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Strong's #3019: Leuites (pronounced lyoo-ee'-tace)

from 3017; a Levite, i.e. descendant of Levi:--Levite.




Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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Leuitēs

1) one of the tribe of Levi

2) in a narrower sense those were called Levites who, not being of the family of Aaron, for whom alone the priesthood was reserved, served as assistants to the priests. It was their duty to keep the sacred utensils and the temple clean, to provide the sacred loaves, to open and shut the gates of the temple, to sing the sacred hymns in the temple, and to do many other things.

Part of Speech: noun proper masculine

Relation: from G3017

Citing in TDNT: 4:239, 530




Usage:

This word is used 3 times:

Luke 10:32: "And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place,"
John 1:19: "sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask"
Acts 4:36: "being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus,"









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