{"def":{"lit":"joined","short":"Levi, the name of three Israelites","long":["the third son of the patriarch Jacob by his wife Leah, the founder of the tribe of Israelites which bears his name","the son of Melchi, one of Christ's ancestors","the son of Simeon, an ancestor of Christ"]},"deriv":"of Hebrew origin (H3878)","pronun":{"ipa":"lɛβˈi","ipa_mod":"levˈi","sbl":"leui","dic":"lev-EE","dic_mod":"lave-EE"},"see":["H3878","G3018"],"comment":"Compare G3018."}