3881. Leviyyi or Levi
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Leviyyi or Levi: descendant of Levi
Original Word: לֵוִי
Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: Leviyyi or Levi
Phonetic Spelling: (lay-vee-ee')
Short Definition: Levites

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from Levi
Definition
desc. of Levi
NASB Translation
Levite (26), Levites (241), Levites' (1), Levites* (1), Levitical (15).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
II. לֵוִי291 adjective, of a people Levite; — לֵוִי, 40 t.; plural לֵוִיִּם250t.; suffix לְוִיֵּנוּ Nehemiah 10:1; —

l. singular of individual, ׳אִישׁ ל Judges 19:1 a certain Levite; predicate ׳וְהוּא ל Judges 17:1 and he was a Levite, so Judges 17:9; with article ׳הַלּ as substantive the Levite Exodus 4:11 (J), Judges 17:10,11,12,13 (as priest), Deuteronomy 18:6; 2Chronicles 20:14; 31:12,14; Ezra 10:15; ׳הַנַּעַר הַלּ Judges 18:3,15; ׳הָאִישׁ הַלּ Judges 20:4. Sg. usually

2 with article הַלֵּוִי as substantive collective the Levites: Exodus 6:19; Numbers 3:20,32; Numbers 26:57 (all P); Numbers 18:23 (P; charged with service of tabernacle); especially D, Deuteronomy 12:12,18,19; Deuteronomy 14:27,29; Deuteronomy 16:1,14; Deuteronomy 26:10,12,13; also 1 Chronicles 24:6; Malachi 2:8 (as priestly tribe); ׳שֵׁבָט הַלּ Deuteronomy 10:8 tribe of the Levites (set apart for service), compare Joshua 13:14,33; 1 Chronicles 23:14; בְּנֵיהַֿלֵּוִי 1 Chronicles 12:27 (van d. H v.1 Chronicles 12:26) sons of the Levites (i.e. of the tribe); so Nehemiah 10:40 (as tithe-collectors); בֵּית הַלֵּוִי Psalm 135:20 house (family, tribe) of the Levites.

3 plural לְוִיִּם chiefly Chronicles and P; — always with article ַ˜הלְוִיִּם except suffix לוִיֵּנוּ Nehemiah 10:1; the article is omitted by ᵐ5 ᵑ9 and most in Isaiah 66:21; always = substantive Levites; — 1

a. earlier usage: — as bearing the ark 1 Samuel 6:15; 2 Samuel 15:24; Deuteronomy 31:25, so (with priests) 1 Kings 8:4 2Chronicles 5:5 (HCT ׳הכהנים הַל; read probably ׳וְהַל as in Kings, ᵐ5 ᵑ6 ᵑ9 compare Öttli VB); also 1Chronicles is 1 Chronicles 15:2,26,27; 1 Chronicles 23:26; 2Chron 5:4 (for הכהנים "" 1 Kings 8:3).

b. not distinguished from priests by D: ׳הַכֹּהֲנִים הַל Deuteronomy 17:9,18; Deuteronomy 18:1; Deuteronomy 24:8; Deuteronomy 27:9; Joshua 3:3; Joshua 8:33 (both D; as bearing ark), also Jeremiah 33:18,21 ׅ ׳הַכ ׳(הַל, Ezekiel 43:19; Ezekiel 44:15; compare Deuteronomy 18:7; Deuteronomy 27:14; Jeremiah 33:22; ׳הַל ׳הַכ likewise 2 Chronicles 23:18; 30:27 (but read probably ׳וְהַל after ᵐ5 ᵑ6 ᵑ9, compare Öttli and below)

c. as tribal designation, Exodus 6:25; Numbers 3:39; Numbers 4:18,46; Joshua 21:1 (all P), 1 Chronicles 9:33,34; 1 Chronicles 15:12; 2Chronicles 35:5; Nehemiah 11:15,16; Nehemiah 12:24; with reference to share in land Leviticus 25:32 (twice in verse); Leviticus 25:33 (twice in verse) (H), Numbers 1:47; Numbers 2:33; Joshua 14:3,4; Joshua 21:3,4,8,20,27,34,38,39 (all P), Joshua 18:7 (D), 1 Chronicles 6:49; compare also 2Chronicles 11:14.

d. set apart for service in tabernacle, Exodus 38:21; Numbers 1:50,51 (twice in verse); Numbers 1:53 (twice in verse); Numbers 2:17; Numbers 7:5,6; Numbers 8:6 18t. Numbers 8 (all p), compare 1 Chronicles 6:33; 1 Chronicles 16:4; ministers to Aaron and his sons Numbers 3:9; Numbers 8:19; Numbers 18:6 (P); set apart for ׳י (as redemption for first-born) Numbers 3:12 (twice in verse) + 7 t. Numbers 3 (P); with certain perquisites Numbers 18:24,26,30 9t. Numbers (P).

2 in Chronicles the tribal idea is in the background, and thought of Levites as official class is prominent:

a. distinguished from priests ׳וְהַל ׳הַכ 1 Chronicles 9:14 (compare 1 Chronicles 9:10), 1 Chronicles 13:2; 1 Chronicles 15:4,11,14; 1 Chronicles 23:2; 1 Chronicles 24:6,31 67t. Chronicles; also Isaiah 66:21 (according to Vrss., but dubious), Ezekiel 44:10; Ezekiel 45:5 (compare Ezekiel 45:4), Ezekiel 48:11,12,13,22.

b. as porters, 1 Chronicles 9:26; 1 Chronicles 26:17, compare 1Chron 34:9; as in charge of music, 1 Chronicles 15:16,17,22; 2Chronicles 5:12; 29:25,30; 34:12; Nehemiah 12:27; yet distinguished from porters and singers, Nehemiah 7:1; Nehemiah 13:5,10; distinguished also from נְתִינִים 1 Chronicles 9:2; Ezra 8:20; Nehemiah 10:29; further (with various official functions) 1 Chronicles 9:31 29t. Chronicles; of groups of individuals, 2 Chronicles 17:8 (twice in verse); 2Chronicles 29:12; 34:12; Ezra 2:40 = Nehemiah 7:43; Ezra 8:33; Nehemiah 3:17; Nehemiah 9:5; Nehemiah 10:10; Nehemiah 12:8, also Nehemiah 8:7 (omitted וְ; ᵑ9 BeRy Ryle).

c. בְּנֵיהַֿלְוִיִּם 1 Chronicles 15:15 (bearing ark), 1 Chronicles 24:30 (tribal designation). — See, on Levites, especially GfGeschichte. d. Stammes Levi in MeArchiv i. 68 ff. 208 ff. WeProl. Cap. iv RSOTJC. 435 f., 2nd ed., 360 f. BauPriesterthum 50 f., 68 f., and often



Strong's
Levite

Or Leviy {lay-vee'}; patronymically from Leviy; a Levite or descendant of Levi -- Leviite.

see HEBREW Leviy

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