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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 21:10
Which the children of Aaron, being of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi, had: for theirs was the first lot.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 21:10 · retained source text

Which the children of Aaron being of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Leui, had: (for theirs was the first lot.)

Joshua 21:20
¶ And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites which remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 21:20 · retained source text

¶ And the families of the children of Kohath the Leuites, which remained of the children of Kohath, euen they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.

Joshua 21:40
So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, which were remaining of the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 21:40 · retained source text

So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, which were remayning of the families of the Leuites, were by their lot, twelue cities.

Joshua 23:4
Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea westward.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Joshua 23:4 · retained source text

Behold, I haue diuided vnto you by lot these nations that remaine, to bee an inheritance for your tribes, from Iordan, with all the nations that I haue cut off, euen vnto the great Sea Westward.

1611 marginal noteHebr. at the Sunne set.

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
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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:

1 Samuel 14:41
Therefore Saul said unto the Lord God of Israel, Give a perfect lot. And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people escaped.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Samuel 14:41 · retained source text

Therefore Saul saide vnto the LORD God of Israel, Giue a perfect lot. And Saul and Ionathan were taken: but the people escaped.

1611 marginal noteOr, shew the innocent

1611 marginal noteHeb. went forth.

1 Chronicles 6:54
¶ Now these are their dwelling places throughout their castles in their coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites: for theirs was the lot.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 6:54 · retained source text

¶ Now these are their dwelling places, throughout their castels in their coasts, of the sonnes of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites: for theirs was the lot.

1 Chronicles 6:61
And unto the sons of Kohath, which were left of the family of that tribe, were cities given out of the half tribe, namely, out of the half tribe of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 6:61 · retained source text

And vnto the sonnes of Rohath, which were left of the family of that tribe, were cities giuen out of the halfe tribe, namely out of the halfe tribe of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities.

1611 marginal noteIosh. 21.5.

1 Chronicles 6:63
Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot, throughout their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 6:63 · retained source text

Unto the sonnes of Merari were giuen by lot, throughout their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelue cities.

1611 marginal noteIosh. 21.7,34.

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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;