Hebrew noun (Aramaic, masculine) · H3879
לֵוִי
Levilay-vee'
Levite
4 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: Lêvîy
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H3879is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 1 of 39Old Testament books
- 4spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H3879
{something attached, i.e. a wreath}
The King James renders it: Levite.
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
Levi is rendered "Levite". It stands 4 times in the Hebrew text, across one book.
- Four of the uses stand in Ezra, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Ezra 6:16Then the people of Israel—the priests, the Levites, and the rest of the exiles—celebrated the dedication of the house of God with joy.
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
Then the people of Israel—the priests, the Levites, and the rest of the exiles—celebrated the dedication of the house of God with joy.
Ezra 6:16וְלֵוָיֵ֜א
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Four of the word's four uses are in Ezra.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- and Levites the4
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.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| לֵוִיִּי | Levii | Levi | Uses291 |
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
All 4, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 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
- וְלֵוָיֵ֜א1
- וְלֵוָיֵא֙1
- וְלֵוָיֵ֗א1
- וְ֠לֵוָיֵא1
The grammar of each form
- conjunction (“and”) + gentilic noun (a people) + particle of affirmation (“surely”)4AC/Ngmpd/Ta
Ezra
four uses
Then the people of Israel—the priests, the Levites, and the rest of the exiles—celebrated the dedication of the house of God with joy.
- וְלֵוָיֵ֜אvelevaye'conjunction (“and”) + gentilic noun (a people) + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: and Levites the
They also appointed the priests by their divisions and the Levites by their groups to the service of God in Jerusalem, according to what is written in the Book of Moses.
- וְלֵוָיֵא֙velevaye'conjunction (“and”) + gentilic noun (a people) + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: and Levites the
I hereby decree that any volunteers among the Israelites in my kingdom, including the priests and Levites, may go up with you to Jerusalem.
- וְלֵוָיֵ֗אvelevaye'conjunction (“and”) + gentilic noun (a people) + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: and Levites the
And be advised that you have no authority to impose tribute, duty, or toll on any of the priests, Levites, singers, doorkeepers, temple servants, or other servants of this house of God.
- וְ֠לֵוָיֵאvelevaye'conjunction (“and”) + gentilic noun (a people) + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: and Levites the
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.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.