לֵוִי

le.viy.yi

Hebrew H3881 People name 291 occurrences in 263 verses
לֵוִי 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

a. the tribe descended from Levi specially set aside by God for His service

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Concordance 263 verses

  1. 1 Samuel 6:15 וְהַלְוִיִּ֞ם

    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.

  2. 2 Samuel 15:24 הַלְוִיִּ֣ם

    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 the people had passed out of the city.

  3. 1 Kings 8:4 וְהַלְוִיִּֽם׃

    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.

  4. 1 Chronicles 6:19 הַלֵּוִ֖י

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

  5. 1 Chronicles 6:48 הַלְוִיִּ֑ם

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

  6. 1 Chronicles 6:64 לַלְוִיִּ֑ם

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

  7. 1 Chronicles 9:2 הַלְוִיִּ֖ם

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

  8. 1 Chronicles 9:14 הַלְוִיִּ֑ם

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

  9. 1 Chronicles 9:26 הַלְוִיִּ֑ם

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

  10. 1 Chronicles 9:31 הַלְוִיִּ֔ם

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

  11. 1 Chronicles 9:33 לַלְוִיִּ֛ם

    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.

  12. 1 Chronicles 9:34 לַלְוִיִּ֛ם

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

  13. 1 Chronicles 13:2 וְהַלְוִיִּ֖ם

    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.

  14. 1 Chronicles 15:2 הַלְוִיִּ֑ם

    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.”

  15. 1 Chronicles 15:4 הַלְוִיִּֽם׃

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

  16. 1 Chronicles 15:11 וְלַלְוִיִּ֗ם

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

  17. 1 Chronicles 15:12 לַלְוִיִּ֑ם

    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.

  18. 1 Chronicles 15:14 וְהַלְוִיִּ֑ם

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

  19. 1 Chronicles 15:15 הַלְוִיִּ֗ם

    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.

  20. 1 Chronicles 15:16 הַלְוִיִּם֒

    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.

  21. 1 Chronicles 15:17 הַלְוִיִּ֗ם

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

  22. 1 Chronicles 15:22 הַלְוִיִּ֖ם

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

  23. 1 Chronicles 15:26 הַלְוִיִּ֔ם

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

  24. 1 Chronicles 15:27 הַלְוִיִּם֙

    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.

  25. 1 Chronicles 16:4 הַלְוִיִּ֖ם

    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.

  26. 1 Chronicles 23:2 וְהַלְוִיִּֽם׃

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

  27. 1 Chronicles 23:3 הַלְוִיִּ֔ם

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

  28. 1 Chronicles 23:26 לַלְוִיִּ֑ם

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

  29. 1 Chronicles 24:6 הַלֵּוִ֗יוְלַלְוִיִּ֑ם

    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.

  30. 1 Chronicles 24:30 הַלְוִיִּ֖ם

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

  31. 1 Chronicles 24:31 וְלַלְוִיִּ֑ם

    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.

  32. 1 Chronicles 26:17 הַלְוִיִּ֣ם

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

  33. 1 Chronicles 26:20 וְֽהַלְוִיִּ֑ם

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

  34. 1 Chronicles 28:13 וְהַלְוִיִּ֔ם

    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:

  35. 1 Chronicles 28:21 וְהַלְוִיִּ֔ם

    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.”

  36. 2 Chronicles 5:4 הַלְוִיִּ֖ם

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

  37. 2 Chronicles 5:5 הַלְוִיִּֽם׃

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

  38. 2 Chronicles 5:12 וְהַלְוִיִּ֣ם

    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.

  39. 2 Chronicles 7:6 וְהַלְוִיִּ֞ם

    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.

  40. 2 Chronicles 8:14 וְהַלְוִיִּ֣ם

    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.

  41. 2 Chronicles 8:15 וְהַלְוִיִּ֛ם

    They did not turn aside from the king’s command regarding the priests or the Levites or any matter concerning the treasuries.

  42. 2 Chronicles 11:13 וְהַלְוִיִּ֔ם

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

  43. 2 Chronicles 11:14 הַלְוִיִּ֗ם

    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.

  44. 2 Chronicles 13:9 וְהַלְוִיִּ֑ם

    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.

  45. 2 Chronicles 13:10 וְהַלְוִיִּ֖ם

    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.

  46. 2 Chronicles 17:8 הַלְוִיִּ֗םהַלְוִיִּ֑ם

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

  47. 2 Chronicles 19:8 הַלְוִיִּ֣ם

    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.

  48. 2 Chronicles 19:11 הַלְוִיִּ֖ם

    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!”

  49. 2 Chronicles 20:14 הַלֵּוִ֖י

    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.

  50. 2 Chronicles 20:19 הַלְוִיִּ֛ם

    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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