Levi possibly means "joined, attached" in Hebrew. As told in the Old Testament, Levi was the third son of Jacob and Leah, and the ancestor of one of the twelve tribes of the Israelites, known as the Levites. This was the tribe that formed the priestly class of the Israelites. The brothers Moses and Aaron were members. In the New Testament this is another name for the apostle Matthew.
Biblical namesake: Levi was the third son of Jacob and Leah and the ancestor of the Levites, the priestly tribe of Israel. He is remembered for his role in the early history of the Israelites. (Genesis · Genesis 29:34, Genesis 34, Genesis 46:11)
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