Exodus 6:25
And Eleazar Aaron's son took him one of the daughters of Putiel to wife; and she bare him Phinehas: these are the heads of the fathers of the Levites according to their families.
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John 1:19
And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?
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Exodus
22 verses
Leviticus
42 verses
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88 verses
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1414 verses
1 Samuel
11 verses
2 Samuel
11 verses
1 Kings
11 verses
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11 verses
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33 verses
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88 verses
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לֵוִיִּי
Lêvîyîy · lay-vee-ee'
260 times translated as this KJV form286 total Strong's occurrences
a Levite or descendant of Levi
Strong's KJV usage: Leviite.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Exodus 6:25Strong's last: Ezekiel 48:22
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Lêvîy · lay-vee'
4 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences
Strong's KJV usage: Levite.
Strong's first: Ezra 6:16Strong's last: Ezra 7:24
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Leuḯtēs · lyoo-ee'-tace
1 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
a Levite, i.e. descendant of Levi
Strong's KJV usage: :--Levite.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: John 1:19Strong's last: John 1:19
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H3881
And Eleazar Aaron's son took him one of the daughters of Putiel to wife; and she bare him Phinehas: these are the heads of the fathers of the Levites according to their families.
H3881
This is the sum of the tabernacle, even of the tabernacle of testimony, as it was counted, according to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son to Aaron the priest.
H3881
Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites, and the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time.
H3881
Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites, and the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time.
H3881
And if a man purchase of the Levites, then the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, shall go out in the year of jubile: for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel.
H3881
And if a man purchase of the Levites, then the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, shall go out in the year of jubile: for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel.
H3881
But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.
H3881
But thou shalt appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of testimony, and over all the vessels thereof, and over all things that belong to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all the vessels thereof; and they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp round about the tabernacle.
H3881
And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down: and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
H3881
And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down: and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
H3881
But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony.
H3881
But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony.
H3881
Then the tabernacle of the congregation shall set forward with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camp: as they encamp, so shall they set forward, every man in his place by their standards.
H3881
But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses.
H3881
And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: they are wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel.
H3881
And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine;
H3881
And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine;
H3881
And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers.
H3881
And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be chief over the chief of the Levites, and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary.
H3881
All that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the LORD, throughout their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand.
H3881
And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am the LORD) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel.
H3881
And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am the LORD) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel.
H3881
Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am the LORD.
H3881
Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am the LORD.
H3881
Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am the LORD.
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levite
LE'VITE, noun [from Levi, one the sons of Jacob.]
One of the tribe or family of Levi; a descendant of Levi; more particularly, an officer in the Jewish church, who was employed in manual service, as in bringing wood and other necessaries for the sacrifices. The Levites also sung and played on instruments of music. They were subordinate to the priests, the descendants of Aaron, who was also of the family of Levi.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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