Word Study · Strong's G3017 · Greek
Λευΐ
Leui
lyoo'-ee
Strong's 1890 spelling: Leuḯ
“Levi, the name of three Israelites”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Levi, the name of three Israelites
Rendered in the KJV as
Levi.
- 8occurrencesin the New Testament
- 4 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 8 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- Λευὶ5
- Λευὶν2
- Λευὶς1
How it is rendered · 2
- Levi4
- of Levi4
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular4
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular2
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular2
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- N-GSM-P · 4
- N-ASM-P · 2
- N-NSM-P · 2
All 8, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Luke carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Luke4 occurrences
- Luke 3:24Λευὶleuinoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singularthe son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph,here: of Levi
- Luke 3:29Λευὶleuinoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singularthe son of Joshua, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi,here: of Levi
- Luke 5:27Λευὶνleuinnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singularAfter this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me,” He told him,here: Levi
- Luke 5:29Λευὶςleuisnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularThen Levi hosted a great banquet for Jesus at his house. A large crowd of tax collectors was there, along with others who were eating with them.here: Levi
Hebrews2 occurrences
- Hebrews 7:5Λευὶleuinoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singularNow the law commands the sons of Levi who become priests to collect a tenth from the people—that is, from their brothers—though they too are descended from Abraham.here: of Levi
- Hebrews 7:9Λευὶleuinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularAnd so to speak, Levi, who collects the tenth, paid the tenth through Abraham.here: Levi