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Strong's #3881 - לֵוִיִּי

Transliteration

Lêvîyîy

Phonetics

lay-vee-ee', lay-vee'

Origin

patronymically from (H3878)

Parts of Speech

adjective

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

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

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (275)

Exodus 2

Leviticus 4

Numbers 58

Deuteronomy 19

Joshua 13

Judges 10

1 Samuel 1

1 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 32

2 Chronicles 64

Ezra 18

Nehemiah 42

Jeremiah 3

Ezekiel 8

BSB (285)

Exodus 4

Leviticus 4

Numbers 61

Deuteronomy 21

Joshua 14

Judges 10

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 33

2 Chronicles 65

Ezra 20

Nehemiah 43

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 3

Ezekiel 9

CSB (293)

Exodus 3

Leviticus 4

Numbers 68

Deuteronomy 25

Joshua 16

Judges 9

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 34

2 Chronicles 63

Ezra 19

Nehemiah 45

Psalms 1

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 3

Ezekiel 8

ESV (284)

Exodus 3

Leviticus 4

Numbers 60

Deuteronomy 19

Joshua 14

Judges 10

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 35

2 Chronicles 65

Ezra 18

Nehemiah 43

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 3

Ezekiel 8

KJV (283)

Exodus 3

Leviticus 4

Numbers 60

Deuteronomy 19

Joshua 14

Judges 10

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 35

2 Chronicles 65

Ezra 18

Nehemiah 40

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 3

Ezekiel 8

LEB (290)

Exodus 3

Leviticus 4

Numbers 64

Deuteronomy 20

Joshua 14

Judges 10

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 35

2 Chronicles 64

Ezra 18

Nehemiah 43

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 3

Ezekiel 8

LSB (283)

Exodus 4

Leviticus 4

Numbers 58

Deuteronomy 19

Joshua 14

Judges 10

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 33

2 Chronicles 65

Ezra 18

Nehemiah 43

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 3

Ezekiel 8

N95 (283)

Exodus 4

Leviticus 4

Numbers 58

Deuteronomy 19

Joshua 14

Judges 10

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 33

2 Chronicles 65

Ezra 18

Nehemiah 43

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 3

Ezekiel 8

NAS (283)

Exodus 4

Leviticus 4

Numbers 58

Deuteronomy 19

Joshua 14

Judges 10

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 33

2 Chronicles 65

Ezra 19

Nehemiah 43

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 3

Ezekiel 8

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (285)

Exodus 3

Leviticus 4

Numbers 59

Deuteronomy 19

Joshua 14

Judges 10

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 35

2 Chronicles 65

Ezra 18

Nehemiah 43

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 3

Ezekiel 8

ASV (275)

all the levites 1

also of the levites 1

also the levites 2

among the levites 1

and all the levites 1

and also the levites 1

and for the levites 3

and if a levite 1

and if one of the levites 1

and levites 4

and of the levites 11

and the levite 8

and the levites 57

and the levites shall be mine 2

and to the levites 1

and with the levites 1

and with them the levites 1

as for the levites 1

as the levites 1

but the levites 6

but unto the levites 1

by the levites 1

certain of the levites 1

concerning the levites 1

for the levites 3

for they, the levites 1

house of the levites 1

howbeit the levites 1

it unto the levite 1

levite 1

levites 1

may the levites 1

me, ye levites 1

moreover the levites 1

not the levite 1

of levi 2

of the levites 32

one of the levites 1

our levites 1

seeing i have a levite 1

shall be unto the levites 1

shall be with the levites 1

so the levite 1

so the levites 3

that shall the levites 1

the levite 9

the levites 56

the sons of levi 1

them unto the levite 1

them unto the levites 4

them; so that the levites 1

themselves: therefore the levites 1

themselves; for the levites 1

then the levites 2

therefore the levites 1

this is that which belongeth unto the levites 1

thou the levites 1

thou, and the levite 1

to the levites 4

touching the levites 1

unto all the levites 1

unto him, i am a levite 1

unto the levites 15

upon the levites 1

when the levites 1

which the levites 1

who was a levite 1

who was of the levites 1

who were levites 1

who were of the levites 1

BSB (285)

- 2

a levite 6

all levites 1

am a levite 1

and levites 30

and of the levites 1

and the levite 4

and the levites 23

and the levitical 1

and those levites 1

as did the levites 1

as the levites 1

as well as to the levites 1

belongs to the levites 1

but the levites 2

but the levitical 1

by the levites 1

by the levitical 1

certain levites 1

for the levites 5

it to the levite 1

levi 1

levite 6

levites 16

now their fellow levites 1

o levites 1

of levi 6

of levite 2

of levites 1

of the levite 1

of the levites 21

of the levitical 3

or levites 1

or the levites 1

other levites 1

so the levite 2

so the levites 3

so the levitical 1

some of the levites 1

the levite 7

the levites 83

the levites were 1

the levites) were given 1

the levites, however 2

the levitical 7

their levite 1

them 1

them to the levites 1

then the levite 1

then the levites 3

they 1

this is what the levite 1

to the levite 1

to the levites 11

to you 1

were levites 1

were the levites 1

when they 1

who are levites 1

with the levites 2

you are to have the levites 1

CSB (293)

levi 14

levi's 2

levite 14

levites 67

levitical 2

of levites 1

the levite 26

the levites 146

the levites' 4

the levitical 14

them 2

they 1

ESV (284)

levi 3

levite 26

levites 241

levitical 13

levitical priests 1

KJV (283)

* 1

levite 25

levites 257

LEB (290)

⌊the levites 1

a levite 2

am a levite 1

among the levites 1

and ⌊the levites 1

and as to the levite 1

and for the levites 1

and levites 8

and levites⌋ 1

and of the levites 1

and other levites 1

and so the levite 1

and the levite 4

and the levites 52

and to the levites 1

but the levites 2

but the levitical 1

but to the levites 1

concerning the levites 1

concerning the levities 1

for levi 2

for the levites 4

for the levitical 1

him the levites 1

is for the levites 1

it to the levite 1

levi 5

levi according to 2

levite 2

levites 8

o levites 1

of the levites 2

of the levites according to 1

our levites 1

so that the levites 1

so the levite went with him 1

so the levites 4

that which was for the levites 1

the levite 8

the levite⌋ 1

the levites 115

the levites ⌊before⌋ 2

the levites according to 5

the levites as a wave offering 1

the levites receive 1

the levitical 6

the levities 1

them 1

them the levites 1

them to the levites 1

them to the levities 1

them were the levites 1

then the levites 4

to the levite 1

to the levites 11

to the levites will be forty 1

two levites 1

was a levite 1

when the levites 1

who were levites 1

with the levites 1

you and the levite 1

LSB (283)

levite 26

levites 240

levites' 2

levitical 15

N95 (283)

levite 26

levites 241

levites' 1

levitical 15

NAS (283)

levite 26

levites 241

levites' 1

levitical 15

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (285)

all the levites 1

also of the levites 1

also the levites 3

among the levites 1

and all the levites 1

and for levites 1

and for the levites 3

and levites 4

and of the levites 6

and others of the levites 1

and the levite 5

and the levites 47

and the levites shall be mine 2

and to the levites 1

and with the levites 1

and with them the levites 1

as for the levites 1

as the levites 1

but the levites 6

but to the levites 1

by the levites 1

certain of the levites 1

concerning the levites 2

for the levites 3

house of the levites 1

households of the levites 3

houses of the levites 2

however the levites 1

if a levite 1

it to the levite 1

levite 1

levites 2

moreover the levites 1

of levi 2

of the levites 37

on the levites 1

one of the levites 1

our levites 1

shall be to the levites 1

shall be with the levites 1

so the levite 1

so the levites 3

so to the levites 1

that which was for the levites 1

the levite 13

the levites 67

the sons of levi 1

them to the levite 1

them to the levites 5

then the levites 2

therefore the levites 1

this is that which belongs to the levites 1

thus to the levites 1

to all the levites 1

to the levites 16

when the levites 1

which the levites 1

who was a levite 1

who was of the levites 1

who were levites 1

who were of the levites 1

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

II. לֵוִי₂₉₁ adjective, of a people Levite; — לֵוִי, 40t.; plural לֵוִיִּם250t.; suffix לְוִיֵּנוּ Nehemiah 10:1; —

l. 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. Sg. usually

2 with articleהַלֵּוִי 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 v. 1 Chronicles 12:26) sons of the Levites (i.e. of the tribe); so Nehemiah 10:40 (as tithe-collectors); בֵּית הַלֵּוִי Psalm 135:20 house (family, tribe) of the Levites.

3 pluralלְוִיִּם chiefly Chronicles and P; — always with article ַהלְוִיִּם except suffix לוִיֵּנוּ Nehemiah 10:1; the article is omitted by ᵐ5ᵑ9 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, ᵐ5ᵑ6 ᵑ9 compare Öttli VB); also 1Chronicles Isaiah 1Chronicles 15:2,26,27; 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 ᵐ5ᵑ6 ᵑ9, 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 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 ׳י (as redemption for first-born) Numbers 3:12 (twice in verse) + 7t. Numbers 3 (P); with certain perquisites Numbers 18:24,26,30 9t. 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 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.

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 29t. 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; ᵑ9 BeRy Ryle).

c.בְּנֵיהַֿלְוִיִּם 1 Chronicles 15:15 (bearing ark), 1 Chronicles 24:30 (tribal designation). — See, on Levites, especially Gf^{Geschichte. d. Stammes} Levi in Me^{Archiv i. 68 ff. 208 ff.} We^{Prol. Cap. iv} RS^{OTJC. 435f., 2nd ed., 360f.} Bau^{Priesterthum 50f.}, 68f., and often

List of Word Forms

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