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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. Numbers 35:2 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    “Command the Israelites to give, from the inheritance they will possess, cities for the Levites to live in and pasturelands around the cities.

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  2. Numbers 35:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The pasturelands around the cities you are to give the Levites will extend a thousand cubits from the wall on every side.

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  3. Numbers 35:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Six of the cities you give the Levites are to be appointed as cities of refuge, to which a manslayer may flee. In addition to these, give the Levites forty-two other cities.

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  4. Numbers 35:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The total number of cities you give the Levites will be forty-eight, with their corresponding pasturelands.

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  5. Numbers 35:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The cities that you apportion from the territory of the Israelites should be given to the Levites in proportion to the inheritance of each tribe: more from a larger tribe and less from a smaller one.”

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  6. Deuteronomy 10:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    That is why Levi has no portion or inheritance among his brothers; the LORD is his inheritance, as the LORD your God promised him.

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  7. Deuteronomy 12:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.

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  8. Deuteronomy 12:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Instead, you must eat them in the presence of the LORD your God at the place the LORD your God will choose—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates. Rejoice before the LORD your God in all you do,

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  9. Deuteronomy 12:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and be careful not to neglect the Levites as long as you live in your land.

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  10. Deuteronomy 14:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And do not neglect the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.

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  11. Deuteronomy 14:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the Levite (because he has no portion or inheritance among you), the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow within your gates may come and eat and be satisfied. And the LORD your God will bless you in all the work of your hands.

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  12. Deuteronomy 16:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.

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  13. Deuteronomy 16:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And you shall rejoice in your feast—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.

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  14. Deuteronomy 17:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You are to go to the Levitical priests and to the judge who presides at that time. Inquire of them, and they will give you a verdict in the case.

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  15. Deuteronomy 17:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When he is seated on his royal throne, he must write for himself a copy of this instruction on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests.

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  16. Deuteronomy 18:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The Levitical priests—indeed the whole tribe of Levi—shall have no portion or inheritance with Israel. They are to eat the food offerings to the LORD; that is their inheritance.

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  17. Deuteronomy 18:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now if a Levite moves from any town of residence throughout Israel and comes in all earnestness to the place the LORD will choose,

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  18. Deuteronomy 18:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    then he shall serve in the name of the LORD his God like all his fellow Levites who stand there before the LORD.

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  19. Deuteronomy 24:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In cases of infectious skin diseases, be careful to diligently follow everything the Levitical priests instruct you. Be careful to do as I have commanded them.

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  20. Deuteronomy 26:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So you shall rejoice—you, the Levite, and the foreigner dwelling among you—in all the good things the LORD your God has given to you and your household.

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  21. Deuteronomy 26:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When you have finished laying aside a tenth of all your produce in the third year, the year of the tithe, you are to give it to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat and be filled within your gates.

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  22. Deuteronomy 26:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then you shall declare in the presence of the LORD your God, “I have removed from my house the sacred portion and have given it to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, according to all the commandments You have given me. I have not transgressed or forgotten Your commandments.

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  23. Deuteronomy 27:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Moses and the Levitical priests spoke to all Israel: “Be silent, O Israel, and listen! This day you have become the people of the LORD your God.

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  24. Deuteronomy 27:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the Levites shall proclaim in a loud voice to every Israelite:

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  25. Deuteronomy 31:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Moses wrote down this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and to all the elders of Israel.

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  26. Deuteronomy 31:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    he gave this command to the Levites who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD:

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  27. Joshua 3:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and commanded the people: “When you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God being carried by the Levitical priests, you are to set out from your positions and follow it.

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  28. Joshua 8:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    All Israel, foreigners and citizens alike, with their elders, officers, and judges, stood on both sides of the ark of the covenant of the LORD facing the Levitical priests who carried it. Half of the people stood in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded earlier, to bless the people of Israel.

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  29. Joshua 14:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For Moses had given the inheritance east of the Jordan to the other two and a half tribes. But he granted no inheritance among them to the Levites.

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  30. Joshua 14:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The descendants of Joseph became two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. And no portion of the land was given to the Levites, except for cities in which to live, along with pasturelands for their flocks and herds.

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  31. Joshua 18:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The Levites, however, have no portion among you, because their inheritance is the priesthood of the LORD. And Gad, Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh have already received the inheritance that Moses the servant of the LORD gave them beyond the Jordan to the east.”

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  32. Joshua 21:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now the family heads of the Levites approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the other tribes of Israel

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  33. Joshua 21:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So by the command of the LORD, the Israelites gave the Levites these cities and their pasturelands out of their own inheritance:

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  34. Joshua 21:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The first lot came out for the Kohathite clans. The Levites who were descendants of Aaron the priest received thirteen cities by lot from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.

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  35. Joshua 21:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So the Israelites allotted to the Levites these cities, together with their pasturelands, as the LORD had commanded through Moses.

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  36. Joshua 21:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The remaining Kohathite clans of the Levites were allotted these cities: From the tribe of Ephraim

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  37. Joshua 21:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    This is what the Levite clans of the Gershonites were given: From the half-tribe of Manasseh they were given Golan in Bashan, a city of refuge for the manslayer, and Beeshterah—two cities, together with their pasturelands.

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  38. Joshua 21:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    This is what the Merarite clan (the rest of the Levites) were given: From the tribe of Zebulun they were given Jokneam, Kartah,

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  39. Joshua 21:40 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In all, twelve cities were allotted to the clans of Merari, the remaining Levite clans.

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  40. Joshua 21:41 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the Levites, then, there were forty-eight cities in all, together with their pasturelands, within the territory of the Israelites.

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  41. Judges 17:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And there was a young Levite from Bethlehem in Judah who had been residing within the clan of Judah.

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  42. Judges 17:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Where are you from?” Micah asked him. “I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah,” he replied, “and I am on my way to settle wherever I can find a place.”

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  43. Judges 17:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Stay with me,” Micah said to him, “and be my father and priest, and I will give you ten shekels of silver per year, a suit of clothes, and your provisions.” So the Levite went in

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  44. Judges 17:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and agreed to stay with him, and the young man became like a son to Micah.

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  45. Judges 17:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Micah ordained the Levite, and the young man became his priest and lived in his house.

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  46. Judges 17:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Micah said, “Now I know that the LORD will be good to me, because a Levite has become my priest.”

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  47. Judges 18:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And while they were near Micah’s house, they recognized the voice of the young Levite; so they went over and asked him, “Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? Why are you here?”

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  48. Judges 18:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So they turned aside there and went to the home of the young Levite, the house of Micah, and greeted him.

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  49. Judges 19:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now in those days, when there was no king in Israel, a Levite who lived in the remote hill country of Ephraim took for himself a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.

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  50. Judges 20:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So the Levite, the husband of the murdered woman, answered: “I and my concubine came to Gibeah in Benjamin to spend the night.

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