Leviticus

See also: leviticus

English

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Etymology

Derived from the Latin Līber Lēvīticus which is from the Ancient Greek το Λευιτικόν (to Leuitikón), "of the Levites [priestly class]". In Jewish writings it is customary to cite the book by its first word, וַיִּקְרָא‎ (Vayikrá, “and he called”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ləˈvɪtɪkəs/
• Hyphenation: Le‧vi‧ti‧cus

Proper noun

Leviticus

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

   Synonym: (abbreviation) Lev.

Related terms

• Levi
• Levite
• levitical
• Levitican

Translations

the book of the Bible and Torah

• Afrikaans: Levitikus (af)
• Albanian: Levitiku
• Arabic: سِفْر اللَّاوِيِّين‎ m (sifr al-lāwiyyīn)
• Aramaic: ܣܦܪܐ ܕܟܗܢܐ‎ m (Sefro Afremoyo)
• Armenian: Ղևտական (Ġewtakan)
• Basque: Lebitarrena (eu)
• Bengali: লেবীয় পুস্তক (lebiẏo pustok)
• Breton: Leviegezh (br) m
• Bulgarian: Леви́т m (Levít)
• Burmese: ဝတ်ပြုရာကျမ်း (watpru.ra-kyam:)
• Catalan: Levític m
• Cebuano: Lebitiko
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 利未記／利未记 (lei⁶ mei⁶ gei³), 肋未紀／肋未纪 (lak⁶ mei⁶ gei²) (Catholic)

  Hakka: 利未記／利未记 (Li-vi-ki)

  Mandarin: 利未記／利未记 (zh) (Lìwèijì), 肋未紀／肋未纪 (zh) (Lèwèijì) (Catholic)

  Min Dong: 利未記／利未记 (Lé-ê-gé)

  Min Nan: 利未記／利未记 (Lī-bī-kì), 肋未紀／肋未纪 (Le̍k-bī-kí) (Catholic)

• Corsican: Leviticu (co)
• Czech: Leviticus (cs)
• Danish: Tredje Mosebog (da)
• Dutch: Leviticus (nl)
• Esperanto: Levidoj
• Estonian: 3. Moosese raamat (et)
• Faroese: Triðja Mósebók (fo) m
• Finnish: 3. Mooseksen kirja
• French: Lévitique (fr)
• Georgian: წიგნი ლევიტელთა (ka) (c̣igni leviṭelta)
• German: Levitikus (de)
• Greek: Λευϊτικό (el) n (Levïtikó)

  Ancient: Λευϊτικόν n (Leuïtikón)

• Greenlandic: 3 Mosesi (kl)
• Hawaiian: ʻOihana Kahuna
• Hebrew: וַיִּקְרָא‎ (he) (Vayikrá)
• Hindi: लैव्यव्यवस्था (laivyavyavasthā)
• Hungarian: Mózes harmadik könyve (hu)
• Icelandic: Þriðja Mósebók m
• Ido: Levitiko (io)
• Indonesian: Kitab Imamat
• Irish: Leabhar Léivític m, Léivític (ga) m
• Italian: Levitico (it) m
• Japanese: レビ記 (レビき, rebiki)
• Kazakh: Леуіліктер (Leuılıkter)
• Korean: 레위기 (rewigi)
• Latin: Leviticus (la)
• Latvian: Trešā Mozus grāmata (lv) f, Levitu grāmata f
• Limburgish: Leviticus
• Lithuanian: Kunigų knyga (lt) f
• Malayalam: ലേവ്യർ (lēvyaṟ)
• Maltese: Ktieb il-Levitku (mt)
• Manx: Leviticus (gv)
• Maori: Rewitikuha (mi)
• Norwegian: Tredje Mosebok (no)
• Odia: ଲେବୀୟ ପୁସ୍ତକ (lebiyô pustôkô)
• Persian: لاویان‎
• Polish: Księga Kapłańska f
• Portuguese: Levítico (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਅਹਬਾਰ (ahabār), احبار‎
• Romanian: Leviticul (ro)
• Russian: Леви́т (ru) m (Levít)
• Scots: Leviticus
• Scottish Gaelic: Lebhiticus (gd) m
• Slovak: Levitikus m
• Slovene: Levitik (sl)
• Spanish: Levítico (es)
• Swahili: Walawi (sw) class 2
• Swedish: Tredje Moseboken
• Tagalog: Talalibithan, Levitico (tl)
• Tamil: லேவியர் (lēviyar)
• Thai: เลวีนิติ
• Turkish: Levililer
• Urdu: احبار‎ (aḥbār), کِتابِ احبار‎ (kitāb-e aḥbār)
• Waray-Waray: Levetico
• Welsh: Lefiticus (cy) m
• West Frisian: Leviticus
• Western Panjabi: کتاب احبار‎ (Kitab Ahbār)
• Yiddish: ויקרא‎ m (vayikro)
• Zealandic: Leviticus

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch leviticus, from Latin Lēvīticus, from Koine Greek Λευιτικόν (Leuitikón).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ləˈvi.ti.kʏs/, /leːˈvi.ti.kʏs/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: Le‧vi‧ti‧cus

Proper noun

Leviticus ?

1. Leviticus (book of the Hebrew Bible)