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Λευί

Strong’s: G3017

Associated OET lemmas: Λευί · Λευίς

Form 1

Part of speech: noun-name, m.

Inflections: Λευί; indeclinable; Λευί; acc.; Λευίν

Sense 1: Levi

Semantic entry: 93.231a

Semantic domains: Names of Persons and Places

Subdomains: Persons

Definition: a tax collector and one of the twelve apostles, generally regarded as being the same as Matthew, 93.244: Μαθθαῖος

MRK 2:14: RV MRK 2:14 · LV MRK 2:14 · Read together MRK 2:14

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OET-RV MRK 2:14

14 As he was passing by the tax office, he saw Levi Halfay (Grk. Halfaios) sitting there and said to him, “Come along with me.” So Levi stood up and followed Yeshua.

OET-LV MRK 2:14

14 And passing _by, he _saw Leui/(Lēvī) the son of_ the _Alfaios sitting at the tax _office, and is _saying to _him:
Be _following after _me.
And having _risen _up, he _followed after _him.

LUK 5:27: RV LUK 5:27 · LV LUK 5:27 · Read together LUK 5:27

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OET-RV LUK 5:27

27 Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) went outside after that and he saw a tax-collector named Levi sitting in his office and told him, “Come and follow me.”

OET-LV LUK 5:27

27 And after these things he _came _out, and saw a_tax _collector with_the_name Leui/(Lēvī), sitting at the tax _office, and he _said to _him:
Be _following after _me.

Sense 2: Levi

Semantic entry: 93.231b

Semantic domains: Names of Persons and Places

Subdomains: Persons

Definition: a son of Jacob and ancestor of an Israelite tribe

HEB 7:5: RV HEB 7:5 · LV HEB 7:5 · Read together HEB 7:5

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OET-RV HEB 7:5

5 On one hand, the tithing command from Mosheh’s (Moses) law makes the people give a tenth to Levi’s descendants who inherit the priestly office, even though they’re their brothers as fellow descendants of Avraham.

OET-LV HEB 7:5

5 And the ones on _one _hand from the sons of _Leui/(Lēvī) the priestly _office receiving, a_command are _having to _be _tithing the people according _to the law, this is the brothers of _them, although having _come _out out _of the loin of _Abraʼam,

HEB 7:9: RV HEB 7:9 · LV HEB 7:9 · Read together HEB 7:9

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OET-RV HEB 7:9

9 You could even say that even Levi (whose descendants receive the tenths) gave a tenth to Malki-Tsedek through Avraham

OET-LV HEB 7:9

9 And as so _to _speak to _say, through Abraʼam/(ʼAⱱrāhām), even Leui/(Lēvī), the one tithes receiving, has _been _tithed.

All 3 recorded passages for this sense

HEB: RV HEB 7:5 · RV HEB 7:9 · LV HEB 7:5 · LV HEB 7:9 · Read together HEB 7:5 · Read together HEB 7:9

REV: RV REV 7:7 · LV REV 7:7 · Read together REV 7:7

Sense 3: Levi

Semantic entry: 93.231c

Semantic domains: Names of Persons and Places

Subdomains: Persons

Definition: the son of Μελχί[a] in the genealogy of Jesus

LUK 3:24: RV LUK 3:24 · LV LUK 3:24 · Read together LUK 3:24

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OET-RV LUK 3:24

24 the son of Matat, the son of Levi, the son of Melki, the son of Yanai, the son of Yosef,

OET-LV LUK 3:24

24 the son of_Maththat/(?
), the son of _Leui/(Lēvī), the son of _Melⱪi/(Melek), the son of_Yanna/(Yānāh?
), the son of _Yōsaʸf,

Sense 4: Levi

Semantic entry: 93.231d

Semantic domains: Names of Persons and Places

Subdomains: Persons

Definition: the son of Συμεών[e] in the genealogy of Jesus

LUK 3:29: RV LUK 3:29 · LV LUK 3:29 · Read together LUK 3:29

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OET-RV LUK 3:29

29 the son of Yeshua, the son of Eliezer, the son of Yorim, the son of Matat, the son of Levi,

OET-LV LUK 3:29

29 the son of _Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa), the son of _Eliezer/(ʼElīˊezer), the son of_Yōreim/(Yōrām?
), the son of _Matthan/(Mattān), the son of _Leui/(Lēvī),