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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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Joshua 19:10
¶ And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to their families: and the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 19:10 · retained source text

¶ And the third lot came vp for the children of Zebulun, according to their families: and the border of their inheritance was vnto Sarid.

Joshua 19:17
¶ And the fourth lot came out to Issachar, for the children of Issachar according to their families.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 19:17 · retained source text

¶ And the fourth lot came out to Issachar for the children of Issachar according to their families.

Joshua 19:24
¶ And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 19:24 · retained source text

¶ And the fift lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families.

Joshua 19:32
¶ The sixth lot came out to the children of Naphtali, even for the children of Naphtali according to their families.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 19:32 · retained source text

¶ The sixt lot came out to the children of Naphtali: euen for the children of Naphtali according to their families.

Joshua 19:51
These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before the Lord, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. So they made an end of dividing the country.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Joshua 19:51 · retained source text

These are the inheritances which Eleazar the Priest, and Ioshua the sonne of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, diuided for an inheritance by lot, in Shiloh before the LORD, at the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation: so they made an end of diuiding the countrey.

1611 marginal noteNum. 34.17.

Joshua 21:4
And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, which were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 21:4 · retained source text

And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the Priest, which were of the Leuites, had by lot out of the tribe of Iudah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Beniamin, thirteene cities.

Joshua 21:5
And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh, ten cities.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 21:5 · retained source text

And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot, out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the halfe tribe of Manasseh, ten cities.

Joshua 21:6
And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 21:6 · retained source text

And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the halfe tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteene cities.

Joshua 21:8
And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 21:8 · retained source text

And the children of Israel gaue by lot vnto the Leuites these cities with their suburbs, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.

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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;