Hebrew · H3881

לֵוִיִּי

A Levite or descendant of Levi

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לֵוִיִּיH3881

Pronunciationlēwiyiy

What does לֵוִיִּי (lēwiyiy) mean in the Bible?

לֵוִיִּי (lēwiyiy): Member of Israel's priestly tribe, set apart for temple service and religious instruction within covenant community

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What does לֵוִיִּי (lēwiyiy) mean in the Bible?

לֵוִיִּי (lēwiyiy): Member of Israel's priestly tribe, set apart for temple service and religious instruction within covenant community

How does the BSB render H3881?

The BSB source-word alignment has 291 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include the Levites (81), and Levites (30), And the Levites (23), of the Levites (21), Levites (16).

Where does לֵוִיִּי (lēwiyiy) appear in Scripture?

The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Exodus 4:14. Its strongest book concentrations include 2 Chronicles (65), Numbers (61), Nehemiah (43), 1 Chronicles (33).

Source Word Evidence

BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.

How English Renders It

the Levites81×Exodus 38:21, Leviticus 25:32, Leviticus 25:33, Numbers 1:50

and Levites30×1 Kings 8:4, 1 Chronicles 13:2, 1 Chronicles 15:14, 1 Chronicles 23:2

And the Levites23×Numbers 8:12, Numbers 8:14, 1 Samuel 6:15, 1 Chronicles 15:4

of the Levites21×Leviticus 25:32, Leviticus 25:33, Numbers 2:17, Numbers 3:20

Levites16×Numbers 18:6, Deuteronomy 18:7, 1 Chronicles 6:48, 1 Chronicles 9:2

to the Levites13×Numbers 8:24, Numbers 8:26, Numbers 18:24, Numbers 31:30

the Levite7×Exodus 4:14, Deuteronomy 14:27, Deuteronomy 26:11, Judges 17:12

the Levitical7×Deuteronomy 17:9, Deuteronomy 18:1, Deuteronomy 24:8, Joshua 8:33

a Levite6×Deuteronomy 18:6, Judges 17:13, Judges 19:1, 1 Chronicles 9:31

Levite6×Joshua 21:40, Judges 17:7, Judges 18:3, Judges 18:15

of Levi6×Exodus 6:16, Numbers 3:6, Numbers 16:1, Deuteronomy 31:9

. . .5×Numbers 35:2, Judges 17:11, 1 Chronicles 15:15, Ezra 8:15

and the Levite4×Deuteronomy 12:12, Deuteronomy 12:18, Deuteronomy 16:11, Deuteronomy 16:14

for the Levites4×Numbers 35:2, Nehemiah 12:47, Nehemiah 13:5, Nehemiah 13:10

So the Levites4×Numbers 1:53, 1 Chronicles 15:17, 2 Chronicles 23:8, 2 Chronicles 35:14

of the Levitical3×Deuteronomy 17:18, 1 Chronicles 15:12, 2 Chronicles 23:18

Then the Levites3×2 Chronicles 29:12, 2 Chronicles 29:16, Nehemiah 9:5

-2×Numbers 8:20, 2 Chronicles 17:8

But the Levites2×Numbers 1:53, Numbers 2:33

of Levite2×1 Chronicles 9:33, 1 Chronicles 9:34

So the Levite2×Judges 17:10, Judges 20:4

The Levites, however2×Numbers 1:47, 2 Chronicles 24:5

with the Levites2×Numbers 8:20, Numbers 8:22

[Other] Levites1×2 Chronicles 34:12

[them]1×Numbers 8:10

[they]1×Numbers 8:15

[This is what] the Levite1×Joshua 21:27

[to you]1×Numbers 18:30

all Levites1×Ezra 3:9

am a Levite1×Judges 17:9

and of the Levites1×Nehemiah 13:29

and the Levitical1×Deuteronomy 27:9

and those Levites1×2 Chronicles 23:6

as did the Levites1×2 Chronicles 7:6

as the Levites1×Ezekiel 48:11

as well as to the Levites1×2 Chronicles 31:17

belongs to the Levites1×Nehemiah 10:37

But the Levitical1×Ezekiel 44:15

by the Levites1×Numbers 3:49

by the Levitical1×Joshua 3:3

certain Levites1×2 Chronicles 17:8

For the Levites, then1×Joshua 21:41

it to the Levite1×Deuteronomy 26:12

Levi1×Deuteronomy 10:9

Now their fellow Levites [were]1×1 Chronicles 26:20

O Levites1×2 Chronicles 29:5

of Levites1×Numbers 3:39

of the Levite1×Exodus 6:25

or Levites1×2 Chronicles 31:2

or the Levites1×2 Chronicles 8:15

So the Levitical1×Ezekiel 48:22

Some of the Levites1×2 Chronicles 34:13

The Levites [were]1×Nehemiah 12:8

The Levites:1×Nehemiah 10:9

the Levites) were given1×Joshua 21:34

their Levite1×2 Chronicles 29:34

Then the Levite1×Deuteronomy 14:29

to the Levite1×Deuteronomy 26:13

were Levites1×1 Chronicles 9:26

were the Levites1×Numbers 26:57

when they1×Nehemiah 10:38

who are Levites1×Jeremiah 33:18

You are to have the Levites1×Numbers 8:13

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Usage map

A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.

First aligned rowExodus 4:14

Aligned rows291

Books represented16

Exodus4Leviticus4Numbers61Deuteronomy21Joshua14Judges101 Samuel12 Samuel11 Kings11 Chronicles332 Chronicles65Ezra20Nehemiah43Isaiah1Jeremiah3Ezekiel9

Source forms

הַלְוִיִּ֔ם37xhal·wî·yimExodus 38:21, Leviticus 25:32, Leviticus 25:33, Numbers 1:51

הַלְוִיִּ֖ם17xhal·wî·yimExodus 6:25, Numbers 2:17, Numbers 3:45, Numbers 8:10

הַלְוִיִּ֑ם16xhal·wî·yimNumbers 1:51, Numbers 4:46, Joshua 21:40, 1 Chronicles 6:48

הַלְוִיִּ֗ם15xhal·wî·yimLeviticus 25:33, Numbers 3:12, Numbers 3:45, Numbers 8:21

הַלְוִיִּֽם׃15xhal·wî·yimNumbers 3:12, Numbers 3:49, Numbers 4:18, Numbers 7:6

הַלְוִיִּם֙11xhal·wî·yim1 Chronicles 15:27, 2 Chronicles 23:2, 2 Chronicles 29:26, 2 Chronicles 29:34

וְהַלְוִיִּ֔ם11xwə·hal·wî·yim1 Chronicles 28:13, 1 Chronicles 28:21, 2 Chronicles 11:13, 2 Chronicles 30:25

לַלְוִיִּ֔ם9xlal·wî·yimNumbers 8:20, Numbers 18:30, Numbers 31:30, Numbers 35:6

Parsing patterns

Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural146xExodus 6:25, Exodus 38:21, Leviticus 25:32, Leviticus 25:33

Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural57xNumbers 1:47, Numbers 1:53, Numbers 2:33, Numbers 8:12

Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine plural34xLeviticus 25:32, Numbers 8:20, Numbers 8:24, Numbers 8:26

Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular22xExodus 4:14, Numbers 3:12, Numbers 3:20, Numbers 3:32

Noun - proper - masculine singular10xExodus 6:16, Numbers 3:6, Numbers 16:1, Deuteronomy 31:9

Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine plural9xJoshua 14:3, 1 Chronicles 15:11, 1 Chronicles 24:6, 1 Chronicles 24:31

Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular7xDeuteronomy 12:12, Deuteronomy 12:18, Deuteronomy 14:27, Deuteronomy 16:11

Preposition-l, Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular2xDeuteronomy 26:12, Deuteronomy 26:13

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לֵוִיִּי

What does לֵוִיִּי (lēwiyiy) mean in the Bible?

What does לֵוִיִּי (lēwiyiy) mean in the Bible?

How does the BSB render H3881?

Where does לֵוִיִּי (lēwiyiy) appear in Scripture?

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