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Nehemiah 12:22

“The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, were recorded chief of the fathers: also the priests, to the reign of Darius the Persian.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

לֵוִיִּיLêvîyîy · lay-vee-ee'
H3881 · Hebrew

Definition: a Levite or descendant of Levi
Derivation: or לֵוִי; patronymically from H3878 (לֵוִי);
KJV renderings: Leviite.
Grammar: הַ — particle (definite article)
לְוִיִּם֩ — gentilic noun, masculine, plural, absolute
Code HTd/Ngmpa
Usage: Occurs 286 times in the Hebrew Bible.Exodus 4:14 Exodus 6:25 Exodus 38:21 Leviticus 25:32 Leviticus 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.

Verse 21 Verse 23

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.