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Deuteronomy 14:27
“And the Levite that is within thy gates; thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no part nor inheritance with thee.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
לֵוִיִּיLêvîyîy · lay-vee-ee'
H3881 · Hebrew
H3881 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a Levite or descendant of Levi
- Derivation
- or לֵוִי; patronymically from H3878 (לֵוִי);
- KJV renderings
- Leviite.
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- הַ — particle (definite article)
- לֵּוִ֥י — gentilic noun, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 286 times in the Hebrew Bible.Exodus 4:14Exodus 6:25Exodus 38:21Leviticus 25:32Leviticus 25:32
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read לֵוִיִּי here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.