Levi

Ultimately from Biblical Hebrew לֵוִי (Leví), of uncertain origin. Doublet of Lewi.

• (US, UK) IPA^(key): /ˈliː.vaɪ/

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• Hyphenation: Le‧vi

Levi

2. (biblical) The third son of Jacob, by his wife Leah.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 35:22b-26:

     Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: ²³ The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun: ²⁴ The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin: ²⁵ And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali: ²⁶ And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan-aram.

3. (historical) One of the Biblical tribes of Israelites, supposedly descended from Levi, the tribe from which priests were selected.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Joshua 13:33:

     But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave not any inheritance: the Lord God of Israel was their inheritance, as he said unto them.

4. A male given name from Hebrew.
5. A Jewish surname from Hebrew.

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• Viel, evil, live, veil, vile, vlei

Levi m

1. a male given name

Patronymics

• son of Levi: Levisson
• daughter of Levi: Levisdóttir

Clipping and -i diminutive of Levente.

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛvi]
• Hyphenation: Le‧vi
• Rhymes: -vi

Levi

1. a diminutive of the male given name Levente

From Hebrew לֵוִי.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.vi/
• Rhymes: -ɛvi
• Hyphenation: Lè‧vi

Levi m

1. (biblical) Levi
2. a male given name

• live, veli, vile

From Biblical Hebrew לֵוִי (Lēwī)

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɫeː.wiː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈlɛː.vi]

Lēvī m sg (indeclinable)

1. a male given name from Hebrew, borne by one of the twelve sons of Jacob

Levi m

1. (biblical) Levi (third son of Jacob)
2. a male given name, equivalent to English Levi