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le.viy.yi H3881

לֵוִי (le.viy.yi) means “Levi” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

לֵוִי Hebrew · H3881 291 tagged occurrences in 263 verses

Pronunciation guide: lay-vee-ee' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H3881

לֵוִי · le.viy.yi · Levi

Someone from the tribe of Levi living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.29.34; son of: Israel (H3478) and Leah (H3812); brother of: Reuben (H7205), Simeon (H8095), Judah (H3063), Issachar (H3485), Zebulun (H2074) and Dinah (H1783); half-brother of: Dan (H1835H), Naphtali (H5321), Gad (H1410), Asher (H0836), Joseph (H3130) and Benjamin (H1144); father of: Gershon (H1648), Kohath (H6955), Merari (H4847) and Jochebed (H3115) Another name of le.vi (לֵוִי "Levi" H3878) § Levite, of Levi "joined to" 1) the descendants of Levi, the 3rd son of Jacob by Leah 1a) the tribe descended from Levi specially set aside by God for His service

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

or לֵוִי; patronymically from H3878 (לֵוִי); a Levite or descendant of Levi

KJV glosses: Leviite.

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How translators render H3881

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BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
the levites 82
and levites 30
and the levites 23
of the levites 21
levites 16
to the levites 13
the levite 7
the levitical 7
a levite 6
levite 6
of levi 6
and the levite 4
for the levites 4
so the levites 4
of the levitical 3
then the levites 3
but the levites 2
of levite 2
so the levite 2
the levites however 2
with the levites 2
all levites 1
am a levite 1
and of the levites 1
and the levitical 1
and those levites 1
as did the levites 1
as the levites 1
as well as to the levites 1
belongs to the levites 1
but the levitical 1
by the levites 1
by the levitical 1
certain levites 1
for the levites then 1
it to the levite 1
levi 1
now their fellow levites were 1
o levites 1
of levites 1
of the levite 1
or levites 1
or the levites 1
other levites 1
so the levitical 1
some of the levites 1
the levites were 1
the levites were given 1
their levite 1
them 1
then the levite 1
they 1
this is what the levite 1
to the levite 1
to you 1
were levites 1
were the levites 1
when they 1
who are levites 1
you are to have the levites 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
and the levites 58
the levites 58
of the levites 46
unto the levites 16
and the levite 8
and levites 7
and of the levites 7
the levite 7
but the levites 6
levites 6
to the levites 5
them unto the levites 4
a levite 3
also of the levites 3
also the levites 3
for the levites 3
so the levites 3
therefore the levites 3
and for the levites 2
concerning the levites 2
then the levites 2
all the levites 1
also and all the levites 1
among the levites 1
and all the levites 1
and also unto the levites 1
and if a levite 1
and to the levites 1
and with the levites 1
as the levites 1
but unto the levites 1
by the levites 1
for levites 1
for these levites 1
howbeit the levites 1
levite 1
may the levites 1
me ye levites 1
moreover the levites 1
not the levite 1
now the levites 1
seeing i have a levite 1
shall also the levites 1
shall be with the levites 1
so the levite 1
that shall the levites 1
that the same levites 1
them unto the levite 1
themselves for the levites 1
thou and the levite 1
unto all the levites 1
unto the levite 1
upon the levites 1
when the levites 1
which the levites 1

Verses containing H3881

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  1. Exodus 4:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the anger of the LORD burned against Moses, and He said, “Is not Aaron the Levite your brother? I know that he can speak well, and he is now on his way to meet you. When he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.

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  2. Exodus 6:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    These were the names of the sons of Levi according to their records: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Levi lived 137 years.

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  3. Exodus 6:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Aaron’s son Eleazar married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him Phinehas. These were the heads of the Levite families by their clans.

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  4. Exodus 38:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    This is the inventory for the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the Testimony, as recorded at Moses’ command by the Levites under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.

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  5. Leviticus 25:32 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    As for the cities of the Levites, the Levites always have the right to redeem their houses in the cities they possess.

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  6. Leviticus 25:33 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    So whatever belongs to the Levites may be redeemed—a house sold in a city they possess—and must be released in the Jubilee, because the houses in the cities of the Levites are their possession among the Israelites.

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  7. Numbers 1:47 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The Levites, however, were not numbered along with them by the tribe of their fathers.

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  8. Numbers 1:50 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Instead, you are to appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the Testimony, all its furnishings, and everything in it. They shall carry the tabernacle and all its articles, care for it, and camp around it.

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  9. Numbers 1:51 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Whenever the tabernacle is to move, the Levites are to take it down, and whenever it is to be pitched, the Levites are to set it up. Any outsider who goes near it must be put to death.

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  10. Numbers 1:53 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    But the Levites are to camp around the tabernacle of the Testimony and watch over it, so that no wrath will fall on the congregation of Israel. So the Levites are responsible for the tabernacle of the Testimony.”

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  11. Numbers 2:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In the middle of the camps, the Tent of Meeting is to travel with the camp of the Levites. They are to set out in the order they encamped, each in his own place under his standard.

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  12. Numbers 2:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But the Levites were not counted among the other Israelites, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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  13. Numbers 3:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Bring the tribe of Levi and present them to Aaron the priest to assist him.

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  14. Numbers 3:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Assign the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they have been given exclusively to him from among the Israelites.

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  15. Numbers 3:12 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    “Behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel in place of every firstborn Israelite from the womb. The Levites belong to Me,

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  16. Numbers 3:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And the sons of Merari by their clans were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of the Levites, according to their families.

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  17. Numbers 3:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The chief of the leaders of the Levites was Eleazar son of Aaron the priest; he oversaw those responsible for the duties of the sanctuary.

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  18. Numbers 3:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The total number of Levites that Moses and Aaron counted by their clans at the LORD’s command, including all the males a month old or more, was 22,000.

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  19. Numbers 3:41 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    You are to take the Levites for Me—I am the LORD—in place of all the firstborn of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites in place of all the firstborn of the livestock of the Israelites.”

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  20. Numbers 3:45 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    “Take the Levites in place of all the firstborn of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites in place of their livestock. The Levites belong to Me; I am the LORD.

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  21. Numbers 3:46 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    To redeem the 273 firstborn Israelites who outnumber the Levites,

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  22. Numbers 3:49 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Moses collected the redemption money from those in excess of the number redeemed by the Levites.

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  23. Numbers 4:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Do not allow the Kohathite tribal clans to be cut off from among the Levites.

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  24. Numbers 4:46 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of Israel numbered by their clans and families all the Levites

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  25. Numbers 7:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Accept these gifts from them, that they may be used in the work of the Tent of Meeting. And give them to the Levites, to each man according to his service.”

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  26. Numbers 7:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Moses took the carts and oxen and gave them to the Levites.

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  27. Numbers 8:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Take the Levites from among the Israelites and make them ceremonially clean.

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  28. Numbers 8:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Bring the Levites before the Tent of Meeting and assemble the whole congregation of Israel.

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  29. Numbers 8:10 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    You are to present the Levites before the LORD and have the Israelites lay their hands upon them.

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  30. Numbers 8:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Aaron is to present the Levites before the LORD as a wave offering from the sons of Israel, so that they may perform the service of the LORD.

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  31. Numbers 8:12 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    And the Levites are to lay their hands on the heads of the bulls, and offer to the LORD one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, to make atonement for the Levites.

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  32. Numbers 8:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You are to have the Levites stand before Aaron and his sons and then present them before the LORD as a wave offering.

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  33. Numbers 8:14 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    In this way you shall separate the Levites from the rest of the Israelites, and the Levites will belong to Me.

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  34. Numbers 8:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    After you have cleansed them and presented them as a wave offering, they may come to serve at the Tent of Meeting.

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  35. Numbers 8:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But I have taken the Levites in place of all the firstborn among the sons of Israel.

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  36. Numbers 8:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons from among the Israelites, to perform the service for the Israelites at the Tent of Meeting and to make atonement on their behalf, so that no plague will come against the Israelites when they approach the sanctuary.”

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  37. Numbers 8:20 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    So Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation of Israel did with the Levites everything that the LORD had commanded Moses they should do.

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  38. Numbers 8:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The Levites purified themselves and washed their clothes, and Aaron presented them as a wave offering before the LORD. Aaron also made atonement for them to cleanse them.

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  39. Numbers 8:22 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    After that, the Levites came to perform their service at the Tent of Meeting in the presence of Aaron and his sons. Thus they did with the Levites just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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  40. Numbers 8:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “This applies to the Levites: Men twenty-five years of age or older shall enter to perform the service in the work at the Tent of Meeting.

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  41. Numbers 8:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    After that, they may assist their brothers in fulfilling their duties at the Tent of Meeting, but they themselves are not to do the work. This is how you are to assign responsibilities to the Levites.”

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  42. Numbers 16:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now Korah son of Izhar, the son of Kohath son of Levi, along with some Reubenites—Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth—conducted

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  43. Numbers 18:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Behold, I Myself have selected your fellow Levites from the Israelites as a gift to you, dedicated to the LORD to perform the service for the Tent of Meeting.

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  44. Numbers 18:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The Levites are to perform the work of the Tent of Meeting, and they must bear their iniquity. This is a permanent statute for the generations to come. The Levites will not receive an inheritance among the Israelites.

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  45. Numbers 18:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For I have given to the Levites as their inheritance the tithe that the Israelites present to the LORD as a contribution. That is why I told them that they would not receive an inheritance among the Israelites.”

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  46. Numbers 18:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Speak to the Levites and tell them: ‘When you receive from the Israelites the tithe that I have given you as your inheritance, you must present part of it as an offering to the LORD—a tithe of the tithe.

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  47. Numbers 18:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore say to the Levites, ‘When you have presented the best part, it will be reckoned to you as the produce of the threshing floor or winepress.

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  48. Numbers 26:57 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now these were the Levites numbered by their clans: The Gershonite clan from Gershon, the Kohathite clan from Kohath, and the Merarite clan from Merari.

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  49. Numbers 31:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    From the Israelites’ half, take one out of every fifty, whether persons, cattle, donkeys, sheep, or other animals, and give them to the Levites who keep charge of the tabernacle of the LORD.”

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  50. Numbers 31:47 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    From the Israelites’ half, Moses took one out of every fifty persons and animals and gave them to the Levites who kept charge of the tabernacle of the LORD, as the LORD had commanded him.

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