2; Numbers 18:21 (charged with service of tabernacle, and hence to receive tithes; all P); as priests הַכֹּהֲנִים בְּנֵי לֵוִי Deuteronomy 21:5; Deuteronomy 31:9, compare Malachi 3:3, and ׳לֹא הָיוּ מִבְּנֵי ל 1 Kings 12:31; from the ׳בְּנֵי ל the Zadokites are selected as priests Ezekiel 40:46; according to 1 Chronicles 9:18; 1 Chronicles 23:24,27 ׳בְּנֵי ל are subordinate officials in temple (compare 1 Chronicles 23:28f.), compare 1 Chronicles 24:20; sharply distinguished from priests Ezra 8:15; Nehemiah 12:23 (compare Nehemiah 12:22); so also in later stratum of story of Korah's revolt Numbers 16:7,8,10 (P2). 2 as name of tribe, ׳שֵׁבֶט ל Deuteronomy 18:1 (priestly tribe), ׳מַטֵּה ל Numbers 1:49 (in charge of tabernacle), Numbers 3:6; Numbers 18:2 (ministers unto Aaron); לֵוִי alone = (tribe of) Levi Deuteronomy 27:12; Deuteronomy 33:8 (earlier poem), Numbers 26:58 (P), Ezekiel 48:31; Malachi 2:4 (priestly tribe, compare Malachi 2:1), 1 Chronicles 21:6; 1 Chronicles 27:17; ׳מַטֵּה ל =rod of (the tribe of) Levi Numbers 17:18 (P); also (no inheritance, because charged with service of tabernacle) Deuteronomy 10:9. [לֵוָי] name, of a people Levite (Biblical Hebrew לִוֵי); — plural emphatic לויא Kt, לְוָאֵי Qr (K§§ 61, 6); 52. d), Ezra 6:16,18; Ezra 7:13,24 (all + priests). Strong's Exhaustive Concordance Levi From lavah; attached; Levi, a son of Jacob -- Levi. See also Leviy, Leviyiy. see HEBREW lavah see HEBREW Leviy see HEBREW Leviyiy Forms and Transliterations הַ֭לֵּוִי הַלֵּוִ֔י הַלֵּוִ֖י הַלֵּוִ֗י הַלֵּוִֽי׃ הלוי הלוי׃ וְלֵוִ֖י וְלֵוִ֜י וְלֵוִ֣י וְלֵוִי֙ וּלְלֵוִ֣י ולוי וללוי לְלֵוִ֖י לֵוִ֑י לֵוִ֔י לֵוִ֖י לֵוִ֛י לֵוִ֜י לֵוִ֣י לֵוִֽי׃ לֵוִי֒ לֵוִי֙ לֵוִי֩ לֵוִי֮ לוי לוי׃ ללוי hal·lê·wî halleVi hallêwî lə·lê·wî lê·wî leleVi ləlêwî leVi lêwî ū·lə·lê·wî uleleVi ūləlêwî veleVi wə·lê·wî wəlêwîLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Genesis 29:34 HEB: קָרָֽא־ שְׁמ֖וֹ לֵוִֽי׃ NAS: Therefore he was named Levi. KJV: therefore was his name called Levi. INT: called was his name Levi Genesis 34:25 Genesis 34:30 Genesis 35:23 Genesis 46:11 Genesis 49:5 Exodus 1:2 Exodus 2:1 Exodus 2:1 Exodus 6:16 Exodus 6:16 Exodus 6:19 Exodus 32:26 Exodus 32:28 Numbers 16:1 Numbers 16:7 Numbers 16:8 Numbers 16:10 Numbers 17:3 Numbers 17:8 Numbers 18:2 Numbers 18:21 Numbers 26:59 Numbers 26:59 Deuteronomy 10:8 58 Occurrences |