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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.

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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;