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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 Le·vi /ˈliˌvaɪ/
 利未,男子名

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Levi
      n : (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally considered
          to be the author of the first Gospel [syn: Matthew, Saint
          Matthew, St. Matthew, Saint Matthew the Apostle, St.
          Matthew the Apostle]

From: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

 Levi
    adhesion. (1.) The third son of Jacob by Leah. The origin of the
    name is found in Leah's words (Gen. 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 (Gen.
    34:25-31). He and his three sons went down with Jacob (46:11)
    into Egypt, where he died at the age of one hundred and
    thirty-seven years (Ex. 6:16).
      (2.) The father of Matthat, and son of Simeon, of the
    ancestors of Christ (Luke 3:29).
      (3.) Luke 3:24.
      (4.) One of the apostles, the son of Alphaeus (Mark 2:14; Luke
    5:27, 29), called also Matthew (Matt. 9:9).

From: Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's)

 Levi, associated with him