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Levi[lE´vI] Pronunciation Key, in the Bible. 1 Son of Jacob and Leah and eponymous ancestor of the Levites. His name appears infrequently : at his birth, when he and Simeon massacred the Shechemites out of revenge, when Jacob migrated to Egypt, and finally when he is named in the prophecy of his father. 2 See Matthew, Saint. 3, 4 Names in the Gospel genealogy.
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