Levi

¹

[ lee-vahy, ley-vee; lee-vee ]

noun

1. a son of Jacob and Leah. Genesis 29:34.
2. one of the 12 tribes of Israel, traditionally descended from him.
3. original name of Matthew ( def 1 ).
4. a Levite.
5. a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “a joining.”

Levi

²

[ le-vee ]

noun

1. Car·lo [kahr, -law], 1902–75, Italian painter and writer.

Levi

¹

/ ˈliːvaɪ /

noun

1. Old Testament
   1. the third son of Jacob and Leah and the ancestor of the tribe of Levi (Genesis 29:34)
   2. the priestly tribe descended from this patriarch (Numbers 18:21–24)
2. New Testament another name for Matthew the apostle

Levi

²

/ ˈliːvaɪt; ˈlevi; ˈliːvaɪ /

noun

1. Judaism a descendant of the tribe of Levi who has certain privileges in the synagogue service

Levi

³

/ ˈlɛːvi /

noun

1. LeviCarlo19021975MItalianMEDICINE: physicianARTS AND CRAFTS: painterWRITING: writer Carlo. 1902–75, Italian physician, painter, and writer. Best known for his novel Christ Stopped at Eboli (1947), his other works include The Watch (1952) and Words are Stones (1958)
2. LeviPrimo19191987MItalianWRITING: novelist Primo (ˈpriːməʊ). 1919–87, Italian novelist. His book If This is a Man (1947) relates his experiences in Auschwitz. Other books include The Periodic Table (1956) and The Drowned and the Saved (1988), published after his suicide

Example Sentences

On Dec. 22, 1799, Sands told her cousins that she would be leaving to elope with a fellow boarder named Levi Weeks that night.

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According to the sheriff, 18-year-old Levi Weaver begged the officer to shoot him, and then leapt at him.

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Celebrity participants like Zachary Levi—who devotes substantial time to discussing ALS—are outliers.

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The anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss saw the Amazon rainforest, as he saw most things, as a complex structure.

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Compare the Auto-Tune way of singing today with the way Levi Stubbs of the Four Tops sang.

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“Wait a minute 'ere,” said Mr. Levi, and he went into the room beyond this, where she knew there were writing materials.

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Each evening Mr. Levi was in attendance, and this day, according to rule, she went down to the grand old dining-room.

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Mr. Levi enters almost beside him; how white his big eyeballs gleam, as he steps in under the same cold light!

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As an instance of explicit references made to the duty, we may advert to the blessing of Moses on the tribe of Levi.

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Simeon and Levi were the most active in seeking to compass the death of Joseph, and a curse was sent upon them.

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