Bible Verse Dictionary
Numbers 3:12 - Levites
| Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
|---|---|---|---|
| And I | H589 | אֲנִי |
I |
| behold | H2009 | הִנֵּה |
lo! |
| I | H589 | אֲנִי |
I |
| have taken | H3947 | לָקַח |
[Verb] to take (in the widest variety of applications) |
| the Levites | H3881 | לֵוִיִּי |
[Adjective] a Leviite or descendant of Levi |
| from among | H4480 | מִן |
[Preposition] properly a part of; hence ({prepositionally}) from or out of in many senses |
| the children | H1121 | בֵּן |
[Noun Masculine] a son (as a builder of the family {name}) in the widest sense (of literal and figurative {relationship} including {grandson} subject: {nation} quality or {condition} {etc.} (like {H1 } {H251 } etc.) |
| of | H8478 | תַּחַת |
[Noun Masculine] the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially below (often with prepositional prefix {underneath }) in lieu {of} etc. |
| Israel | H3478 | יִשְׂרָאֵל |
[Proper Name Masculine] he will rule as God; {Jisrael} a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity |
| instead of | H8478 | תַּחַת |
[Noun Masculine] the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially below (often with prepositional prefix {underneath }) in lieu {of} etc. |
| all | H3605 | כֹּל |
[Noun Masculine] properly the whole; hence {all} any or every (in the singular {only} but often in a plural sense) |
| the firstborn | H1060 | בְּכוֹר |
[Noun Masculine] firstborn; hence chief |
| that openeth | H6363 | פֶּטֶר |
[Noun Masculine] a {fissure} that {is} (concretely) firstling (as opening the matrix) |
| the matrix | H7358 | רֶחֶם |
[Noun Masculine] the womb (compare H7356) |
| among | H4480 | מִן |
[Preposition] properly a part of; hence ({prepositionally}) from or out of in many senses |
| the children | H1121 | בֵּן |
[Noun Masculine] a son (as a builder of the family {name}) in the widest sense (of literal and figurative {relationship} including {grandson} subject: {nation} quality or {condition} {etc.} (like {H1 } {H251 } etc.) |
| of | H8478 | תַּחַת |
[Noun Masculine] the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially below (often with prepositional prefix {underneath }) in lieu {of} etc. |
| Israel | H3478 | יִשְׂרָאֵל |
[Proper Name Masculine] he will rule as God; {Jisrael} a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity |
| therefore the Levites | H3881 | לֵוִיִּי |
[Adjective] a Leviite or descendant of Levi |
| shall be | H1961 | הָיָה |
[Verb] to {exist} that {is} be or {become} come to pass (always {emphatic} and not a mere copula or auxiliary) |
| mine |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.