KJV dictionary & concordance
Levi, a son of Jacob and ancestor of the tribe bearing his name.
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Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 29:34
Complete exact-word concordance
And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons: therefore was his name called levi.
And shee conceiued againe, and bare a sonne, and said, Now this time will my husband be ioyned vnto me, because I haue borne him three sonnes: therefore was his name called Leui.
1611 marginal noteThat is, ioyned.
¶ And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and levi, Dinah’s brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.
¶ And it came to passe on the thirde day when they were sore, that two of the sonnes of Iacob, Simeon and Leui, Dinahs brethren, tooke each man his sword and came vpon the citie boldly, and slew all the males.
1611 marginal noteChap. 49.6.
And Jacob said to Simeon and levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.
And Iacob said to Simeon and Leui, Ye haue troubled me to make me to stinke among the inhabitants of the land, amongst the Canaanites, and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselues together against me, and slay me, and I shal be destroyed, I and my house.
The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, and levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:
The sonnes of Leah: Reuben Iacobs first borne, and Simeon, and Leui, and Iudah, and Issachar, and Zebulun.
¶ And the sons of levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
¶ And the sonnes of Leui: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
1611 marginal note1.Chro. 6.1.
¶ Simeon and levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.
¶ Simeon and Leui are brethren, instruments of crueltie are in their habitations.
1611 marginal noteOr, their swords are weapons of violence.
Reuben, Simeon, levi, and Judah,
Reuben, Simeon, Leui, and Iudah,
AND there went a man of the house of levi, and took to wife a daughter of levi.
¶ And there went a man of the house of Leui, & tooke to wife a daughter of Leui.
1611 marginal noteChap. 6.20. num. 26.59.
¶ And these are the names of the sons of levi according to their generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of levi were an hundred thirty and seven years.
¶ And these are the names of the sonnes of Leui, according to their generations: Gershon and Kohath and Merari: and the yeeres of the life of Leui, were an hundred, thirtie and seuen yeeres.
1611 marginal noteNum. 3.17 1.chron. 6.1.
And the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these are the families of levi according to their generations.
And the sonnes of Merari: Mahali and Mushi: these are the families of Leui, according to their generations.
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