Levi
PersonA man who founded the tribe of Levi living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.29.34) referred to as Levi or Levite (לֵוִי), or Levite (Aramiac לֵוָי), or Levi or Levite or Levitical (לֵוִי), or Levi (Λευΐ), or Levite (Λευΐτης), or Levitical (Λευϊτικός); son of Israel and Leah; a brother of Reuben, Simeon, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun and Dinah; half-brother of: Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Joseph and Benjamin; father of Gershon, Kohath, Merari and Jochebed.
Their thread through Scripture
- Genesis 29:34
She conceived again, and bore a son. Said, “Now this time will my husband be joined to me, because I have borne him three sons.” Therefore his name was called Levi.