STRONGS G3017:
Λευί and
Λευίς (
T Tr (yet see below)
WH Λευεις (but Lachmann
Λευίς; see
εἰ,
ἰ)), genitive
Λευί (
T Tr WH Λευει), accusative
Λευίν (
T WH Λεύειν, so
Tr except in
Mark 2:14) (
Buttmann, 21 (19);
Winer's Grammar, § 10, 1),
ὁ (Hebrew
לֵוִי a joining, from
לָוָה, cf.
Genesis 29:34),
Levi;
1. the third son of the patriarch Jacob by his wife Leah, the founder of the tribe of Israelites which bears his name:
Hebrews 7:5,
9; (
Revelation 7:7).
2. the son of Melchi, one of Christ's ancestors:
Luke 3:24.
3. the son of Simeon, also an ancestor of Christ:
Luke 3:29.
4. the son of Alphaeus, a collector of customs ((
A. V. publican)):
Mark 2:14 (here
WH (rejected) marginal reading
Ἰάκωβον (see their note at the passage, cf. Weiss in Meyer on
Matthew 7te Aufl., p. 2));
Luke 5:27,
29; according to common opinion he is the same as
Matthew the apostle (
Matthew 9:9); but cf. Grimm in the Theol. Studien und Kritiken for 1870. p. 727ff; (their identity is denied also by Nicholson on
Matthew 9:9; yet see Patritius, De Evangeliis, 1., the passage cited i. quaest. 1; Venables in Alex.'s Kitto, under the word Matthew; Meyer, Commentary on Matthew, Introductory § 1).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
- Genesis
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29:34
- Matthew
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7; 9:9; 9:9
- Mark
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2:14; 2:14
- Luke
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3:24; 3:29; 5:27; 5:29
- Hebrews
-
7:5; 7:9
- Revelation
-
7:7