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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62 occurrences in 56 verses.
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Exodus
22 verses
Leviticus
42 verses
Numbers
6048 verses
Deuteronomy
88 verses
Joshua
1414 verses
1 Samuel
11 verses
2 Samuel
11 verses
1 Kings
11 verses
1 Chronicles
3534 verses
2 Chronicles
6256 verses
Ezra
2120 verses
Nehemiah
4337 verses
Isaiah
11 verses
Jeremiah
33 verses
Ezekiel
88 verses
John
11 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 thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days, and inquire; and they shall shew thee the sentence of judgment:
H3881
And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the Levites:
H3881
The priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and his inheritance.
H3881
Then he shall minister in the name of the LORD his God, as all his brethren the Levites do, which stand there before the LORD.
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Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently, and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you: as I commanded them, so ye shall observe to do.
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And Moses and the priests the Levites spake unto all Israel, saying, Take heed, and hearken, O Israel; this day thou art become the people of the LORD thy God.
H3881
And the Levites shall speak, and say unto all the men of Israel with a loud voice,
H3881
That Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, saying,
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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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