Lêvîyîy — H3881

Definition

adjective

a Levite or descendant of Levi

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

Usually translated as

Leviite

Origin

or Lêvîy; patronymically from H3878

• Derived from Lêvîy (H3878)

Occurrences

Lêvîyîy occurs 283 times in 256 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Exodus (3), Leviticus (2), Numbers (48), Deuteronomy (19), Joshua (14), Judges (10), 1 Samuel (1), 2 Samuel (1), 1 Kings (1), 1 Chronicles (34), 2 Chronicles (57), Ezra (17), Nehemiah (37), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (3), Ezekiel (8)

• Exodus 4:14 — And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is not Aaron the Levite (הַלֵּוִ֔י) thy brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart.
• Exodus 6:25 — And Eleazar Aaron’s son took him one of the daughters of Putiel to wife; and she bare him Phinehas: these are the heads of the fathers of the Levites (הַלְוִיִּ֖ם) according to their families.
• Exodus 38:21 — This is the sum of the tabernacle, even of the tabernacle of testimony, as it was counted, according to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Levites (הַלְוִיִּ֔ם), by the hand of Ithamar, son to Aaron the priest.
• Leviticus 25:32 — Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites (הַלְוִיִּ֔ם), and the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time.
• Leviticus 25:32 — Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites, and the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites (לַלְוִיִּֽם) redeem at any time.
• Leviticus 25:33 — And if a man purchase of the Levites (הַלְוִיִּ֔ם), then the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, shall go out in the year of jubile: for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel.
• Leviticus 25:33 — And if a man purchase of the Levites, then the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, shall go out in the year of jubile: for the houses of the cities of the Levites (הַלְוִיִּ֗ם) are their possession among the children of Israel.
• Numbers 1:47 — But the Levites (וְהַלְוִיִּ֖ם) after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.
• Numbers 1:50 — But thou shalt appoint the Levites (הַלְוִיִּם֩) over the tabernacle of testimony, and over all the vessels thereof, and over all things that belong to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all the vessels thereof; and they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp round about the tabernacle.
• Numbers 1:51 — And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites (הַלְוִיִּ֔ם) shall take it down: and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
• Numbers 1:51 — And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down: and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites (הַלְוִיִּ֑ם) shall set it up: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
• Numbers 1:53 — But the Levites (וְהַלְוִיִּ֞ם) shall pitch round about the tabernacle of testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony.
• Numbers 1:53 — But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites (הַלְוִיִּ֔ם) shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony.
• Numbers 2:17 — Then the tabernacle of the congregation shall set forward with the camp of the Levites (הַלְוִיִּ֖ם) in the midst of the camp: as they encamp, so shall they set forward, every man in his place by their standards.
• Numbers 2:33 — But the Levites (וְהַ֨לְוִיִּ֔ם) were not numbered among the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses.
• Numbers 3:9 — And thou shalt give the Levites (הַלְוִיִּ֔ם) unto Aaron and to his sons: they are wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel.
• Numbers 3:12 — And I, behold, I have taken the Levites (הַלְוִיִּ֗ם) from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine;
• Numbers 3:12 — And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites (הַלְוִיִּֽם) shall be mine;
• Numbers 3:20 — And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites (הַלֵּוִ֖י) according to the house of their fathers.
• Numbers 3:32 — And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be chief over the chief of the Levites (הַלֵּוִ֔י), and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary.
• Numbers 3:39 — All that were numbered of the Levites (הַלְוִיִּ֜ם), which Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the LORD, throughout their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand.
• Numbers 3:41 — And thou shalt take the Levites (הַלְוִיִּ֥ם) for me (I am the LORD) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel.
• Numbers 3:41 — And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am the LORD) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites (הַלְוִיִּ֔ם) instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel.
• Numbers 3:45 — Take the Levites (הַלְוִיִּ֗ם) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am the LORD.
• Numbers 3:45 — Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites (הַלְוִיִּ֖ם) instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am the LORD.
• Numbers 3:45 — Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites (הַלְוִיִּ֖ם) shall be mine: I am the LORD.
• Numbers 3:46 — And for those that are to be redeemed of the two hundred and threescore and thirteen of the firstborn of the children of Israel, which are more than the Levites (הַלְוִיִּ֔ם);
• Numbers 3:49 — And Moses took the redemption money of them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Levites (הַלְוִיִּֽם):
• Numbers 4:18 — Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites (הַלְוִיִּֽם):
• Numbers 4:46 — All those that were numbered of the Levites (הַלְוִיִּ֑ם), whom Moses and Aaron and the chief of Israel numbered, after their families, and after the house of their fathers,
• Numbers 7:5 — Take it of them, that they may be to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; and thou shalt give them unto the Levites (הַלְוִיִּ֔ם), to every man according to his service.
• Numbers 7:6 — And Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them unto the Levites (הַלְוִיִּֽם).
• Numbers 8:6 — Take the Levites (הַלְוִיִּ֔ם) from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them.
• Numbers 8:9 — And thou shalt bring the Levites (הַלְוִיִּ֔ם) before the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt gather the whole assembly of the children of Israel together:
• Numbers 8:10 — And thou shalt bring the Levites (הַלְוִיִּ֖ם) before the LORD: and the children of Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites:
• Numbers 8:10 — And thou shalt bring the Levites before the LORD: and the children of Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites (הַלְוִיִּֽם):
• Numbers 8:11 — And Aaron shall offer the Levites (הַלְוִיִּ֤ם) before the LORD for an offering of the children of Israel, that they may execute the service of the LORD.
• Numbers 8:12 — And the Levites (וְהַלְוִיִּם֙) shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks: and thou shalt offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, unto the LORD, to make an atonement for the Levites.
• Numbers 8:12 — And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks: and thou shalt offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, unto the LORD, to make an atonement for the Levites (הַלְוִיִּֽם).
• Numbers 8:13 — And thou shalt set the Levites (הַלְוִיִּ֔ם) before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for an offering unto the LORD.
• Numbers 8:14 — Thus shalt thou separate the Levites (הַלְוִיִּ֔ם) from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine.
• Numbers 8:14 — Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites (הַלְוִיִּֽם) shall be mine.
• Numbers 8:15 — And after that shall the Levites (הַלְוִיִּ֔ם) go in to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt cleanse them, and offer them for an offering.
• Numbers 8:18 — And I have taken the Levites (הַלְוִיִּ֔ם) for all the firstborn of the children of Israel.
• Numbers 8:19 — And I have given the Levites (הַלְוִיִּ֜ם) as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an atonement for the children of Israel: that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come nigh unto the sanctuary.
• Numbers 8:20 — And Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel, did to the Levites (לַלְוִיִּ֑ם) according unto all that the LORD commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did the children of Israel unto them.
• Numbers 8:20 — And Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel, did to the Levites according unto all that the LORD commanded Moses concerning the Levites (לַלְוִיִּ֔ם), so did the children of Israel unto them.
• Numbers 8:21 — And the Levites (הַלְוִיִּ֗ם) were purified, and they washed their clothes; and Aaron offered them as an offering before the LORD; and Aaron made an atonement for them to cleanse them.
• Numbers 8:22 — And after that went the Levites in (הַלְוִיִּ֗ם) to do their service in the tabernacle of the congregation before Aaron, and before his sons: as the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did they unto them.
• Numbers 8:22 — And after that went the Levites in to do their service in the tabernacle of the congregation before Aaron, and before his sons: as the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites (הַלְוִיִּ֔ם), so did they unto them.