# לֵוִי (levi)

Israeli respelling: le-vi. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H3878. 61 Old Testament occurrences.

Levi, a son of Jacob

King James renderings: Levi. See also H3879 (לֵוִי), H3881 (לֵוִיִּי).

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/levi-h3878

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 29:34](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/29/34) — 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: the…
- [Genesis 34:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/34/25) — 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…
- [Genesis 34:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/34/30) — 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…
- [Genesis 35:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/35/23) — The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:
- [Genesis 46:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/46/11) — And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
- [Genesis 49:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/49/5) — Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.
- [Exodus 1:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/1/2) — Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
- [Exodus 2:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/2/1) — And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi.
- [Exodus 6:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/6/16) — 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 L…
- [Exodus 6:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/6/19) — And the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these are the families of Levi according to their generations.
- [Exodus 32:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/32/26) — 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 them…
- [Exodus 32:28](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/32/28) — 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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/1/49) — Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel:
- [Numbers 3:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/3/6) — Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him.
- [Numbers 3:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/3/15) — 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 t…
- [Numbers 3:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/3/17) — And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.
- [Numbers 4:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/4/2) — 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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/16/1) — 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…
- [Numbers 16:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/16/7) — 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 b…
- [Numbers 16:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/16/8) — And Moses said unto Korah, Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi:
- [Numbers 16:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/16/10) — 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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/17/3) — 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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/17/8) — 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…
- [Numbers 18:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/18/2) — 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…
- [Numbers 18:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/18/21) — 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 ser…
- [Numbers 26:59](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/26/59) — 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 M…
- [Deuteronomy 10:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/10/8) — 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 h…
- [Deuteronomy 10:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/10/9) — 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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/18/1) — 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 LOR…
- [Deuteronomy 21:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/21/5) — 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 t…
- [Deuteronomy 27:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/27/12) — These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Jose…
- [Deuteronomy 31:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/31/9) — 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…
- [Deuteronomy 33:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/33/8) — 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…
- [Joshua 13:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/13/14) — Only unto the tribe of Levi he gave none inheritance; the sacrifices of the LORD God of Israel made by fire are their inheritance, as he sa…
- [Joshua 13:33](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/13/33) — 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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/21/10) — 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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/12/31) — 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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/2/1) — These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,
- [1 Chronicles 6:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/6/1) — The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
- [1 Chronicles 6:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/6/16) — The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
- [1 Chronicles 6:38](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/6/38) — The son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.
- [1 Chronicles 6:43](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/6/43) — The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.
- [1 Chronicles 6:47](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/6/47) — The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.
- [1 Chronicles 9:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/9/18) — Who hitherto waited in the king’s gate eastward: they were porters in the companies of the children of Levi.
- [1 Chronicles 12:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/12/26) — Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred.
- [1 Chronicles 21:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/21/6) — But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king’s word was abominable to Joab.
- [1 Chronicles 23:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/23/6) — And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
- [1 Chronicles 23:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/23/14) — Now concerning Moses the man of God, his sons were named of the tribe of Levi.
- [1 Chronicles 23:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/23/24) — 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 the…
- [1 Chronicles 24:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/24/20) — 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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezra/8/15) — 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 p…
- [Ezra 8:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezra/8/18) — 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; a…
- [Nehemiah 10:39](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/10/39) — 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,…
- [Nehemiah 12:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/12/23) — 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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/135/20) — Bless the LORD, O house of Levi: ye that fear the LORD, bless the LORD.
- [Ezekiel 40:46](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/40/46) — 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…
- [Ezekiel 48:31](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/48/31) — 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, o…
- [Zechariah 12:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/zechariah/12/13) — The family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of Shimei apart, and their wives apart;
- [Malachi 2:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/malachi/2/4) — 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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/malachi/2/8) — 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 ho…
- [Malachi 3:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/malachi/3/3) — 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 ma…