Bible Person
Meaning: associated with him · Male · 64 cross references
Levi means "joined" and is the third son of Jacob and Leah, remembered both as an individual patriarch and as the ancestor of Israel's priestly tribe. His name becomes especially important because the Levites later serve at the center of worship, sacrifice, and sacred instruction. First appears in Gen 29:34.1
AI summary: Levi matters because the cross references trace a movement from one son of Jacob to one of the most important tribal callings in Israel. Early passages place Levi inside the family story of Genesis, including the violent response to Shechem that shapes Jacob's later words over his sons. Later Scripture attaches his name to the tribe set apart for temple service, priestly support, instruction, and care for holy things. Taken together, the material presents Levi as significant not merely for his place in Jacob's household, but as the ancestral root of Israel's worshiping service.1
Central Figure
Levi
Meaning: associated with him
The third son of Jacob by Leah.
Siblings
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). 3
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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.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
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.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.