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Strong's H3878 לֵוִי (levi)

Leviy - meaning, definition, and linked Bible usage across the indexed canon, including Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where this Strong's number appears.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G3878 — parakouo (“neglect to hear”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H3878
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 61
Books 13

Strong's H3878 Quick Answer

Strong's H3878 לֵוִי (Leviy) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. Leviy (lay-vee') n/p. 1. attached 2. Levi, a son of Jacob It has 61 linked Bible usages across 13 books. Visible English usage signals include levi. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
Leviy (lay-vee') n/p. 1. attached 2. Levi, a son of Jacob
Usage
61 linked usages
Books
13 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
levi

Meaning and Definition

Leviy (lay-vee') n/p. 1. attached 2. Levi, a son of Jacob [from H3867] KJV: Levi. See also H3879, H3881. Root(s): H3867 See also: H3879, H3881

Original Word
לֵוִי
Transliteration
Leviy
Derivation
First root strongs: 3867
Morphology
name

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H3878. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

Levi

Usage: A man of 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) § Levi = "joined to" the 3rd son of Jacob by Leah and progenitor of tribe of Levites

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How Strong's H3878 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Leviy, 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 Genesis 29:34 61×

How Strong's H3878 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. 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 Old Testament with 61 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H3878 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 H3878 in the Old Testament

61 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 29:34 KJV

And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi.

Genesis 34:25 KJV

And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.

Genesis 34:30 KJV

And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.

Usage Excerpts

First 61 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H3878.

Genesis 29:34 Old Testament, KJV
And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi.
Genesis 34:25 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.
Genesis 34:30 Old Testament, KJV
And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.
Genesis 35:23 Old Testament, KJV
The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:
Genesis 46:11 Old Testament, KJV
And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Genesis 49:5 Old Testament, KJV
Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.
Exodus 1:2 Old Testament, KJV
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
Exodus 2:1 Old Testament, KJV
And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi.
Exodus 6:16 Old Testament, KJV
And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi were an hundred thirty and seven years.
Exodus 6:19 Old Testament, KJV
And the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these are the families of Levi according to their generations.
Exodus 32:26 Old Testament, KJV
Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the LORD's side? let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him.
Exodus 32:28 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.
Numbers 1:49 Old Testament, KJV
Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel:
Numbers 3:6 Old Testament, KJV
Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him.
Numbers 3:15 Old Testament, KJV
Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them.
Numbers 3:17 Old Testament, KJV
And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.
Numbers 4:2 Old Testament, KJV
Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers,
Numbers 16:1 Old Testament, KJV
Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men:
Numbers 16:7 Old Testament, KJV
And put fire therein, and put incense in them before the LORD to morrow: and it shall be that the man whom the LORD doth choose, he shall be holy: ye take too much upon you, ye sons of Levi.
Numbers 16:8 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses said unto Korah, Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi:
Numbers 16:10 Old Testament, KJV
And he hath brought thee near to him, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee: and seek ye the priesthood also?
Numbers 17:3 Old Testament, KJV
And thou shalt write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi: for one rod shall be for the head of the house of their fathers.
Numbers 17:8 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds.
Numbers 18:2 Old Testament, KJV
And thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou with thee, that they may be joined unto thee, and minister unto thee: but thou and thy sons with thee shall minister before the tabernacle of witness.
Numbers 18:21 Old Testament, KJV
And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, even the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Numbers 26:59 Old Testament, KJV
And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.
Deuteronomy 10:8 Old Testament, KJV
At that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to minister unto him, and to bless in his name, unto this day.
Deuteronomy 10:9 Old Testament, KJV
Wherefore Levi hath no part nor inheritance with his brethren; the LORD is his inheritance, according as the LORD thy God promised him.
Deuteronomy 18:1 Old Testament, KJV
The priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and his inheritance.
Deuteronomy 21:5 Old Testament, KJV
And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them the LORD thy God hath chosen to minister unto him, and to bless in the name of the LORD; and by their word shall every controversy and every stroke be tried:
Deuteronomy 27:12 Old Testament, KJV
These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin:
Deuteronomy 31:9 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the sons of Levi, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and unto all the elders of Israel.
Deuteronomy 33:8 Old Testament, KJV
And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;
Joshua 13:14 Old Testament, KJV
Only unto the tribes of Levi he gave none inheritance; the sacrifices of the LORD God of Israel made by fire are their inheritance, as he said unto them.
Joshua 13:33 Old Testament, KJV
But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave not any inheritance: the LORD God of Israel was their inheritance, as he said unto them.
Joshua 21:10 Old Testament, KJV
Which the children of Aaron, being of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi, had: for theirs was the first lot.
1 Kings 12:31 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,
1 Chronicles 6:1 Old Testament, KJV
The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
1 Chronicles 6:16 Old Testament, KJV
The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
1 Chronicles 6:38 Old Testament, KJV
The son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.
1 Chronicles 6:43 Old Testament, KJV
The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.
1 Chronicles 6:47 Old Testament, KJV
The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.
1 Chronicles 9:18 Old Testament, KJV
Who hitherto waited in the king's gate eastward: they were porters in the companies of the children of Levi.
1 Chronicles 12:26 Old Testament, KJV
Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred.
1 Chronicles 21:6 Old Testament, KJV
But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king's word was abominable to Joab.
1 Chronicles 23:6 Old Testament, KJV
And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
1 Chronicles 23:14 Old Testament, KJV
Now concerning Moses the man of God, his sons were named of the tribe of Levi.
1 Chronicles 23:24 Old Testament, KJV
These were the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; even the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from the age of twenty years and upward.
1 Chronicles 24:20 Old Testament, KJV
And the rest of the sons of Levi were these: Of the sons of Amram; Shubael: of the sons of Shubael; Jehdeiah.
Ezra 8:15 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
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 10:39 Old Testament, KJV
For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the offering of the corn, of the new wine, and the oil, unto the chambers, where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that minister, and the porters, and the singers: and we will not forsake the house of our God.
Nehemiah 12:23 Old Testament, KJV
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 135:20 Old Testament, KJV
Bless the LORD, O house of Levi: ye that fear the LORD, bless the LORD.
Ezekiel 40:46 Old Testament, KJV
And the chamber whose prospect is toward the north is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the altar: these are the sons of Zadok among the sons of Levi, which come near to the LORD to minister unto him.
Ezekiel 48:31 Old Testament, KJV
And the gates of the city shall be after the names of the tribes of Israel: three gates northward; one gate of Reuben, one gate of Judah, one gate of Levi.
Zechariah 12:13 Old Testament, KJV
The family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of Shimei apart, and their wives apart;
Malachi 2:4 Old Testament, KJV
And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.
Malachi 2:8 Old Testament, KJV
But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.
Malachi 3:3 Old Testament, KJV
And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H3878, grouped by book.

Genesis 6 usages, Old Testament
Exodus 6 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 14 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 7 usages, Old Testament
Joshua 3 usages, Old Testament
1 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 13 usages, Old Testament
Ezra 2 usages, Old Testament
Nehemiah 2 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Old Testament
Ezekiel 2 usages, Old Testament
Zechariah 1 usage, Old Testament
Malachi 3 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H3878 FAQ

What does levi (לֵוִי) mean?

Levi (Strong's H3878) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "Levi". Leviy (lay-vee') n/p. 1. attached 2. Levi, a son of Jacob

How many times is levi (לֵוִי) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 61 linked usages for Strong's H3878 across 13 books.

Where can I study levi (לֵוִי) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H3878 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate levi (לֵוִי)?

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