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Λευί

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
Λευί, ὁ
Greek transliteration: 
Leui
Simplified transliteration: 
Leui
Numbers
Strong's number: 
3017
GK Number: 
3322
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
8
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
n-3g(1)
Gloss: 
Levi, [perhaps] {wild cow} or {person pledged for a debt or vow
Definition: 
Levi, also spelled Λευις (3323), pr. name. When the NT refers to the Λευι of the OT, the word is indecl. (n-3g[2]); when it refers to a NT person, it is partially declined (n-3g[1]): Λευις (nom); Λευιν (acc). (1) Levi, son of Jacob, Heb. 7:5, 9; Rev. 7:7. (2) Levi, son of Symeon, Lk. 3:29 (3) Levi, son of Melchi, Lk. 3:24

Greek-English Concordance for Λευί

Mark 2:14 As he was walking along, he saw Levi (Leuin | Λευίν | acc sg masc), the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, “Follow me.” So Levi got up and followed him.
Luke 3:24 the son of Matzot, the son of Levi (Leui | Λευί | gen sg masc), the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph,
Luke 3:29 the son of Joshua, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi (Leui | Λευί | gen sg masc),
Luke 5:27 After this he went out and saw a tax collector named Levi (Leuin | Λευίν | acc sg masc), sitting at the tax booth. And he said to him, “Follow me.”
Luke 5:29 And Levi (Leuis | Λευίς | nom sg masc) made a great banquet for him in his house, and there was a great crowd of tax collectors and others who were reclining at table with them.
Hebrews 7:5 And those of the sons of Levi (Leui | Λευί | gen sg masc) who receive the priestly office have a mandate according to the law to collect a tithe from the people, that is, from their fellow countrymen, although they too come from the loins of Abraham.
Hebrews 7:9 And it could be said that Levi (Leui | Λευί | nom sg masc) himself, who receives tithes, paid tithes through Abraham,
Revelation 7:7 from the tribe of Simeon twelve thousand, from the tribe of Levi (Leui | Λευί | gen sg masc) twelve thousand, from the tribe of Issachar twelve thousand,