Levi

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See also levi, Leví, and Lévi

English

Etymology

From Hebrew לֵוִי, a name in the book of Genesis.

Pronunciation

• (US, UK) IPA: /ˈliːvɑj/

Proper noun

Levi

1. (biblical) Third son of Jacob, by his wife Leah.
2. (biblical) One of the Israelite tribes, descended from Levi; the tribe from which priests were selected.
3. A male given name.
4. A Jewish surname​.

Quotations

• 1611 — King James Version of the Bible, Genesis 35:22b-26

  Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: ²³ The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun: ²⁴ The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin: ²⁵ And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali: ²⁶ And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan-aram.

• 1611 — King James Version of the Bible, Joshua 13:33

  But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave not any inheritance: the Lord God of Israel was their inheritance, as he said unto them.

Derived terms

• Levite
• Levitical
• Leviticus

Translations

third son of Jacob

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 利未 (cmn)

• Danish: Levi (da)
• Estonian: Leevi (et)
• Finnish: Leevi (fi)
• French: Lévi (fr)
• German: Levi (de)

• Hawaiian: Levi
• Hebrew: לֵוִי (he)
• Latin: Levi (la)
• Norwegian: Levi (no)
• Spanish: Leví (es)
• Swedish: Levi (sv)

one of the Israelite tribes

male given name

• Finnish: Leevi (fi)
• Hawaiian: Lewi

• Hebrew: לֵוִי (he)

See also

• Levi (Bible) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Levi (Bible)

Anagrams

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• veil
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