Levi
name ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The third son of Jacob, by his wife Leah.
"Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: ²³ The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun: ²⁴ The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin: ²⁵ And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali: ²⁶ And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan-aram."
- 2 One of the Biblical tribes of Israelites, supposedly descended from Levi, the tribe from which priests were selected. historical
"But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave not any inheritance: the Lord God of Israel was their inheritance, as he said unto them."
- 3 A male given name from Hebrew.
- 4 A Jewish surname from Hebrew.
"Mr. Levi may have been bedeviled by buried conflicts unrelated to Auschwitz."
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More examples"And behold the third day, when the pain of the wound was greatest: two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, the brothers of Dina, taking their swords, entered boldly into the city and slew all the men. And they killed also Hemor and Sichem, and took away their sister Dina out of Sichem's house."
Etymology
Ultimately from Biblical Hebrew לֵוִי (lēwî), of uncertain origin. Doublet of Lewi.
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