Λευΐ

Λευΐ — Leuḯ

Λευί and Λευίς (T Tr (yet see below) WH Λευεις (but Lachmann Λευίς; see εἰ, ἰ)), genitive Λευί (T Tr WH Λευει), accusative Λευίν (T WH Λεύειν, so Tr except in Mar 2:14) (Buttmann, 21 (19); Winer's Grammar, § 10, 1), ὁ (Hebrew לֵוִי a joining, from לָוָה, cf. Gen 29:34), Levi;

1. the third son of the patriarch Jacob by his wife Leah, the founder of the tribe of Israelites which bears his name: Heb 7:5; Heb 7:9; (Rev 7:7).

2. the son of Melchi, one of Christ's ancestors: Luk 3:24.

3. the son of Simeon, also an ancestor of Christ: Luk 3:29.

4. the son of Alphaeus, a collector of customs ((A. V. publican)): Mar 2:14 (here WH (rejected) marginal reading Ἰάκωβον (see their note at the passage, cf. Weiss in Meyer on Mat 7:1-29 te Aufl., p. 2)); Luk 5:27; Luk 5:29; according to common opinion he is the same as Matthew the apostle (Mat 9:9); but cf. Grimm in the Theol. Studien und Kritiken for 1870. p. 727ff; (their identity is denied also by Nicholson on Mat 9:9; yet see Patritius, De Evangeliis, 1., the passage cited i. quaest. 1; Venables in Alex.'s Kitto, under the word Matthew; Meyer, Commentary on Matthew, Introductory § 1).