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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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Judges 1:3
And Judah said unto Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with thee into thy lot. So Simeon went with him.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Judges 1:3 · retained source text

And Iudah saide vnto Simeon his brother, Come vp with me into my lot, that wee may fight against the Canaanites, and I likewise will goe with thee into thy lot. So Simeon went with him.

Judges 20:9
But now this shall be the thing which we will do to Gibeah; we will go up by lot against it;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Judges 20:9 · retained source text

But now, this shall bee the thing which we will doe to Gibeah, we will goe vp by lot against it:

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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;