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Levi

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Noun

1. levi, matthew, saint matthew, saint matthew the apostle, st. matthew, st. matthew the apostle

(New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally considered to be the author of the first Gospel

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Levi

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noun
1. Old Testament
a. 
the third son of Jacob and Leah and the ancestor of the tribe of Levi (Genesis 29:34)
b. 
the priestly tribe descended from this patriarch (Numbers 18:21–24)
2. New Testament
another name for Matthew the apostle
noun
1. 
Carlo. 1902–75, Italian physician, painter, and writer. Best known for his novel Christ Stopped at Eboli (1947), his other works include The Watch (1952) and Words are Stones (1958)
2. 
Primo (ˈpriːməʊ). 1919–87, Italian novelist. His book If This is a Man (1947) relates his experiences in Auschwitz. Other books include The Periodic Table (1956) and The Drowned and the Saved (1988), published after his suicide
noun
Judaism
a descendant of the tribe of Levi who has certain privileges in the synagogue service

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Levi

see synonyms of levi
noun
1. 
a masculine name: dim. Lev
2.  Bible
the third son of Jacob and Leah: Gen. 29:34
see also Levite
ˈPrimo (Michele) (ˈprimoʊ ) ; prēˈmō) 1919-87; It. writer

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Levi

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In the Bible, a son of Jacob and Leah and the forebear of one of the tribes of Israel.

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