Person New Testament
Levi
Levi, son of Melchi, an ancestor of Jesus mentioned in Luke's genealogy (Luk.3.24). Mentioned once in Scripture, at Luke 3:24.
Why it matters. Son of Melchi, an ancestor of Jesus
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Levi
Levi, the son of Melchi, is mentioned in the genealogy of Jesus Christ recorded in the Gospel of Luke (Luk.3.24). He was an ancestor of Jesus, but no additional information is provided about his life or role in the biblical narrative. Levi lived sometime between the Babylonian exile and the birth of Christ.
Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.
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Family
Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.
Appears in Scripture
Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.
Luke (1 verse)