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lot

Meaning of “lot”

1. An object cast or drawn to decide or assign a matter. 2. A portion, inheritance, office, place, or condition assigned or allotted.

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76 occurrences70 verses18 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Leviticus 16:8

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Leviticus 16:8
And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the Lord, and the other lot for the scapegoat.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Leviticus 16:8 · retained source text

And Aaron shall cast lottes vpon the two Goates: one lot for the LORD, and the other lot for the Scape goat.

1611 marginal noteHebr. Azazel.

Leviticus 16:9
And Aaron shall bring the goat upon which the Lord’s lot fell, and offer him for a sin offering.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Leviticus 16:9 · retained source text

And Aaron shall bring the goate vpon which the LORDs lot fell, and offer him for a sinne offering.

1611 marginal noteHebr. went vp.

Leviticus 16:10
But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall be presented alive before the Lord, to make an atonement with him, and to let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Leviticus 16:10 · retained source text

But the goat on which the lot fell to be the Scape goate, shalbe presented aliue before the LORD, to make an atonement with him, and to let him goe for a Scape goate into the wildernesse.

Numbers 26:55
Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 26:55 · retained source text

Notwithstanding the land shall bee diuided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers, they shall inherite.

1611 marginal noteChap. 33.54. iosh. 11.23. and 14.2.

Numbers 33:54
And ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families: and to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer ye shall give the less inheritance: every man’s inheritance shall be in the place where his lot falleth; according to the tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 33:54 · retained source text

And ye shall diuide the land by lot, for an inheritance among your families, and to the moe ye shall giue the more inheritance, and to the fewer yee shall giue the lesse inheritance: euery mans inheritance shall bee in the place where his lot falleth, according to the tribes of your fathers, ye shall inherite.

1611 marginal noteHebr. multiply his inheritance.

1611 marginal noteHebr. diminish his inheritance.

1611 marginal noteChap. 26.53.

Numbers 34:13
And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the land which ye shall inherit by lot, which the Lord commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half tribe:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 34:13 · retained source text

And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the land which ye shall inherite by lot, which the LORD commanded to giue vnto the nine tribes, and to the halfe tribe.

Numbers 36:2
And they said, The Lord commanded my lord to give the land for an inheritance by lot to the children of Israel: and my lord was commanded by the Lord to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother unto his daughters.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 36:2 · retained source text

And they said, The LORD commanded my lord to giue the lande for an inheritance by lot to the children of Israel: and my lord was commanded by the LORD, to giue the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother, vnto his daughters.

1611 marginal noteChap. 27.1. iosh. 17.3.

Numbers 36:3
And if they be married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the children of Israel, then shall their inheritance be taken from the inheritance of our fathers, and shall be put to the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they are received: so shall it be taken from the lot of our inheritance.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 36:3 · retained source text

And if they bee married to any of the sonnes of the other tribes of the children of Israel, then shall their inheritance be taken from the inheritance of our fathers, and shall bee put to the inheritance of the tribe, whereinto they are receiued: so shal it be taken from the lot of our inheritance.

1611 marginal noteHeb. vnto whom they shall be.

Deuteronomy 32:9
For the Lord’s portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 32:9 · retained source text

For the LORDs portion is his people: Iacob is the lot of his inheritance.

1611 marginal noteHeb. cord.

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Esther 3:7

¶ In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar.

Esther 9:24

Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;