Λευί

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Ancient Greek

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Levi

Alternative forms

Λευίς (Leuís)

Etymology

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew לֵוִי (lēwî).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /leu̯.ǐː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /leˈwi/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /leˈβi/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /leˈvi/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /leˈvi/

Proper noun

Λευῑ́ • (Leuī́) m (indeclinable)

Levi.

Usage notes

The uninflected form is generally used in the LXX, while the inflected form Λευίς (Leuís) is preferred in the New Testament.

Derived terms

Λευίτης (Leuítēs)
Λευιτικός (Leuitikós)

References

Nestle, Eberhard, Aland, Kurt with et al. (2012) Novum Testamentum Graece‎, 28th revised edition, 4th corrected printing edition, Stuttgart: Stuttgart Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, →ISBN
Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
G3017 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

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