Etymology?:
patronymic from lēwī לֵוִי ‘Levi’
Roots:
לוי
lēwī pr n pers gen
Levite = see Levi "joined to"
1) the descendants of Levi, the 3rd son of Jacob by Leah
1a) the tribe descended from Levi specially set aside by God for His service
Mentioned in Exodus 6:25, 4:14, 38:21 Codex Leviticus 25:32, 25:33 Numbers 1:47, 3:15, 3:20, 4:2, 4:46, 31:30, 31:47, 2:17, 7:5, 8:9, 8:15, 8:19, 8:22, 8:24, 8:26, 18:6, 18:23, 3:6, 3:9, 3:32, 3:39, 8:11, 8:13, 8:20, 8:21, 8:12, 35:2, 35:8, 1:49, 4:18, 7:6, 18:26, 18:30, 3:17, 26:57, 26:58, 35:4, 18:24, 3:12, 3:41, 3:45, 35:6, 35:7, 1:50, 2:33, 1:51, 1:53, 3:46, 3:49, 8:6, 8:10, 8:14, 8:18 Deuteronomy 12:19, 18:6, 10:9, 18:7, 12:12, 14:27, 14:29, 27:14, 12:18, 18:1, 26:12, 17:9, 27:9, 16:11, 26:11, 26:13, 16:14, 31:25, 24:8, 17:18 Joshua 21:1, 21:4, 8:33, 21:41, 3:3, 18:7, 21:3, 21:8, 14:4, 21:20, 21:27, 21:34, 21:40, 14:3 Judges 17:10, 17:11, 19:1, 17:9, 20:4, 18:15, 17:13, 18:3, 17:12, 17:7 1 Samuel 6:15 2 Samuel 15:24 1 Kings 8:4 Isaiah 66:21 Jeremiah 33:18, 33:22, 33:21 Ezekiel 43:19, 44:15, 45:5, 48:22, 44:10, 48:12, 48:13, 48:11 Ezra 1:5, 3:12, 8:29, 8:33, 3:8, 3:9, 6:20, 10:15, 7:7, 9:1, 8:30, 10:23, 3:10, 2:40, 10:5, 8:20, 2:70 Nehemiah 8:13, 10:35, 12:22, 8:9, 10:38, 10:39, 12:47, 12:44, 13:13, 10:10, 12:8, 12:24, 11:3, 3:17, 11:20, 13:10, 13:30, 8:11, 9:4, 10:29, 12:1, 9:5, 11:16, 11:22, 13:22, 13:29, 10:1, 7:43, 11:18, 7:1, 8:7, 12:27, 12:30, 13:5, 7:72, 11:15, 11:36 1 Chronicles 6:4, 9:33, 9:34, 15:12, 24:6, 24:30, 24:31, 15:11, 15:4, 27:17, 9:26, 26:20, 15:2, 6:33, 13:2, 15:16, 15:17, 9:2, 23:27, 15:26, 23:26, 15:14, 15:15, 16:4, 28:21, 23:3, 9:31, 23:2, 26:17, 15:27, 6:49, 15:22, 28:13, 9:14 2 Chronicles 8:14, 19:8, 23:2, 29:5, 30:22, 31:17, 35:5, 17:8, 5:5, 24:6, 13:9, 13:10, 31:19, 35:14, 8:15, 34:30, 5:12, 29:34, 31:12, 35:9, 35:15, 11:14, 35:3, 23:7, 23:8, 30:16, 31:2, 23:6, 24:11, 34:9, 20:19, 24:5, 31:14, 35:8, 34:12, 29:30, 31:4, 19:11, 29:4, 20:14, 30:15, 5:4, 30:25, 7:6, 11:13, 23:4, 23:18, 29:16, 30:17, 35:18, 29:25, 30:21, 30:27, 29:12, 29:26, 31:9, 35:11, 35:10, 34:13