לֵוִי
Lêvîy · lay-vee'
{something attached, i.e. a wreath}
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H3880 (לִוְיָה)
{something attached, i.e. a wreath}
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Levite.
Letters
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
authority, the one who leads › to fasten and establish › the hand that works
Authority, the one who leads that works to fasten and establish of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of לֵוִי above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
4 occurrences · 4 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and the levites2 · 50%
- and levites2 · 50%
Where it is used, by book.
- Ezra4
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.