Leviticus

See also leviticus

English

Leviticus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “Leviticus” on Wikisource. Wikisource Wiktionary has an Appendix listing books of the Bible

Etymology

Derived from the Latin Liber Leviticus which is from the Greek (το) Λευιτικόν (i.e., βιβλίον). In Jewish writings it is customary to cite the book by its first word, וַיִּקְרָא (Vayikrá, “and he called”).

Proper noun

Leviticus

1. The third of the Books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible, the third book in the Torah.

Translations

the book of the Bible and Torah

• Bulgarian: Левитъ
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 利未記 (cmn) (lìwèi-jì)

• Dutch: Leviticus, Levieten
• Esperanto: Levidoj (eo)
• Finnish: 3. Mooseksen kirja (fi)
• French: Lévitique (fr)
• German: Levitikus (de)
• Greek: Λευιτικόν (el) (Levitikón)

• Hebrew: וַיִּקְרָא (vaikra)
• Italian: Levitico (it) m
• Japanese: レビ記 (rebi ki)
• Maltese: Ktieb il-Levitku
• Polish: Księga Kapłańska (pl) f
• Romanian: Leviticul (ro)
• Slovene: Levitik (sl)
• Spanish: Levítico (es)

Related terms

• Lev.
• Levi
• Levite

See also

• priest
• Aaron
• law

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Dutch

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Proper noun

Leviticus ?

1. Leviticus (book of the Bible)