H3878 — לֵוִי (Lêvîy)

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Strong's H3878 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: לֵוִי (Lêvîy)

Pronunciation: lay-vee'

Morphology: n-pr-m

Name Meaning: Levi = "joined to"

Derivation: from לָוָה (lâvâh) [H3867]; attached;

Definition: Levi, a son of Jacob

KJV Renderings: Levi. See also לֵוִי (Lêvîy) [H3879], לֵוִיִּי (Lêvîyîy) [H3881].

Senses

  1. the 3rd son of Jacob by Leah and progenitor of tribe of Levites

Cross References

Strong's Original Transliteration Derivation Definition KJV Renderings
G3017 Λευΐ Leuḯ of Hebrew origin (H3878) Levi, the name of three Israelites Levi
G3018 Λευΐς Leuḯs a form of G3017 Lewis (i.e. Levi), a Christian Levi
H3867 לָוָה lâvâh a primitive root properly, to twine, i.e. (by implication) to unite, to remain; also to borrow (as a form of obligation) or (caus.) to lend abide with, borrow(-er), cleave, join (self), lend(-er)
H3879 לֵוִי Lêvîy (Aramaic) corresponding to לִוְיָה (livyâh) H3880 Levite
H3881 לֵוִיִּי Lêvîyîy or לֵוִי (Lêvîy); patronymically from לֵוִי (Lêvîy) H3878 a Levite or descendant of Levi Leviite

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.