Person of Interest

    Levi

    meaning: associated with him

    1


Birth Year:1775 BC 3


Dictionary Summary:The third son of Jacob by Leah. The origin of the name is found in Leah’s words ([Gen. 29:34](/gen#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](/gen#Gen.34.25)). 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](/exod#Exod.6.16)). 2


Father

    Israel

    meaning: who prevails with God

    1

Mother

    Leah

    meaning: weary; tired

    1

Siblings

    Issachar

    meaning: reward; recompense

    1

    Dinah

    meaning: judgment; who judges

    1

    Judah

    meaning: the praise of the Lord; confession

    1

    Reuben

    meaning: who sees the son; the vision of the son

    1

    Simeon

    meaning: that hears or obeys; that is heard

    1

    Zebulun

    meaning: Zebulon

    1

Children

    Gershon

    meaning: his banishment; the change of pilgrimage

    1

    Kohath

    meaning: congregation; wrinkle; bluntness

    1

    Merari

    meaning: bitter; to provoke

    1

    Jochebed

    meaning: glorious; honorable

    1


Cross References
BookCross-References
Gen
    29.34 34.25 34.30 35.23 46.11 49.5 
Exod
    1.2 2.1 6.16 6.19 32.26 32.28 
Num
    1.49 3.6 3.15 3.17 4.2 16.1 16.7 16.8 16.10 17.3 17.8 18.2 18.21 26.59 
Deut
    10.8 10.9 18.1 21.5 27.12 31.9 33.8 
Josh
    13.14 13.33 21.10 
1Kgs
    12.31 
1Chr
    2.1 6.1 6.16 6.38 6.43 6.47 9.18 12.26 21.6 23.6 23.14 23.24 24.20 
Ezra
    8.15 8.18 
Neh
    10.39 12.23 
Ps
    135.20 
Ezek
    40.46 48.31 
Zech
    12.13 
Mal
    2.4 2.8 3.3 
Heb
    7.5 7.9 
Rev
    7.7 

Figure1:  A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages   (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.) 

      1

      Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0. 

      2

      M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0. 

      3

      Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.