noun · masculine
levios
GreekΛευί (leui)
Strong’sG3017
Levi
stem levi-7 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
Strong’s G3017 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidlyoo'-ee
Levi, the name of three Israelites
Fromof Hebrew origin ();
King JamesLevi.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | levios1×Λευὶ | leviois |
| object accusative | levion2×Λευὶν | levioin |
| direct address vocative | levior | levioir |
| of, belonging to genitive | leviou4×Λευὶ | levioiu |
| to, for dative | levio | levioi |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
levio is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
7 occurrences, every one of them listed
levios“Levi”subjectnominative singular1×
Hebrews 7:9“Levi”kai hōs epem legara, dia Abraam kai Levios tos dekatain lambarōtos dekatitē,And so to speak, Levi, who collects the tenth, paid the tenth through Abraham.
levion“Levi”objectaccusative singular2×
Mark 2:14“Levi”kai paragarōtos horata Levion ton tou Halfaiou katherōton epi tem telōniem, kai legatō auto; Akolouthasōr mi. kai anistanaratos akolouthata auto.As He was walking along, He saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me,” He told him, and Levi got up and followed Him.
Luke 5:27“Levi”Kai meta houteim exerchata kai theaseta telōnon onome Levion katherōton epi tem telōniem, kai legata auto; Akolouthasōr mi.After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me,” He told him,
leviou“Levi”of, belonging togenitive singular4×
Luke 3:24“Levi”tou Maththat tou Leviou tou Melchi tou Iannai tou Iōsēfthe son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph,
Luke 3:29“Levi”tou Iēsu tou Eliezer tou Iōrim tou Maththat tou Leviouthe son of Joshua, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi,
Hebrews 7:5“Levi”kai tois men ek toiu huioiu Leviou tan hierateian lambarōtois entolan echalō apodekatarō ton laon kata ton nomon, houtem atō toin adelfoin autoiu, kaiper exercharētoin ek tau osfuau Abraam;Now the law commands the sons of Levi who become priests to collect a tenth from the people — that is, from their brothers — though they too are descended from Abraham.
Revelation 7:7“Levi”ek fulau Sumeōn dōdeka chiliadais, ek fulau Leviou dōdeka chiliadais, ek fulau Issachar dōdeka chiliadais,from the tribe of Simeon 12,000, from the tribe of Levi 12,000, from the tribe of Issachar 12,000,