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Levi

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • In the Bible, a son of Jacob and Leah and the forebear of one of the tribes of Israel.

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  • proper noun biblical Third son of Jacob, by his wife Leah.
  • proper noun biblical One of the Israelite tribes, descended from Levi; the tribe from which priests were selected.
  • proper noun A male given name.
  • proper noun A Jewish surname.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally considered to be the author of the first Gospel

Etymologies

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From Hebrew לֵוִי, a name in the book of Genesis.

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hypernyms (3)

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  1. apostle
  2. evangelist
  3. saint

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  2. concretionary
  3. dixisse
  4. fumo
  5. fundit
  6. pareil
  7. picta
  8. somnum
  9. sustinet
  10. tranquillo
  11. visus

forms (3)

Forms

  1. Levite
  2. Levitical
  3. Leviticus

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