Greek proper noun (a person) · G3017
Λευΐ
Leuilyoo'-ee
the son of Jacob; Son of Melchi; Son of Simeon; Son of Alphæus
8 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: Leuḯ
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G3017is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 27New Testament books
- 3spellings
- 4meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G3017
Levi, the name of three Israelites
The King James renders it: Levi.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
Leui is rendered "the son of Jacob; Son of Melchi; Son of Simeon; Son of Alphæus". It stands 8 times in the Greek text, across four books.
- Four of the uses stand in Luke, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists four meanings for it, beginning with "the son of Jacob".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Mark 2:14As He was walking along, He saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me,” He told him, and Levi got up and followed Him.
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
As He was walking along, He saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me,” He told him, and Levi got up and followed Him.
Mark 2:14Λευὶν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Four of the word's eight uses are in Luke.
What the word means
The word carries four meanings: the son of Jacob, and Son of Melchi, and Son of Simeon, and Son of Alphæus.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| the son of Jacob | Tagged as
| WhereHebrews 7:5Now the law commands the sons of Levi who become priests to collect a tenth from the… |
| Son of MelchiLuk.3:24. | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereLuke 3:24the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph, |
| Son of SimeonLuk.3:29. | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereLuke 3:29the son of Joshua, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, |
| Son of Alphæus | Tagged as
| WhereMark 2:14As He was walking along, He saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 8, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
3 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- Λευὶ5
- Λευὶν2
- Λευὶς1
The grammar of each form
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular4N-GSM-P
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular2N-ASM-P
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular2N-NSM-P
Mark
one use
As He was walking along, He saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me,” He told him, and Levi got up and followed Him.
- Λευὶνleuinnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: Levi
Luke
four uses
the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph,
- Λευὶleuinoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of Levi
the son of Joshua, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi,
- Λευὶleuinoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of Levi
After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me,” He told him,
- Λευὶνleuinnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: Levi
Then 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.
- Λευὶςleuisnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: Levi
Hebrews
two uses
Now 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.
- Λευὶleuinoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of Levi
And so to speak, Levi, who collects the tenth, paid the tenth through Abraham.
- Λευὶleuinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: Levi
Revelation
one use
from the tribe of Simeon 12,000, from the tribe of Levi 12,000, from the tribe of Issachar 12,000,
- Λευὶleuinoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of Levi
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.