Levi Definition

lēvī
noun
A masculine name: dim. Lev.
Webster's New World
The third son of Jacob and Leah: Gen. 29:34
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • matthew
  • St. Matthew the Apostle
  • st. matthew
  • Saint Matthew
  • Saint Matthew the Apostle
pronoun
A male given name.
Wiktionary

The third son of Jacob, by his wife Leah.

Wiktionary

One of the Biblical tribes of Israelites, descended from Levi; the tribe from which priests were selected.

Wiktionary

A Jewish surname.

Wiktionary

Origin of Levi

  • From Hebrew לֵוִי, a name in the book of Genesis.

    From Wiktionary

Levi Sentence Examples

  • Sasha manages the operations for Dusty out of Miami and Levi for Jule in Europe, Damian explained.

  • Two tribes only, Judah and Benjamin, with the descendants of Levi, remained faithful to Rehoboam, the son of Solomon.

  • The officiating priests are now the descendants of the line of Zadok belonging to the tribe of Levi.

  • Laws were engraved on cypress by the ancients, and objects of value were preserved in receptacles made of it; thus Horace speaks of poems levi servanda cupresso.

  • Altogether the gallery contains twenty rooms, one being assigned to the complete cycle of the "History of Saint Ursula," by Carpaccio; another to Giambellino and to the Celliniani; and a whole wall of a third being occupied by the famous Veronese, "11 Convito in casa di Levi."

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Words Starting With

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4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With L4 Letter Words Ending With I