Strong's H3881 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: לֵוִיִּי (Lêvîyîy)

Pronunciation: lay-vee-ee'

Morphology: a

Derivation: or לֵוִי (Lêvîy); patronymically from לֵוִי (Lêvîy) [H3878];

Definition: a Levite or descendant of Levi

KJV Renderings: Leviite.

Senses

1. Levite = see Levi "joined to"
2. the descendants of Levi, the 3rd son of Jacob by Leah
1. the tribe descended from Levi specially set aside by God for His service

Cross References

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.