Leuités: a Levite, a descendant of Levi Original Word: Λευΐτης, ου, ὁ Part 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.
Word Origin from Leui Definition a Levite, a desc. of Levi NASB Word Usage Levite (2), Levites (1). 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 ; Edersheim, The Temple, 2nd edition, p. 63ff.)
Levite. From Leui; a Levite, i.e. Descendant of Levi -- Levite. see GREEK Leui
λέπρας — 1 Occ. λεπροὶ — 4 Occ. λεπρὸς — 2 Occ. λεπροῦ — 2 Occ. λεπροὺς — 1 Occ. λεπτὰ — 2 Occ. λεπτὸν — 1 Occ. Λευὶ — 5 Occ. Λευὶν — 2 Occ. Λευὶς — 1 Occ. Λευίτης — 2 Occ. Λευιτικῆς — 1 Occ. ἐλεύκαναν — 1 Occ. λευκᾶναι — 1 Occ. λευκὰ — 3 Occ. λευκαί — 2 Occ. λευκαῖς — 1 Occ. λευκάς — 2 Occ. λευκή — 2 Occ. λευκὴν — 3 Occ.
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Λευίτας — 1 Occ. Λευίτης — 2 Occ.
Luke 10:32 N-NMS BIB: 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 atJohn 1:19 N-AMP BIB: ἱερεῖς καὶ Λευίτας ἵνα ἐρωτήσωσιν NAS: to him priests and Levites from Jerusalem KJV: priests and Levites from Jerusalem INT: priests and Levites that they might ask Acts 4:36 N-NMS BIB: Υἱὸς Παρακλήσεως Λευίτης Κύπριος τῷ NAS: Now Joseph, a Levite of Cyprian birth, KJV: of consolation,) a Levite, [and] of the country INT: Son of encouragement a Levite a Cypriot at the 3 Occurrences
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