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Levi

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Le·vi  (lv)
In the Bible, a son of Jacob and Leah and the forebear of one of the tribes of Israel.
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Noun1.LeviLevi - (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally considered to be the author of the first Gospel
Matthew, Saint Matthew, Saint Matthew the Apostle, St. Matthew, St. Matthew the Apostle
New Testament - the collection of books of the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline and other epistles, and Revelation; composed soon after Christ's death; the second half of the Christian Bible


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She taunts me with the notorious fact that Joseph, a son of Levi who sells jewels in Holborn, has made her an offer of marriage.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
There's Hobson, the Babtis' preacher; and Deacon Lot Hovey, and Ben Rucker, and Abner Shackleford, and Levi Bell, the lawyer; and Dr.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Twain, Mark View in context
I have no doubt in the world that you are doing well in that greasy Flanders; living probably on the fat of the unctuous land; sitting like a black-haired, tawny-skinned, long-nosed Israelite by the flesh-pots of Egypt; or like a rascally son of Levi near the brass cauldrons of the sanctuary, and every now and then plunging in a consecrated hook, and drawing out of the sea, of broth the fattest of heave-shoulders and the fleshiest of wave-breasts.
The Professor by Bronte, Charlotte View in context
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