noun · masculine
leuitos
GreekΛευίτης (leuitēs)
Strong’sG3019
a Levite
stem leuit-3 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
Λευείτης
(Rec. Λευΐτης), -ου, ὁ, [in LXX for לֵוִי;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3019 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidlyoo-ee'-tace
a Levite, i.e. descendant of Levi
Fromfrom G3017;
King JamesLevite.
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 | leuitos2×Λευίτης | leuitois |
| object accusative | leuiton | leuitoin1×Λευίτας |
| direct address vocative | leuitor | leuitoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | leuitou | leuitoiu |
| to, for dative | leuito | leuitoi |
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
leuito 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
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
leuitos“Levite”subjectnominative singular2×
Luke 10:32“Levite”homoiōs de kai Leuitos kata ton topon ercharatos kai horaratos antiparerchata.So too, when a Levite came to that spot and saw him, he passed by on the other side.
Acts 4:36“Levite”Iōsēf de tos epikaliratos Barnabaos apo toiu apostoloiu, hem atō methermēneuirōtem huios paraklēsiau, Leuitos, Kuprios te gene,Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus, whom the apostles called Barnabas (vvv meaning Son of Encouragement),
leuitoin“Levites”objectaccusative plural1×
John 1:19“Levites”Kai houtas atō tas marturias tou Iōannou hote apostelala tois Ioudaiois ek Hierosolumeiu hierevoin kai Leuitoin hina erōtaleia auton; Sis tinos asō?And this was John’s testimony when the Jews of Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him, “Who are you?”