Levi

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Le·vi

(lē′vī′)

In the Bible, a son of Jacob and Leah and the forebear of one of the tribes of Israel.

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Levi

(ˈliːvaɪ)

1. (Bible) Old Testament

a. the third son of Jacob and Leah and the ancestor of the tribe of Levi (Genesis 29:34)

b. the priestly tribe descended from this patriarch (Numbers 18:21–24)

2. (Bible) New Testament another name for Matthew the apostle

Levi

(Italian ˈlɛːvi)

1. (Biography) 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. (Biography) 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

Levi

(ˈliːvaɪ; Hebrew ˈlevi) or

Levite

(Judaism) Judaism a descendant of the tribe of Levi who has certain privileges in the synagogue service

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Le•vi

(ˈli vaɪ, ˈleɪ vi)

n.

1. a son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29:34.

2. one of the 12 tribes of Israel, traditionally descended from him.

3. original name of Matthew (def. 1).

4. a Levite.

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Levi - (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally considered to be the author of the first Gospel

Matthew, Saint Matthew, Saint Matthew the Apostle, St. Matthew, St. Matthew the Apostle

New Testament - the collection of books of the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline and other epistles, and Revelation; composed soon after Christ's death; the second half of the Christian Bible

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"She taunts me with the notorious fact that Joseph, a son of Levi who sells jewels in Holborn, has made her an offer of marriage."

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"I have no doubt in the world that you are doing well in that greasy Flanders; living probably on the fat of the unctuous land; sitting like a black-haired, tawny-skinned, long-nosed Israelite by the flesh-pots of Egypt; or like a rascally son of Levi near the brass cauldrons of the sanctuary, and every now and then plunging in a consecrated hook, and drawing out of the sea, of broth the fattest of heave-shoulders and the fleshiest of wave-breasts.

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'Ran away, my negro man, Levi. His left hand has been burnt, and I think the end of his forefinger is off.'

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I confess I was urged then myself, and at another time would have been forward enough; but I thought they had carried their rage too far, and remembered Jacob's words to his sons Simeon and Levi: "Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel." But I had now a new task upon my hands; for when the men I had carried with me saw the sight, as I had done, I had as much to do to restrain them as I should have had with the others; nay, my nephew himself fell in with them, and told me, in their hearing, that he was only concerned for fear of the men being overpowered; and as to the people, he thought not one of them ought to live; for they had all glutted themselves with the murder of the poor man, and that they ought to be used like murderers.

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