3 definitions found
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
Levi
n : disciple of Jesus; author of the first Gospel [syn: {Matthew},
{Saint Matthew}, {St Matthew}, {Saint Matthew the
Apostle}, {Levi}]
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Levi
adhesion. (1.) The third son of Jacob by Leah. The origin of the
name is found in Leah's words (Gen. 29:34), "This time will my
husband be joined [Heb. yillaveh] unto me." He is mentioned as
taking a prominent part in avenging his sister Dinah (Gen.
34:25-31). He and his three sons went down with Jacob (46:11)
into Egypt, where he died at the age of one hundred and
thirty-seven years (Ex. 6:16).
(2.) The father of Matthat, and son of Simeon, of the
ancestors of Christ (Luke 3:29).
(3.) Luke 3:24.
(4.) One of the apostles, the son of Alphaeus (Mark 2:14; Luke
5:27, 29), called also Matthew (Matt. 9:9).
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Levi, associated with him
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