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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. 1 Samuel 6:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD and the chest containing the gold objects, and they placed them on the large rock. That day the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt offerings and made sacrifices to the LORD.

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  2. 2 Samuel 15:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Zadok was also there, and all the Levites with him were carrying the ark of the covenant of God. And they set down the ark of God, and Abiathar offered sacrifices until all the people had passed out of the city.

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  3. 1 Kings 8:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and they brought up the ark of the LORD and the Tent of Meeting with all its sacred furnishings. So the priests and Levites carried them up.

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  4. 1 Chronicles 6:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites listed according to their fathers:

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    Source alternate reference: 6.4

  5. 1 Chronicles 6:48 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Their fellow Levites were assigned to every kind of service of the tabernacle, the house of God.

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    Source alternate reference: 6.33

  6. 1 Chronicles 6:64 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So the Israelites gave to the Levites these cities and their pasturelands.

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    Source alternate reference: 6.49

  7. 1 Chronicles 9:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now the first to resettle their own property in their cities were Israelites, priests, Levites, and temple servants.

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  8. 1 Chronicles 9:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    From the Levites: Shemaiah son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, a descendant of Merari;

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  9. 1 Chronicles 9:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted with the rooms and the treasuries of the house of God.

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  10. 1 Chronicles 9:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    A Levite named Mattithiah, the firstborn son of Shallum the Korahite, was entrusted with baking the bread.

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  11. 1 Chronicles 9:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Those who were musicians, the heads of Levite families, stayed in the temple chambers and were exempt from other duties because they were on duty day and night.

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  12. 1 Chronicles 9:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    All these were heads of Levite families, chiefs according to their genealogies, and they lived in Jerusalem.

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  13. 1 Chronicles 13:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And he said to the whole assembly of Israel, “If it seems good to you, and if this is of the LORD our God, let us send word far and wide to the rest of our brothers in all the land of Israel, and also to the priests and Levites in their cities and pasturelands, so that they may join us.

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  14. 1 Chronicles 15:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then David said, “No one but the Levites may carry the ark of God, because the LORD has chosen them to carry the ark of the LORD and to minister before Him forever.”

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  15. 1 Chronicles 15:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then he gathered together the descendants of Aaron and the Levites:

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  16. 1 Chronicles 15:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    David summoned the priests Zadok and Abiathar and the Levites Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab.

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  17. 1 Chronicles 15:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And he said to them, “You are the heads of the Levitical families. You and your relatives must consecrate yourselves so that you may bring the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel, to the place I have prepared for it.

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  18. 1 Chronicles 15:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So the priests and Levites consecrated themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel.

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  19. 1 Chronicles 15:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And the Levites carried the ark of God on their shoulders with the poles, as Moses had commanded in accordance with the word of the LORD.

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  20. 1 Chronicles 15:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    David also told the leaders of the Levites to appoint their relatives as singers to lift up their voices with joy, accompanied by musical instruments—harps, lyres, and cymbals.

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  21. 1 Chronicles 15:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So the Levites appointed Heman son of Joel; from his brothers, Asaph son of Berechiah; from their brothers the Merarites, Ethan son of Kushaiah;

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  22. 1 Chronicles 15:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Chenaniah the head Levite was the director of the music because he was highly skilled.

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  23. 1 Chronicles 15:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And because God helped the Levites who were carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD, they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.

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  24. 1 Chronicles 15:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now David was dressed in a robe of fine linen, as were all the Levites who were carrying the ark, as well as the singers and Chenaniah, the director of music for the singers. David also wore a linen ephod.

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  25. 1 Chronicles 16:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    David appointed some of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, to celebrate, to give thanks, and to praise the LORD, the God of Israel.

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  26. 1 Chronicles 23:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then he gathered all the leaders of Israel, as well as the priests and Levites.

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  27. 1 Chronicles 23:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The Levites thirty years of age or older were counted, and the total number of men was 38,000.

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  28. 1 Chronicles 23:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So now the Levites no longer need to carry the tabernacle or any of the articles for its service.”

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  29. 1 Chronicles 24:6 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    The scribe, Shemaiah son of Nethanel, a Levite, recorded their names in the presence of the king and of the officers: Zadok the priest, Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and the heads of families of the priests and the Levites—one family being taken from Eleazar, and then one from Ithamar.

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  30. 1 Chronicles 24:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And the sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites, according to their families.

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  31. 1 Chronicles 24:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As their brothers the descendants of Aaron did, they also cast lots in the presence of King David and of Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of the families of the priests and Levites—the family heads and their younger brothers alike.

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  32. 1 Chronicles 26:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Each day there were six Levites on the east, four on the north, four on the south, and two pairs at the storehouse.

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  33. 1 Chronicles 26:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now their fellow Levites were in charge of the treasuries of the house of God and the treasuries of the dedicated things.

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  34. 1 Chronicles 28:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    for the divisions of the priests and Levites, for all the work of service in the house of the LORD, and for all the articles of service in the house of the LORD:

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  35. 1 Chronicles 28:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The divisions of the priests and Levites are ready for all the service of the house of God, and every willing man of every skill will be at your disposal for the work. The officials and all the people are fully at your command.”

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  36. 2 Chronicles 5:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the Levites took up the ark,

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  37. 2 Chronicles 5:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and they brought up the ark and the Tent of Meeting with all its sacred furnishings. The Levitical priests carried them up.

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  38. 2 Chronicles 5:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    all the Levitical singers—Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and relatives—stood on the east side of the altar, dressed in fine linen and playing cymbals, harps, and lyres, accompanied by 120 priests sounding trumpets.

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  39. 2 Chronicles 7:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The priests stood at their posts, as did the Levites with the musical instruments of the LORD, which King David had made for giving thanks to the LORD and with which David had offered praise, saying, “For His loving devotion endures forever.” Across from the Levites, the priests sounded trumpets, and all the Israelites were standing.

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  40. 2 Chronicles 8:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In keeping with the ordinances of his father David, Solomon appointed the divisions of the priests over their service, and the Levites for their duties to offer praise and to minister before the priests according to the daily requirement. He also appointed gatekeepers by their divisions at each gate, for this had been the command of David, the man of God.

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  41. 2 Chronicles 8:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They did not turn aside from the king’s command regarding the priests or the Levites in any matter, including that of the treasuries.

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  42. 2 Chronicles 11:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Moreover, the priests and Levites from all their districts throughout Israel stood with Rehoboam.

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  43. 2 Chronicles 11:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the Levites left their pasturelands and their possessions and went to Judah and Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his sons had rejected them as priests of the LORD.

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  44. 2 Chronicles 13:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But did you not drive out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites? And did you not make priests for yourselves as do the peoples of other lands? Now whoever comes to consecrate himself with a young bull and seven rams can become a priest of things that are not gods.

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  45. 2 Chronicles 13:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But as for us, the LORD is our God. We have not forsaken Him; the priests who minister to the LORD are sons of Aaron, and the Levites attend to their duties.

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  46. 2 Chronicles 17:8 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    accompanied by certain Levites—Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tob-adonijah—along with the priests Elishama and Jehoram.

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  47. 2 Chronicles 19:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Moreover, Jehoshaphat appointed in Jerusalem some of the Levites, priests, and heads of the Israelite families to judge on behalf of the LORD and to settle disputes. And they lived in Jerusalem.

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  48. 2 Chronicles 19:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Note that Amariah, the chief priest, will be over you in all that pertains to the LORD, and Zebadiah son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, in all that pertains to the king. And the Levites will serve as officers before you. Act resolutely; may the LORD be with the upright!”

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  49. 2 Chronicles 20:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jahaziel son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite from Asaph’s descendants, as he stood in the midst of the assembly.

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  50. 2 Chronicles 20:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And the Levites from the Kohathites and Korahites stood up to praise the LORD, the God of Israel, shouting in a very loud voice.

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