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 these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites.
H3881
These are the families of the Levites: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korathites. And Kohath begat Amram.
H3881
And of the children of Israel's half, thou shalt take one portion of fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of the flocks, of all manner of beasts, and give them unto the Levites, which keep the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD.
H3881
Even of the children of Israel's half, Moses took one portion of fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them unto the Levites, which kept the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.
H3881
Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall give also unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them.
H3881
Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall give also unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them.
H3881
And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about.
H3881
And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee thither: and to them ye shall add forty and two cities.
H3881
So all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities: them shall ye give with their suburbs.
H3881
And the cities which ye shall give shall be of the possession of the children of Israel: from them that have many ye shall give many; but from them that have few ye shall give few: every one shall give of his cities unto the Levites according to his inheritance which he inheriteth.
English meaning and historical usage.
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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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