Bible Characters & Character Studies
Levi
First appears at Genesis 29:34
First named in Scripture at Genesis 29:34 — read the chapter.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
adhesion. (1.) The third son of Jacob by Leah. The origin of the name is found in Leah’s words (Genesis 29:34), “This time will my husband be joined [Hebrews yillaveh] unto me.” He is mentioned as taking a prominent part in avenging his sister Dinah (Genesis 34:25-31). He and his three sons went down with Jacob (46: 11) into Egypt, where he died at the age of one hundred and thirty-seven years (Exodus 6:16). (2.) The father of Matthat, and son of Simeon, of the ancestors of Christ (Luke 3:29). (3.) Luke 3:24. (4.) One of the apostles, the son of Alphaeus (Mark 2:14; Luke 5:27, 29), called also Matthew (Matthew 9:9).