לֵוִיִּי
Lêvîyîy · lay-vee-ee'
a Levite or descendant of Levi
Lexicon
Derivation: or לֵוִי; patronymically from H3878 (לֵוִי);
a Levite or descendant of Levi
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Leviite.
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
- 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 › the hand that works
Authority, the one who leads that works to fasten and establish of the hand that works of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of לֵוִיִּי 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
291 occurrences · 291 OT · 0 NT · 81 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and the levites60 · 25%
- the levites55 · 23%
- of the levites42 · 17%
- unto the levites13 · 5%
- and the levite8 · 3%
- and of the levites7 · 3%
- the levite7 · 3%
- and levites7 · 3%
- but the levites6 · 2%
- levites5 · 2%
- them unto the levites4 · 2%
- to the levites4 · 2%
- so the levites3 · 1%
- also the levites3 · 1%
- also of the levites3 · 1%
- therefore the levites3 · 1%
- and for the levites2 · 1%
- concerning the levites2 · 1%
- then the levites2 · 1%
- for the levites2 · 1%
- one of the levites2 · 1%
- that shall the levites1 · 0%
- upon the levites1 · 0%
- by the levites1 · 0%
- may the levites1 · 0%
Where it is used, by book.
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.