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לֵוִי

le.viy.yiLevi
hebrewOld TestamentName of a people group291 occurrences16 books263 verses
This word comes from the name of Levi.

Definition

or לֵוִי; patronymically from H3878; a Levite or descendant of Levi
Traditional renderings: Leviite.

Glossary entries

Levi (Person)

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

291 total
  1. Joshua 21:27הַלְוִיִּם֒ · [This is what] the Levite
    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.
  2. Joshua 21:34הַלְוִיִּ֣ם · the Levites) were given
    This is what the Merarite clan (the rest of the Levites) were given: From the tribe of Zebulun they were given Jokneam, Kartah,
  3. Joshua 21:40הַלְוִיִּ֑ם · Levite
    In all, twelve cities were allotted to the clans of Merari, the remaining Levite clans.
  4. Joshua 21:41הַלְוִיִּ֔ם · For the Levites, then
    For the Levites, then, there were forty-eight cities in all, together with their pasturelands, within the territory of the Israelites.
  5. Judges 17:7לֵוִ֖י · Levite
    And there was a young Levite from Bethlehem in Judah who had been residing within the clan of Judah.
  6. Judges 17:9לֵוִ֣י · am a Levite
    “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.”
  7. Judges 17:10הַלֵּוִֽי׃ · So the Levite
    “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
  8. Judges 17:11הַלֵּוִ֖י
    …and agreed to stay with him, and the young man became like a son to Micah.
  9. Judges 17:12הַלֵּוִ֔י · the Levite
    Micah ordained the Levite, and the young man became his priest and lived in his house.
  10. Judges 17:13הַלֵּוִ֖י · a Levite
    Then Micah said, “Now I know that the LORD will be good to me, because a Levite has become my priest.”
  11. Judges 18:3הַלֵּוִ֑י · Levite
    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?”
  12. Judges 18:15הַלֵּוִ֖י · Levite
    So they turned aside there and went to the home of the young Levite, the house of Micah, and greeted him.
  13. Judges 19:1לֵוִ֗י · a Levite
    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.
  14. Judges 20:4הַלֵּוִ֗י · So the Levite
    So the Levite, the husband of the murdered woman, answered: “I and my concubine came to Gibeah in Benjamin to spend the night.
  15. 1 Samuel 6:15וְהַלְוִיִּ֞ם · And the Levites
    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.
  16. 2 Samuel 15:24הַלְוִיִּ֣ם · the Levites
    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.
  17. 1 Kings 8:4וְהַלְוִיִּֽם׃ · and Levites
    …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.
  18. 1 Chronicles 6:19הַלֵּוִ֖י · of the Levites
    The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites listed according to their fathers:
  19. 1 Chronicles 6:48הַלְוִיִּ֑ם · Levites
    Their fellow Levites were assigned to every kind of service of the tabernacle, the house of God.
  20. 1 Chronicles 6:64לַלְוִיִּ֑ם · to the Levites
    So the Israelites gave to the Levites these cities and their pasturelands.
  21. 1 Chronicles 9:2הַלְוִיִּ֖ם · Levites
    Now the first to resettle their own property in their cities were Israelites, priests, Levites, and temple servants.
  22. 1 Chronicles 9:14הַלְוִיִּ֑ם · the Levites
    From the Levites: Shemaiah son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, a descendant of Merari;
  23. 1 Chronicles 9:26הַלְוִיִּ֑ם · were Levites
    But the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted with the rooms and the treasuries of the house of God.
  24. 1 Chronicles 9:31הַלְוִיִּ֔ם · A Levite
    A Levite named Mattithiah, the firstborn son of Shallum the Korahite, was entrusted with baking the bread.
  25. 1 Chronicles 9:33לַלְוִיִּ֛ם · of Levite
    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.
  26. 1 Chronicles 9:34לַלְוִיִּ֛ם · of Levite
    All these were heads of Levite families, chiefs according to their genealogies, and they lived in Jerusalem.
  27. 1 Chronicles 13:2וְהַלְוִיִּ֖ם · and Levites
    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.
  28. 1 Chronicles 15:2הַלְוִיִּ֑ם · the Levites
    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.”
  29. 1 Chronicles 15:4הַלְוִיִּֽם׃ · and the Levites
    Then he gathered together the descendants of Aaron and the Levites:
  30. 1 Chronicles 15:11וְלַלְוִיִּ֗ם · and the Levites
    David summoned the priests Zadok and Abiathar and the Levites Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab.
  31. 1 Chronicles 15:12לַלְוִיִּ֑ם · of the Levitical
    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.
  32. 1 Chronicles 15:14וְהַלְוִיִּ֑ם · and Levites
    So the priests and Levites consecrated themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel.
  33. 1 Chronicles 15:15הַלְוִיִּ֗ם
    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.
  34. 1 Chronicles 15:16הַלְוִיִּם֒ · of the Levites
    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.
  35. 1 Chronicles 15:17הַלְוִיִּ֗ם · So the Levites
    So the Levites appointed Heman son of Joel; from his brothers, Asaph son of Berechiah; from their brothers the Merarites, Ethan son of Kushaiah;
  36. 1 Chronicles 15:22הַלְוִיִּ֖ם · Levite
    Chenaniah the head Levite was the director of the music because he was highly skilled.
  37. 1 Chronicles 15:26הַלְוִיִּ֔ם · the Levites
    And because God helped the Levites who were carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD, they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.
  38. 1 Chronicles 15:27הַלְוִיִּם֙ · the Levites
    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.
  39. 1 Chronicles 16:4הַלְוִיִּ֖ם · the Levites
    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.
  40. 1 Chronicles 23:2וְהַלְוִיִּֽם׃ · and Levites
    Then he gathered all the leaders of Israel, as well as the priests and Levites.
  41. 1 Chronicles 23:3הַלְוִיִּ֔ם · The Levites
    The Levites thirty years of age or older were counted, and the total number of men was 38,000.
  42. 1 Chronicles 23:26לַלְוִיִּ֑ם · the Levites
    So now the Levites no longer need to carry the tabernacle or any of the articles for its service.”
  43. 1 Chronicles 24:6 (2×)הַלֵּוִ֗י · a Levite; וְלַלְוִיִּ֑ם · and the Levites
    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.
  44. 1 Chronicles 24:30הַלְוִיִּ֖ם · of the Levites
    And the sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites, according to their families.
  45. 1 Chronicles 24:31וְלַלְוִיִּ֑ם · and Levites
    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.
  46. 1 Chronicles 26:17הַלְוִיִּ֣ם · Levites
    Each day there were six Levites on the east, four on the north, four on the south, and two pairs at the storehouse.
  47. 1 Chronicles 26:20וְֽהַלְוִיִּ֑ם · Now their fellow Levites [were]
    Now their fellow Levites were in charge of the treasuries of the house of God and the treasuries of the dedicated things.
  48. 1 Chronicles 28:13וְהַלְוִיִּ֔ם · and Levites
    …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:
  49. 1 Chronicles 28:21וְהַלְוִיִּ֔ם · and Levites
    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.”