Levi
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Levi
- /ˈliː.vaɪ/ UK, US
Where it comes from
Ultimately from Biblical Hebrew לֵוִי (lēwî), of uncertain origin. Doublet of Lewi.
proper noun Levy
- The third son of Jacob, by his wife Leah. 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
- One of the Biblical tribes of Israelites, supposedly descended from Levi, the tribe from which priests were selected. But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave not any inheritance: the Lord God of Israel was their inheritance, as he said unto them.
- A male given name from Hebrew.
- A Jewish surname from Hebrew. Mr. Levi may have been bedeviled by buried conflicts unrelated to Auschwitz.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: matthew, saint matthew, st matthew, yitzhak, provencal, ha, proven, left, levee, pants, lorain, levey, strauss, faur, livi, tax
Translations
Talk about this word "Levi." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/levi. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Levi. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/levi "Levi." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/levi.Cite this
@misc{levi_2026,
title = {Levi},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/levi},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
