Levi

See also: levi, leví, Leví, and Lévi

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hebrew לֵוִי, a name in the book of Genesis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈliːvaɪ/

Proper noun

Levi

1. The third son of Jacob, by his wife Leah.
   • 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.

2. One of the Biblical tribes of Israelites, descended from Levi; the tribe from which priests were selected.
   • 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.

3. A male given name from Hebrew.
4. A Jewish surname from Hebrew

Alternative forms

• Levin
• Levine
• Levy
• Lewi

Derived terms

Derived terms

• Levi-Civita symbol
• Levite

• Levitical
• Leviticus

Translations

third son of Jacob

• 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 m
• Greek: Λευί m (Leví)

  Ancient: Λευῑ́ m (Leuī́), Λευῑ́ς m (Leuī́s), Λευΐ m (Leuḯ)

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• Hawaiian: Levi
• Hebrew: לֵוִי (he) m (leví)
• Japanese: レビ (Rebi)
• Kazakh: Леуі (Leuı)
• Latin: Levi
• Norwegian: Levi
• Polish: Lewi (pl) m
• Portuguese: Levi m
• Russian: Леви́й m (Levíj), Леви́ (ru) m (Leví)
• Spanish: Leví (es) m
• Swedish: Levi (sv)

one of the Israelite tribes

• Greek:

  Ancient: Λευῑ́ m (Leuī́), Λευῑ́ς m (Leuī́s)

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• Polish: Lewi (pl) m

male given name

• Finnish: Leevi (fi)
• Hebrew: לֵוִי (he) m (leví)
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• Maori: Rewi
• Polish: Lewi (pl) m

See also

• Levi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Viel, evil, live, veil, vile, vlei

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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

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Hungarian

Etymology

Shortening of Levente +‎ -i (“diminutive suffix”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛvi]
• Hyphenation: Le‧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
2nd person sing.	Levid	Levijeid
3rd person sing.	Levije	Levijei
1st person plural	Levink	Levijeink
2nd person plural	Levitek	Levijeitek
3rd person plural	Levijük	Levijeik

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Italian

Etymology

From Hebrew לֵוִי.

Proper noun

Levi m

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

Anagrams

• vile

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Levi m

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