The Definition of the word Levi

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)."