levi
/ˈliː.vaɪ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.54 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
One of the Biblical tribes of Israelites, supposedly descended from Levi, the tribe from which priests were selected.
name
A male given name from Hebrew.
Example Sentences
- "Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: ²³ The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun: ²⁴ The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin: ²⁵ And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali: ²⁶ And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan-aram."
- "But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave not any inheritance: the Lord God of Israel was their inheritance, as he said unto them."
- "Mr. Levi may have been bedeviled by buried conflicts unrelated to Auschwitz."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈliː.vaɪ/
- British English: /ˈliː.vaɪ/
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in People.
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Phrases
Levi-Civita field
Levi-Civita symbol