Λευίς
Ancient Greek edit
Alternative forms edit
- Λευί (Leuí)
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew לֵוִי (lēwî) and -ς (-s, “declension suffix”).
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /leu̯.ǐːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /leˈwis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /leˈβis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /leˈvis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /leˈvis/
Proper noun edit
Λευῑ́ς • (Leuī́s) m (genitive Λευί); irregular declension
Usage notes edit
The uninflected form Λευί (Leuí) is generally used in the LXX, while the inflected form is preferred in the New Testament.
Inflection edit
Derived terms edit
References edit
- Nestle, Eberhard, Aland, Kurt with et al. (2012) Novum Testamentum Graece[1], 28th revised edition, 4th corrected printing edition, Stuttgart: Stuttgart Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, →ISBN
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- G3018 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
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