Strong's Concordance
Leviyyi or Levi: descendant of Levi
Original Word: לֵוִיPart of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: Leviyyi or Levi
Phonetic Spelling: (lay-vee-ee')
Short Definition: Levites
Brown-Driver-Briggs
II.
291 ; — , 40 t.; plural 250t.; suffix
Nehemiah 10:1; —
singular of individual, Judges 19:1 a certain Levite; predicate Judges 17:1 and he was a Levite, so Judges 17:9; with article as substantive the Levite Exodus 4:11 (J), Judges 17:10,11,12,13 (as priest), Deuteronomy 18:6; 2Chronicles 20:14; 31:12,14; Ezra 10:15; Judges 18:3,15; Judges 20:4. Sg. usually
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); Deuteronomy 10:8 tribe of the Levites (set apart for service), compare Joshua 13:14,33; 1 Chronicles 23:14; 1 Chronicles 12:27 (van d. H v.1 Chronicles 12:26) sons of the Levites (i.e. of the tribe); so Nehemiah 10:40 (as tithe-collectors); Psalm 135:20 house (family, tribe) of the Levites.
chiefly Chronicles and P; — always with article except suffix Nehemiah 10:1; the article is omitted by and most in Isaiah 66:21; always = substantive Levites; —
— as bearing the ark 1 Samuel 6:15; 2 Samuel 15:24; Deuteronomy 31:25, so (with priests) 1 Kings 8:4 2Chronicles 5:5 (HCT ; read probably as in Kings, compare Öttli VB); also 1Chronicles is 1 Chronicles 15:2,26,27; 1 Chronicles 23:26; 2Chron 5:4 (for "" 1 Kings 8:3).
not distinguished from priests by D: 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 , Ezekiel 43:19; Ezekiel 44:15; compare Deuteronomy 18:7; Deuteronomy 27:14; Jeremiah 33:22; likewise 2 Chronicles 23:18; 30:27 (but read probably after , compare Öttli and below)
, Exodus 6:25; Numbers 3:39; Numbers 4:18,46; Joshua 21:1 (all P), 1 Chronicles 9:33,34; 1 Chronicles 15:12; 2Chronicles 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 2Chronicles 11:14.
, 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 18t. 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 (as redemption for first-born) Numbers 3:12 (twice in verse) + 7 t. Numbers 3 (P); with certain perquisites Numbers 18:24,26,30 9t. Numbers (P).
in Chronicles the tribal idea is in the background, and thought of Levites as official class is prominent:
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 67t. 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.
, 1 Chronicles 9:26; 1 Chronicles 26:17, compare 1Chron 34:9; as in charge of music, 1 Chronicles 15:16,17,22; 2Chronicles 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 1 Chronicles 9:2; Ezra 8:20; Nehemiah 10:29; further (with various official functions) 1 Chronicles 9:31 29t. Chronicles; of groups of individuals, 2 Chronicles 17:8 (twice in verse); 2Chronicles 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 ; BeRy Ryle).
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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Levite
Or Leviy {lay-vee'}; patronymically from Leviy; a Levite or descendant of Levi -- Leviite.
see HEBREW Leviy
Forms and Transliterations
בַּלְוִיִּֽם׃ בלוים׃ הַ֠לְוִיִּם הַֽלְוִיִּֽם׃ הַלְוִיִּ֑ם הַלְוִיִּ֔ם הַלְוִיִּ֖ם הַלְוִיִּ֗ם הַלְוִיִּ֛ם הַלְוִיִּ֜ם הַלְוִיִּ֡ם הַלְוִיִּ֣ם הַלְוִיִּ֤ם הַלְוִיִּ֥ם הַלְוִיִּ֧ם הַלְוִיִּ֨ם הַלְוִיִּֽם׃ הַלְוִיִּם֒ הַלְוִיִּם֙ הַלְוִיִּם֩ הַלְוִיִּם֮ הַלֵּוִ֑י הַלֵּוִ֔י הַלֵּוִ֖י הַלֵּוִ֗י הַלֵּוִ֜י הַלֵּוִ֡י הַלֵּוִֽי׃ הַלֵּוִי֙ הַלֵּוִי֮ הלוי הלוי׃ הלוים הלוים׃ וְ֠הַלְוִיִּם וְֽהַלְוִיִּ֑ם וְהַ֨לְוִיִּ֔ם וְהַלְוִיִּ֑ם וְהַלְוִיִּ֔ם וְהַלְוִיִּ֖ם וְהַלְוִיִּ֗ם וְהַלְוִיִּ֛ם וְהַלְוִיִּ֜ם וְהַלְוִיִּ֞ם וְהַלְוִיִּ֡ם וְהַלְוִיִּ֣ם וְהַלְוִיִּ֤ם וְהַלְוִיִּ֥ם וְהַלְוִיִּֽם׃ וְהַלְוִיִּם֒ וְהַלְוִיִּם֙ וְהַלְוִיִּם֩ וְהַלֵּוִ֔י וְהַלֵּוִ֖י וְהַלֵּוִ֗י וְהַלֵּוִ֥י וְהַלֵּוִי֙ וְלַ֨לְוִיִּ֔ם וְלַלְוִיִּ֑ם וְלַלְוִיִּ֔ם וְלַלְוִיִּ֖ם וְלַלְוִיִּ֗ם וּמֵֽהַלְוִיִּ֔ם והלוי והלוים והלוים׃ וללוים ומהלוים לְוִיֵּ֖נוּ לְלֵוִ֛י לֵוִ֑י לֵוִ֔י לֵוִ֖י לֵוִ֗י לֵוִ֣י לֵוִי֙ לַ֠לְוִיִּם לַלְוִיִּ֑ם לַלְוִיִּ֔ם לַלְוִיִּ֖ם לַלְוִיִּ֗ם לַלְוִיִּ֛ם לַלְוִיִּ֜ם לַלְוִיִּ֤ם לַלְוִיִּֽם׃ לַלְוִיִּם֙ לַלְוִיִּם֩ לַלֵּוִ֗י לַלֵּוִי֙ לוי לוינו ללוי ללוים ללוים׃ bal·wî·yim balviYim balwîyim hal·lê·wî hal·wî·yim halleVi hallêwî halviYim halwîyim lal·lê·wî lal·wî·yim lalleVi lallêwî lalviYim lalwîyim lə·lê·wî lê·wî lə·wî·yê·nū leleVi ləlêwî leVi leviYenu lêwî ləwîyênū ū·mê·hal·wî·yim umehalviYim ūmêhalwîyim vehalleVi vehalviYim veLalviYim wə·hal·lê·wî wə·hal·wî·yim wə·lal·wî·yim wəhallêwî wəhalwîyim wəlalwîyim
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