Levi

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biblical patriarch eponymous ancestor human son of Jacob

Levi is a biblical patriarch, one of the twelve sons of Jacob and ancestor of the Israelite tribe of Levi, traditionally associated with priestly duties.

Aliases (2)

Leviʿ ×1
levi ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	biblical patriarch → eponymous ancestor → human → son of Jacob →
appearsIn	Genesis 29 → Genesis 34 → Genesis 49 →
associatedWith	Levitical priesthood →
associatedWithRole	Levitical service → priestly duties →
birthOrderAmongSonsOfJacob	third →
coActorInBiblicalEvent	Simeon →
culturalSignificance	origin of Levitical laws and priestly service →
cursedBy	Jacob →
cursingContext	Genesis 49 →
descendant	Gershon → Kohath → Merari →
father	Jacob →
gender	male →
givenName	Levi →
languageOfName	Hebrew →
mentionedIn	Book of Genesis → Hebrew Bible → Old Testament → Torah →
mother	Leah →
nameInHebrew	לֵוִי →
notableDescendant	Aaron → Miriam → Moses →
notableEvent	violence at Shechem →
religiousTradition	Christianity → Islam → Judaism →
sibling	Asher → Benjamin → Dan → Gad → Issachar → Joseph → Judah → Naphtali → Reuben → Simeon → Zebulun →
tribalAncestorOf	Tribe of Levi →
tribeFunction	priestly tribe of Israel →
tribeNamedAfter	Levi →

Referenced by (30)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Issachar → Naphtali → Reuben → Simeon → Zebulun →	sibling
Levi → Levi Woodbury →	givenName
Korah → Sons of Korah →	tribe
Blessing of Moses →	addressesTribe
Apostle Matthew →	alsoKnownAs
Korah →	ancestor
Rachel →	auntOf
Gad →	brother
Simeon →	coActorInAttackOnShechem
Levy →	etymologicallyRelatedTo
Edward Levi →	familyName
Jacob →	father
Gad →	halfBrother
Asher →	halfBrotherOf
Israel →	hasChild
Levi ("Leviʿ") →	hasVariant
Levy →	meaningDerivedFrom
Leah →	motherOf
Tribe of Levi →	namedAfter
Rabbi ("levi") →	notNecessarily
Rachel →	stepmotherOf
Levi →	tribeNamedAfter
Korah →	tribeOf
Levy →	variantOf