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Strong's G3017 Λευΐ (leui)

Leui means “Levi” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H3017 — yagur (“Jagur”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G3017
Language Greek
Linked Usages 77
Books 21

Strong's G3017 Quick Answer

Strong's G3017 Λευΐ (Leui) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. Leui (lyoo-ee"') n/p. 1. Levi, the name of three Israelites [of Hebrew origin (H3878)] It has 77 linked Bible usages across 21 books. Visible English usage signals include levi. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
Leui (lyoo-ee"') n/p. 1. Levi, the name of three Israelites [of Hebrew origin (H3878)]
Usage
77 linked usages
Books
21 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
levi

Meaning and Definition

Leui (lyoo-ee"') n/p. 1. Levi, the name of three Israelites [of Hebrew origin (H3878)] KJV: Levi Root(s): H3878 Compare: G3018

Original Word
Λευΐ
Transliteration
Leui
Derivation
Root: לֵוִי R1: 3878
Morphology
Name Person

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3017. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

Levi

Usage: Λευεί (indecl.) and Λευείς (Rec. -υΐ, -υΐς), genitive Λευεί, accusative -είν, ὁ (Heb. H3878) Levi; __1. the son of Jacob: Heb.7:5, 9, Rev.7:7. __2. Son of Melchi: Luk.3:24. __3. Son of Simeon: Luk.3:29. __4. Son of Alphæus (cf. Μαθθαῖος): Mrk.2:14 (WH, mg., Ἰάκωβον), Luk.5:27, 29.† (AS)

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How Strong's G3017 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Leui, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

Levi Luke 3:24

How Strong's G3017 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 69 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G3017 (Λευΐ) appears 76 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G3017 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G3017 in the New Testament

5 indexed usages in New Testament.

Luke 3:24 KJV

Which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi, which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Janna, which was the son of Joseph,

Luke 3:29 KJV

Which was the son of Jose, which was the son of Eliezer, which was the son of Jorim, which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi,

Hebrews 7:5 KJV

And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they come out of the loins of Abraham:

Strong's G3017 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

69 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 29:34 Septuagint / Brenton

And she conceived yet again, and bore a son, and said, In the present time my husband will be with me, for I have born him three sons; therefore she called his name, Levi.

Genesis 34:14 Septuagint / Brenton

And Simeon and Levi, the brothers of Dinah, said to them, We shall not be able to do this thing, to give our sister to a man who is uncircumcised, for it is a reproach to us.

Genesis 34:25 Septuagint / Brenton

And it came to pass on the third day, when they were in pain, the two sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city securely, and slew every male.

Strong's G3017 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

3 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Esdras 8:46 Septuagint / Brenton

and commanded them that they should speak unto Iddo, and to his brethren, and to the treasurers in that place, to send us such men as might execute the priests’ office in the house of the Lord.

Tobit 1:7 Septuagint / Brenton

The first tenth part of all increase I gave to the sons of Aaron, who ministered at Jerusalem: another tenth part I sold away, and went, and spent it every year at Jerusalem:

Wisdom of Sirach 45:6 Septuagint / Brenton

He exalted Aaron, a holy man like unto him, Even his brother, of the tribe of Levi.

Usage Excerpts

First 77 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3017.

Genesis 29:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And she conceived yet again, and bore a son, and said, In the present time my husband will be with me, for I have born him three sons; therefore she called his name, Levi.
Genesis 34:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Simeon and Levi, the brothers of Dinah, said to them, We shall not be able to do this thing, to give our sister to a man who is uncircumcised, for it is a reproach to us.
Genesis 34:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass on the third day, when they were in pain, the two sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city securely, and slew every male.
Genesis 34:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have made me hateful so that I should be evil to all the inhabitants of the land, both among the Canaanites and the Perizzites, and I am few in number; they will gather themselves against me and cut me in pieces, and I shall be utterly destroyed, and my house.
Genesis 35:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The sons of Leah, the firstborn of Jacob; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun.
Genesis 46:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Genesis 49:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Simeon and Levi, brethren, Accomplished the injustice of their cutting off.
Exodus 1:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah,
Exodus 2:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there was a certain man of the tribe of Levi, who took to wife one of the daughters of Levi.
Exodus 6:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their kindred, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari; and the years of the life of Levi were a hundred and thirty-seven.
Exodus 6:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the sons of Merari, Mahli, and Mushi, these are the houses of the families of Levi, according to their kindred.
Exodus 32:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
then stood Moses at the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the Lord’s side? let him come to me. Then all the sons of Levi came to him.
Exodus 32:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the sons of Levi did as Moses spoke to them, and there fell of the people in that day to the number of three thousand men.
Numbers 1:49 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
See, thou shalt not muster the tribe of Levi, and thou shalt not take their numbers, in the midst of the children of Israel.
Numbers 3:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Take the tribe of Levi, and thou shalt set them before Aaron the priest, and they shall minister to him,
Numbers 3:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Take the number of the sons of Levi, according to the houses of their families, according to their divisions; number ye them every male from a month old and upward.
Numbers 3:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Numbers 4:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Take the sum of the children of Kohath from the midst of the sons of Levi, after their families, according to the houses of their fathers’ households;
Numbers 16:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Korah the son of Izhar the son of Kohath the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, and On the son of Peleth the son of Reuben, spoke;
Numbers 16:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and put fire on them, and put incense on them before the Lord tomorrow; and it shall come to pass that the man whom the Lord has chosen, he shall be holy: let it be enough for you, ye sons of Levi.
Numbers 16:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses said to Korah, Hearken to me, ye sons of Levi.
Numbers 16:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and he has brought thee near and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee, and do ye seek to be priests also?
Numbers 17:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And write the name of Aaron on the rod of Levi; for it is one rod for each: they shall give them according to the tribe of the house of their families.
Numbers 17:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi blossomed, and put forth a bud, and bloomed blossoms and produced almonds.
Numbers 18:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And take to thyself thy brethren the tribe of Levi, the family of thy father, and let them be joined to thee, and let them minister to thee; and thou and thy sons with thee shall minister before the tabernacle of witness.
Numbers 18:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And, behold, I have given to the sons of Levi every tithe in Israel for an inheritance for their services, whereinsoever they perform ministry in the tabernacle of witness.
Numbers 26:57 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the sons of Levi according to their families; to Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; to Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; to Merari, the family of the Merarites.
Numbers 26:58 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
These are the families of the sons of Levi; the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Korahites, and the family of the Mushites; and Kohath begot Amram.
Numbers 26:59 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the name of his wife was Jochebed, daughter of Levi, who bore these to Levi in Egypt, and she bore to Amram, Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.
Deuteronomy 10:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
At that time the Lord separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of the Lord, to stand near before the Lord, to minister and bless in his name to this day.
Deuteronomy 18:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The priests, the Levites, even the whole tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel; the burnt offerings of the Lord are their inheritance, they shall eat them.
Deuteronomy 27:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
These shall stand to bless the people on Mount Gerizim having gone over Jordan; Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin.
Deuteronomy 31:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses wrote the words of this law in a book, and gave it to the priests the sons of Levi who bear the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and to the elders of the sons of Israel.
Deuteronomy 33:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And to Levi he said, Give to Levi his manifestations, And his truth to the holy man, Whom they tempted in the temptation; They reviled him at the water of strife.
Joshua 13:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Only no inheritance was given to the tribe of Levi: the Lord God of Israel, he is their inheritance, as the Lord said to them; and this is the division which Moses made to the children of Israel in Araboth Moab, on the other side of Jordan, by Jericho.
Joshua 18:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the sons of Levi have no part among you; for the priesthood of the Lord is his portion; and Gad, and Reuben, and the half tribe of Manasseh, have received their inheritance beyond Jordan eastward, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave to them.
Joshua 21:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the heads of the families of the sons of Levi drew near to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of families of the tribes of Israel.
Joshua 21:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
to the sons of Aaron of the family of Kohath of the sons of Levi, for the lot fell to these.
Joshua 21:40 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
All these cities were given to the sons of Merari according to the families of them that were left out of the tribe of Levi; and their limits were the twelve cities.
Judges 15:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Philistines went up, and encamped in Judah, and spread themselves abroad in Lehi.
3 Kingdoms 12:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.
1 Chronicles 2:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
These are the names of the sons of Israel;
1 Chronicles 5:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
1 Chronicles 6:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
1 Chronicles 6:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The sons of Merari; Mahli and Mushi: and these are the families of Levi, according to their families.
1 Chronicles 6:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.
1 Chronicles 6:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
the son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.
1 Chronicles 6:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.
1 Chronicles 9:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and he waited hitherto in the king’s gate eastward: these are the gates of the companies of the sons of Levi.
1 Chronicles 12:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Of the sons of Levi, four thousand and six hundred.
1 Chronicles 21:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But he numbered not Levi and Benjamin among them; for the word of the king was painful to Joab.
1 Chronicles 23:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David divided them into daily courses, for the sons of Levi, for Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
1 Chronicles 23:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And as for Moses the man of God, his sons were reckoned to the tribe of Levi.
1 Chronicles 23:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
These are the sons of Levi according to the houses of their fathers; chiefs of their families according to their numbering, according to the number of their names, according to their polls, doing the works of service of the house of the Lord, from twenty years old and upward.
1 Chronicles 23:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For by the last words of David was the number of the Levites taken from twenty years old and upward.
1 Chronicles 24:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Shemaiah the son of Nethanel, the scribe, of the family of Levi, wrote them down before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were present; and the heads of the families of the priests and the Levites, each of a household were assigned one to Eleazar, and one to Ithamar.
1 Chronicles 24:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And for the sons of Levi that were left, even for the sons of Amram, Shubael: for the sons of Shubael, Jehdeiah.
1 Chronicles 27:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
for Levi, Hashabiah the son of Kemuel: for Aaron, Zadok:
Ezra 8:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava; and there abode we in tents three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi.
Ezra 8:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And by the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen;
Nehemiah 10:40 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Nehemiah 12:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The sons of Levi, the chief of the fathers, were written in the book of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib.
Psalms 134:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
O house of Levi, bless ye the Lord: Ye that fear the Lord, bless the Lord.
Jeremiah 38:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I will expand and cheer with wine the soul of the priests the sons of Levi, and my people shall be satisfied with my good things: thus saith the Lord.
Ezekiel 40:46 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the chamber that looks to the north is for the priests that keep the charge of the altar: they are the sons of Zadok, those of the tribe of Levi who draw near to the Lord to serve him.
Ezekiel 48:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the gates of the city shall be after the names of the tribes of Israel: three gates northward; the gate of Reuben, one, and the gate of Judah, one, and the gate of Levi, one.
Zechariah 12:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
the family of the house of Levi by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of Simeon by itself, and their wives by themselves;
Malachi 2:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But ye have turned aside from the way, and caused many to fail in following the law: ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the Lord Almighty.
Malachi 3:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He shall sit to melt and purify as it were silver, and as it were gold: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver, and they shall offer to the Lord an offering in righteousness.
Luke 3:24 New Testament, KJV
Which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi, which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Janna, which was the son of Joseph,
Luke 3:29 New Testament, KJV
Which was the son of Jose, which was the son of Eliezer, which was the son of Jorim, which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi,
Hebrews 7:5 New Testament, KJV
And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they come out of the loins of Abraham:
Hebrews 7:9 New Testament, KJV
And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham.
Revelation 7:7 New Testament, KJV
Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand.
1 Esdras 8:46 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
and commanded them that they should speak unto Iddo, and to his brethren, and to the treasurers in that place, to send us such men as might execute the priests’ office in the house of the Lord.
Tobit 1:7 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
The first tenth part of all increase I gave to the sons of Aaron, who ministered at Jerusalem: another tenth part I sold away, and went, and spent it every year at Jerusalem:
Wisdom of Sirach 45:6 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
He exalted Aaron, a holy man like unto him, Even his brother, of the tribe of Levi.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3017, grouped by book.

Genesis 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 16 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 17 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezra 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nehemiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zechariah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Malachi 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Luke 2 usages, New Testament
Hebrews 2 usages, New Testament
Revelation 1 usage, New Testament
1 Esdras 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Tobit 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G3017 FAQ

What does leui (Λευΐ) mean?

Leui (Strong's G3017) is a Greek word most simply glossed "Levi". Leui (lyoo-ee"') n/p. 1. Levi, the name of three Israelites [of Hebrew origin (H3878)]

How many times is leui (Λευΐ) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 77 linked usages for Strong's G3017 across 21 books.

Where can I study leui (Λευΐ) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3017 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate leui (Λευΐ)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as levi. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G3017 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 69 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 3 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G3017, with linked reader references where each row is available.