Levi: 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
[Heb. 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
(Genesis 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. The father of Matthat, and son of Melchi, of the ancestors of
Christ
(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)
