Λευίς
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- Λευί (Leuí)
Etymology
Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew לֵוִי (lēwî).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /leu̯.ǐːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /leˈwis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /leˈβis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /leˈvis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /leˈvis/
Proper noun
Λευῑ́ς • (Leuī́s) m (genitive Λευί); irregular declension
Usage notes
The uninflected form Λευί (Leuí) is generally used in the LXX, while the inflected form is preferred in the New Testament.
Inflection
Derived terms
References
- Nestle, Eberhard, Aland, Kurt with et al. (2012) Novum Testamentum Graece[1], 28th revised edition, 4th corrected printing edition, Stuttgart: Stuttgart Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, →ISBN
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- G3018 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
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- Ancient Greek 2-syllable words
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- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek proper nouns
- Ancient Greek oxytone terms
- Ancient Greek masculine proper nouns
- Ancient Greek irregular proper nouns
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns