The meaning of Levi in the Bible
(From Easton's Bible Dictionary)

adhesion.

  • The third son of Jacob by Leah. The origin of the name is found in Leah's words (Genesis 29:34), "This time will my husband be joined [Heb. yillaveh] unto me." He is mentioned as taking a prominent part in avenging his sister Dinah (Genesis 34:25-31). He and his three sons went down with Jacob (46:11) into Egypt, where he died at the age of one hundred and thirty-seven years (Exodus 6:16).

  • The father of Matthat, and son of Simeon, of the ancestors of Christ (Luke 3:29).

  • Luke 3:24.

  • One of the apostles, the son of Alphaeus (Mark 2:14; Luke 5:27,29), called also Matthew (Matthew 9:9).


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