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. Ezra 3:12 וְהַלְוִיִּם֩

    But many of the older priests, Levites, and family heads who had seen the first temple wept loudly when they saw the foundation of this temple. Still, many others shouted joyfully.

  2. Ezra 6:20 וְהַלְוִיִּ֛ם

    All the priests and Levites had purified themselves and were ceremonially clean. And the Levites slaughtered the Passover lamb for all the exiles, for their priestly brothers, and for themselves.

  3. Ezra 7:7 וְהַלְוִיִּ֜ם

    So in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes, he went up to Jerusalem with some of the Israelites, including priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, and temple servants.

  4. Ezra 8:15 לֵוִ֖י

    Now I assembled these exiles at the canal that flows to Ahava, and we camped there three days. And when I searched among the people and priests, I found no Levites there.

  5. Ezra 8:18 לֵוִ֖י

    And since the gracious hand of our God was upon us, they brought us Sherebiah—a man of insight from the descendants of Mahli son of Levi, the son of Israel—along with his sons and brothers, 18 men;

  6. Ezra 8:20 הַלְוִיִּ֔ם

    They also brought 220 of the temple servants, all designated by name. David and the officials had appointed them to assist the Levites.

  7. Ezra 8:29 וְהַלְוִיִּ֛ם

    Guard them carefully until you weigh them out in the chambers of the house of the LORD in Jerusalem before the leading priests, Levites, and heads of the Israelite families.”

  8. Ezra 8:30 וְהַלְוִיִּ֔ם

    So the priests and Levites took charge of the silver and gold and sacred articles that had been weighed out to be taken to the house of our God in Jerusalem.

  9. Ezra 8:33 הַלְוִיִּֽם׃

    On the fourth day, in the house of our God, we weighed out the silver and gold and sacred articles into the hand of Meremoth son of Uriah, the priest. Eleazar son of Phinehas was with him, along with the Levites Jozabad son of Jeshua and Noadiah son of Binnui.

  10. Ezra 9:1 וְהַלְוִיִּ֔ם

    After these things had been accomplished, the leaders approached me and said, “The people of Israel, including the priests and Levites, have not kept themselves separate from the surrounding peoples whose abominations are like those of the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites.

  11. Ezra 10:5 הַלְוִיִּ֜ם

    So Ezra got up and made the leading priests, Levites, and all Israel take an oath to do what had been said. And they took the oath.

  12. Ezra 10:15 הַלֵּוִ֖י

    (Only Jonathan son of Asahel and Jahzeiah son of Tikvah, supported by Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite, opposed this plan.)

  13. Ezra 10:23 הַלְוִיִּ֑ם

    Among the Levites: Jozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah (that is, Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.

  14. Nehemiah 3:17 הַלְוִיִּ֖ם

    Next to him, the Levites made repairs under Rehum son of Bani, and next to him, Hashabiah, ruler of a half-district of Keilah, made repairs for his district.

  15. Nehemiah 7:1 וְהַלְוִיִּֽם׃

    When the wall had been rebuilt and I had set the doors in place, the gatekeepers, singers, and Levites were appointed.

  16. Nehemiah 7:43 הַלְוִיִּ֑ם

    The Levites: the descendants of Jeshua (through Kadmiel, through the line of Hodevah ), 74.

  17. Nehemiah 7:73 וְהַלְוִיִּ֡ם

    So the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, and temple servants, along with some of the people and the rest of the Israelites, settled in their own towns. And by the seventh month the Israelites had settled in their towns.

  18. Nehemiah 8:7 וְהַלְוִיִּ֔ם

    The Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, and Pelaiah—instructed the people in the Law as they stood in their places.

  19. Nehemiah 8:9 וְהַלְוִיִּם֩

    Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who were instructing the people said to all of them, “This day is holy to the LORD your God. Do not mourn or weep.” For all the people were weeping as they heard the words of the Law.

  20. Nehemiah 8:11 וְהַלְוִיִּ֞ם

    And the Levites calmed all the people, saying, “Be still, since today is holy. Do not grieve.”

  21. Nehemiah 8:13 וְהַלְוִיִּ֔ם

    On the second day of the month, the heads of all the families, along with the priests and Levites, gathered around Ezra the scribe to study the words of the Law.

  22. Nehemiah 9:4 הַלְוִיִּ֗ם

    And the Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani—stood on the raised platform and cried out in a loud voice to the LORD their God.

  23. Nehemiah 9:5 הַלְוִיִּ֡ם

    Then the Levites—Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah—said, “Stand up and bless the LORD your God from everlasting to everlasting: Blessed be Your glorious name, and may it be exalted above all blessing and praise.

  24. Nehemiah 9:38 לְוִיֵּ֖נוּ

    In view of all this, we make a binding agreement, putting it in writing and sealing it with the names of our leaders, Levites, and priests.”

  25. Nehemiah 10:9 וְֽהַלְוִיִּ֑ם

    The Levites: Jeshua son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel,

  26. Nehemiah 10:28 הַ֠לְוִיִּם

    “The rest of the people—the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, temple servants, and all who had separated themselves from the people of the land to obey the Law of God—along with their wives and all their sons and daughters who are able to understand,

  27. Nehemiah 10:34 הַלְוִיִּם֮

    We have cast lots among the priests, Levites, and people for the donation of wood by our families at the appointed times each year. They are to bring it to the house of our God to burn on the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the Law.

  28. Nehemiah 10:37 לַלְוִיִּ֑םהַלְוִיִּ֔ם

    Moreover, we will bring to the priests at the storerooms of the house of our God the firstfruits of our dough, of our grain offerings, of the fruit of all our trees, and of our new wine and oil. A tenth of our produce belongs to the Levites, so that they shall receive tithes in all the towns where we labor.

  29. Nehemiah 10:38 הַלְוִיִּ֖םהַלְוִיִּ֑םוְהַלְוִיִּ֞ם

    A priest of Aaron’s line is to accompany the Levites when they collect the tenth, and the Levites are to bring a tenth of these tithes to the storerooms of the treasury in the house of our God.

  30. Nehemiah 11:3 וְהַלְוִיִּ֣ם

    These are the heads of the provinces who settled in Jerusalem. (In the villages of Judah, however, each lived on his own property in their towns—the Israelites, priests, Levites, temple servants, and descendants of Solomon’s servants—

  31. Nehemiah 11:15 הַלְוִיִּ֑ם

    From the Levites: Shemaiah son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni;

  32. Nehemiah 11:16 הַלְוִיִּֽם׃

    Shabbethai and Jozabad, two leaders of the Levites, who supervised the work outside the house of God;

  33. Nehemiah 11:18 הַלְוִיִּם֙

    The Levites in the holy city totaled 284.

  34. Nehemiah 11:20 הַלְוִיִּם֙

    The rest of the Israelites, with the priests and Levites, were in all the villages of Judah, each on his own inheritance.

  35. Nehemiah 11:22 הַלְוִיִּם֙

    Now the overseer of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica. He was one of Asaph’s descendants, who were the singers in charge of the service of the house of God.

  36. Nehemiah 11:36 הַלְוִיִּ֔ם

    And some divisions of the Levites of Judah settled in Benjamin.

  37. Nehemiah 12:1 וְהַלְוִיִּ֔ם

    Now these are the priests and Levites who went up with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and with Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,

  38. Nehemiah 12:8 וְהַלְוִיִּ֗ם

    The Levites were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who, with his associates, led the songs of thanksgiving.

  39. Nehemiah 12:22 הַלְוִיִּם֩

    In the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua, during the reign of Darius the Persian, the heads of the families of the Levites and priests were recorded.

  40. Nehemiah 12:24 הַ֠לְוִיִּם

    The leaders of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel, along with their associates, who stood across from them to give praise and thanksgiving as one section alternated with the other, as prescribed by David the man of God.

  41. Nehemiah 12:27 הַלְוִיִּם֙

    At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, the Levites were sought out from all their homes and brought to Jerusalem to celebrate the joyous dedication with thanksgiving and singing, accompanied by cymbals, harps, and lyres.

  42. Nehemiah 12:30 וְהַלְוִיִּ֑ם

    After the priests and Levites had purified themselves, they purified the people, the gates, and the wall.

  43. Nehemiah 12:44 וְלַלְוִיִּ֑םהַלְוִיִּ֖ם

    And on that same day men were appointed over the rooms that housed the supplies, contributions, firstfruits, and tithes. The portions specified by the Law for the priests and Levites were gathered into these storerooms from the fields of the villages, because Judah rejoiced over the priests and Levites who were serving.

  44. Nehemiah 12:47 לַלְוִיִּ֔םוְהַלְוִיִּ֔ם

    So in the days of Zerubbabel and Nehemiah, all Israel contributed the daily portions for the singers and gatekeepers. They also set aside daily portions for the Levites, and the Levites set aside daily portions for the descendants of Aaron.

  45. Nehemiah 13:5 הַלְוִיִּ֔ם

    and had prepared for Tobiah a large room where they had previously stored the grain offerings, the frankincense, the temple articles, and the tithes of grain, new wine, and oil prescribed for the Levites, singers, and gatekeepers, along with the contributions for the priests.

  46. Nehemiah 13:10 הַלְוִיִּ֖םהַלְוִיִּ֥ם

    I also learned that because the portions for the Levites had not been given to them, all the Levites and singers responsible for performing the service had gone back to their own fields.

  47. Nehemiah 13:13 הַלְוִיִּ֔ם

    I appointed as treasurers over the storerooms Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah of the Levites, with Hanan son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah, to assist them, because they were considered trustworthy. They were responsible for distributing the supplies to their fellow Levites.

  48. Nehemiah 13:22 לַלְוִיִּ֗ם

    Then I instructed the Levites to purify themselves and guard the gates in order to keep the Sabbath day holy. Remember me for this as well, O my God, and show me mercy according to Your abundant loving devotion.

  49. Nehemiah 13:29 וְהַלְוִיִּֽם׃

    Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites.

  50. Nehemiah 13:30 וְלַלְוִיִּ֖ם

    Thus I purified the priests and Levites from everything foreign, and I assigned specific duties to each of the priests and Levites.

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