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levi |
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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