Levi

See also: levi, leví, Leví, levî, and Lévi

English

Etymology

Ultimately from Biblical Hebrew לֵוִי (lēwî), of uncertain origin. Doublet of Lewi.

Pronunciation

• (US, UK) IPA^(key): /ˈliː.vaɪ/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Le‧vi

Proper noun

Levi

2. (biblical) The third son of Jacob, by his wife Leah.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 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.

3. (historical) One of the Biblical tribes of Israelites, supposedly descended from Levi, the tribe from which priests were selected.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 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.

4. A male given name from Hebrew.
5. A Jewish surname from Hebrew.
   • 1988 December 19, William Styron, “Why Primo Levi Need Not Have Died”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, archived from the original on 29 August 2022:

     Mr. Levi may have been bedeviled by buried conflicts unrelated to Auschwitz.

Alternative forms

• Levy

Derived terms

• Levi-Civita field
• Levi-Civita symbol
• Levite
• Levitical
• Leviticus

Related terms

• Levin
• Levine
• Levinson
• Levison
• Levite
• Lewi

Translations

third son of Jacob

• Arabic: لَاوِي m (lāwī)
• Catalan: Leví f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 利未 (Lìwèi), 肋未 (Lèiwèi)

• Danish: Levi
• Estonian: Leevi (et)
• Finnish: Leevi (fi)
• French: Lévi (fr) m
• German: Levi (de) m
• Greek: Λευί (el) m (Leví)

  Ancient: Λευΐ m (Leuḯ), Λευΐς m (Leuḯs)

• Gujarati: લેવી m (levī)
• Hawaiian: Lewi
• Hebrew: לֵוִי (he) m (leví)
• Japanese: レビ (Rebi)
• Kazakh: Леуі (Leuı)
• Korean: 레위 (Rewi)
• Latin: Levi
• Malay: Lewi
• Navajo: Líívai
• Norwegian: Levi
• Polish: Lewi (pl) m
• Portuguese: Levi (pt) m
• Russian: Леви́й (ru) m (Levíj), Леви́ (ru) m (Leví)
• Scottish Gaelic: Lèbhi m
• Spanish: Leví (es) m
• Swedish: Levi (sv)

one of the Israelite tribes

• Greek:

  Ancient: Λευΐ m (Leuḯ), Λευΐς m (Leuḯs)

• Polish: Lewi (pl) m

male given name

• Arabic: لاوي m (lawi)
• Finnish: Leevi (fi)
• Hebrew: לֵוִי (he) m (leví)
• Māori: Rewi
• Polish: Lewi (pl) m

See also

• Levi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Viel, evil, live, veil, vile, vlei

Faroese

Proper noun

Levi m

1. a male given name

Usage notes

Patronymics

• son of Levi: Levisson
• daughter of Levi: Levisdóttir

Declension

	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Levi
accusative	Levi
dative	Levi
genitive	Levis

Hungarian

Etymology

Clipping and -i diminutive of Levente.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛvi]
• Hyphenation: Le‧vi
• Rhymes: -vi

Proper noun

Levi

1. a diminutive of the male given name Levente

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	Levi	Levik
accusative	Levit	Leviket
dative	Levinek	Leviknek
instrumental	Levivel	Levikkel
causal-final	Leviért	Levikért
translative	Levivé	Levikké
terminative	Leviig	Levikig
essive-formal	Leviként	Levikként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Leviben	Levikben
superessive	Levin	Leviken
adessive	Levinél	Leviknél
illative	Levibe	Levikbe
sublative	Levire	Levikre
allative	Levihez	Levikhez
elative	Leviből	Levikből
delative	Leviről	Levikről
ablative	Levitől	Leviktől
non-attributive possessive – singular	Levié	Leviké
non-attributive possessive – plural	Leviéi	Levikéi

Possessive forms of Levi

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Levim	Levijeim (or Leviim)
2nd person sing.	Levid	Levijeid (or Leviid)
3rd person sing.	Levije	Levijei (or Levii)
1st person plural	Levink	Levijeink (or Leviink)
2nd person plural	Levitek	Levijeitek (or Leviitek)
3rd person plural	Levijük	Levijeik (or Leviik)

Italian

Etymology

From Hebrew לֵוִי.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.vi/
• Rhymes: -ɛvi
• Hyphenation: Lè‧vi

Proper noun

Levi m

1. (biblical) Levi
2. a male given name

Anagrams

• live, veli, vile

Latin

Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew לֵוִי (Lēwī)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɫeː.wiː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈlɛː.vi]

Proper noun

Lēvī m sg (indeclinable)

1. a male given name from Hebrew, borne by one of the twelve sons of Jacob

Portuguese

Proper noun

Levi m

1. (biblical) Levi (third son of Jacob)
2. a male given name, equivalent to English Levi