Strong's Concordance Leuités: a Levite, a descendant of Levi Original Word: Λευΐτης, ου, ὁPart of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: Leuités Phonetic Spelling: (lyoo-ee'-tace) Short Definition: a Levite Definition: a Levite, properly a man of the tribe of Levi; hence: a priest's assistant, an under priest, as the members of that tribe were charged with this duty. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3019: ΛευίτηςΛευίτης (T WH Λευειτης (so Tr except in Acts 4:36; see εἰ, ἰ)), Λευίτου, ὁ, a Levite; a. one of Levi's posterity. b. in a norrower sense those were called Levites (Hebrew לֵוִי בְּנֵי, לְוִיִּים) who, not being of the race of Aaron for whom alone the priesthood was reserved, served as assistants of the priests. It was their duty to keep the sacred utensils and the temple clean, to provide the sacred loaves, to open and shut the gates of the temple, to sing sacred hymns in the temple, and do many other things; so Luke 10:32; John 1:19; Acts 4:36; ((Plutarch, quaest. conv. 1. iv. quaest. 6, 5; Philo de vit. Moys. i. § 58). See BB. DD., under the word From Leui; a Levite, i.e. Descendant of Levi -- Levite. see GREEK Leui Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 30193 Occurrences Λευίτας — 1 Occ. Λευίτης — 2 Occ. Luke 10:32 N-NMS GRK: δὲ καὶ Λευίτης γενόμενος κατὰ NAS: Likewise a Levite also, when he came KJV: And likewise a Levite, when he was at INT: moreover also a Levite was at John 1:19 N-AMP Acts 4:36 N-NMS |
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