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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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Psalms 105:11
Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 105:11 · retained source text

Saying, Unto thee will I giue the land of Canaan: the lot of your inheritance.

1611 marginal noteHeb. the corde.

1611 marginal noteGen.13.15. & 15.10.

Psalms 125:3
For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 125:3 · retained source text

For the rod of the wicked shall not rest vpon the lot of the righteous: lest the righteous put forth their hands vnto iniquitie.

1611 marginal noteHebr. wickednesse.

Isaiah 17:14
And behold at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he is not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 17:14 · retained source text

And behold at euening tide trouble, and before the morning he is not: this is the portion of them that spoile vs, and the lot of them that robbe vs.

Isaiah 34:17
And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto them by line: they shall possess it for ever, from generation to generation shall they dwell therein.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 34:17 · retained source text

And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath diuided it vnto them by line: they shall possesse it for euer, from generation to generation shall they dwell therein.

Isaiah 57:6
Among the smooth stones of the stream is thy portion; they, they are thy lot: even to them hast thou poured a drink offering, thou hast offered a meat offering. Should I receive comfort in these?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 57:6 · retained source text

Among the smooth stones of the streame is thy portion; they, they are thy lot: euen to them hast thou powred a drinke offering, thou hast offered a meate offering. Should I receiue comfort in these?

Jeremiah 13:25
This is thy lot, the portion of thy measures from me, saith the Lord; because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 13:25 · retained source text

This is thy lot, the portion of thy measures from me, saith the LORD, because thou hast forgotten mee, and trusted in falshood.

Ezekiel 24:6
¶ Wherefore thus saith the Lord God; Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose scum is therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it! bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 24:6 · retained source text

¶ Wherefore thus sayth the LORD God, Woe to the bloodie citie, to the pot whose scumme is therein, and whose scumme is not gone out of it; bring it out piece by piece, let no lot fall vpon 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;