Levi (disambiguation)
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Levi
was, according to the Book of Genesis, the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Levi.
Levi may also refer to:
People with the surname Levi:
People with the given name Levi:
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Levi
Levi/Levy was, according to the Book of Genesis, the third son of Jacob and Leah, and the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Levi ; however Peake's commentary suggests this as postdiction, an eponymous metaphor providing an aetiology of the connectedness of the tribe to others in the Israelite...
was, according to the Book of Genesis, the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Levi.
Levi may also refer to:
- Levente (disambiguation)Levente (disambiguation)People and things known as Levente include:*, Hungarian given name*Liüntika/Levente — Son of Árpád*Levente — Son of Vazul*Levente , a paramilitary youth organization in Hungary during the interwar period and WW2...
, Hungarian given name with diminutive Levi - Saint Matthew, referred to as Levi in the other Gospels.
- The LaeviLaeviThe Laevi, or Levi were a Ligurian people in Gallia Transpadana, on the river Ticinus, who, in conjunction with the Marici, built the town of Ticinum .-References:...
, or Levi, a Ligurian people in Gallia Transpadana - Levi IILevi IILevi was a Jewish-Palestinian scholar of the 3rd century , contemporary of Ze'era I and Abba b. Kahana . In a few instances he is quoted as Levi b. Laḥma...
(fl. 3rd century), one of the amoraim - Levi (New Testament), great-great grandfather of Jesus
- Levi (Book of Mormon), Jaredite king in the Book of Mormon
People with the surname Levi:
- Levi (surname)Levi (surname)Levi or Lévi is a surname. It is a transliteration of the Hebrew לוי meaning "joining". Another spelling of the name is Levy or Lévy.-People named Levi/Lévi:* Yehuda Halevi Levi or Lévi is a surname. It is a transliteration of the Hebrew לוי meaning "joining". Another spelling of the name is Levy...
People with the given name Levi:
- Levi (given name)Levi (given name)Levi is a masculine given name. It means "joined to" in Hebrew. Levi may refer to:* Levi Asher, American writer and web designer* Levi Addison Ault, Canadian/American businessman* Levi Bellfield , British murderer...
Others:
- Levi Strauss & Co.Levi Strauss & Co.Levi Strauss & Co. is a privately held American clothing company known worldwide for its Levi's brand of denim jeans. It was founded in 1853 when Levi Strauss came from Buttenheim, Franconia, to San Francisco, California to open a west coast branch of his brothers' New York dry goods business...
- Levi-Civita connectionLevi-Civita connectionIn Riemannian geometry, the Levi-Civita connection is a specific connection on the tangent bundle of a manifold. More specifically, it is the torsion-free metric connection, i.e., the torsion-free connection on the tangent bundle preserving a given Riemannian metric.The fundamental theorem of...
- Levi-Civita symbolLevi-Civita symbolThe Levi-Civita symbol, also called the permutation symbol, antisymmetric symbol, or alternating symbol, is a mathematical symbol used in particular in tensor calculus...
- Levi-Civita (crater)Levi-Civita (crater)Levi-Civita is a lunar crater formation that lies on the far side of the Moon. It is located just to the southwest of the large walled plain Gagarin, and nearly as close to the crater Pavlov to the south-southwest. To the northwest of Levi-Civita lies the smaller crater Pirquet.This is an eroded...
- Rabbi Levi (crater)Rabbi Levi (crater)Rabbi Levi is a lunar impact crater that is located among the rugged highlands in the southeastern part of the Moon's near side. Several notable craters are located nearby, including Zagut just to the north-northwest, the heavily impacted Riccius to the southeast, and Lindenau to the northeast next...
- Testament of Levi
- Levi, FinlandLevi, FinlandLevi, located in Finnish Lapland, is the largest ski resort in Finland. The resort is located in Kittilä municipality and is served by Kittilä Airport and Kolari train station. At a latitude of 67.8° north, it is located approximately north of the Arctic Circle.The Levi fell is at an elevation of...
(a fell and the biggest skiing resort in Finnish Lapland) - Levi, EstoniaLevi, EstoniaLevi, Estonia is a village in Tori Parish, Pärnu County in southwestern Estonia....
, village in Tori Parish, Pärnu County, Estonia - Levi graphLevi graphIn combinatorial mathematics, a Levi graph or incidence graph is a bipartite graph associated with an incidence structure. From a collection of points and lines in an incidence geometry or a projective configuration, we form a graph with one vertex per point, one vertex per line, and an edge for...
- Levi decompositionLevi decompositionIn Lie theory and representation theory, the Levi decomposition, conjectured by Killing and Cartan and proved by , states that any finite dimensional real Lie algebra g is the semidirect product of a solvable ideal and a semisimple subalgebra....
in mathematics (including Levi theorem, Levi subgroup, Levi subalgebra)
See also
- LeviteLeviteIn Jewish tradition, a Levite is a member of the Hebrew tribe of Levi. When Joshua led the Israelites into the land of Canaan, the Levites were the only Israelite tribe that received cities but were not allowed to be landowners "because the Lord the God of Israel himself is their inheritance"...
- LevisLevis-People:*François de Gaston, Chevalier de Lévis , French soldier best known for his command in Canada in 1760*George Levis , American college basketball player and coach*Georges Lévis , French adult comic artist-Places:Canada...
, LewisLewisLewis is the northern part of Lewis and Harris, the largest island of the Western Isles or Outer Hebrides of Scotland. The total area of Lewis is .... - Levy (disambiguation), LeveyLeveyLevey may refer to :*Brian Levey is a U.S. soccer goalkeeper.*Edgar C. Levey was a Republican Speaker of the California Assembly.*Elliot Levey is an English actor*Gregory Levey Levey may refer to :*Brian Levey (born April 11, 1984 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is a U.S. soccer goalkeeper.*Edgar C....
- LevinLevinLevin may refer to many things:In people:*Levin is a common Jewish surname, indicating descent from the tribe of Levi. For people with the surname Levin or Levina, see Levin .In places:...
, LewinLewinLewin can be a surname.It can also be a version of the Old English given name Leofwine.Lewin may also refer to:Places in Poland:* Lewin Brzeski* Lewin Kłodzki* Lewin, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship* Lewin, Łódź Voivodeship-Family name:... - Levit, LevittLevittLevitt is an Ashkenazi Jewish surname, or an English variant Anglo-Norman surname and can refer to:*Alan "Al" Levitt , American jazz drummer*Arthur Levitt , former chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission...
- LevitzkiLevitzkiLevitzki or Levitsky is a surname, which is derived from the Hebrew name Levi meaning "joined to" in Hebrew. It may refer to::* Alexander Levitzki , an Israeli biochemist...
- Levi Strauss (disambiguation)Levi Strauss (disambiguation)Levi Strauss or Levi-Strauss can be:* Claude Lévi-Strauss, French anthropologist and ethnologist* Dina Lévi-Strauss, anthropologist and ethnologist* Levi Strauss, founder of the first company to manufacture blue jeans...