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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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Ezekiel 45:1
MOREOVER, when ye shall divide by lot the land for inheritance, ye shall offer an oblation unto the Lord, an holy portion of the land: the length shall be the length of five and twenty thousand reeds, and the breadth shall be ten thousand. This shall be holy in all the borders thereof round about.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 45:1 · retained source text

¶ Moreouer, when yee shall diuide by lot the land for inheritance, yee shall offer an oblation vnto the LORD, an holy portion of the land: the length shall be the length of fiue and twentie thousand reedes, and the bredth shalbe ten thousand: this shall be holy in all the borders thereof round about.

1611 marginal noteHeb. when yee cause the land to fall.

1611 marginal noteHeb. holinesse.

Ezekiel 47:22
¶ And it shall come to pass, that ye shall divide it by lot for an inheritance unto you, and to the strangers that sojourn among you, which shall beget children among you: and they shall be unto you as born in the country among the children of Israel; they shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 47:22 · retained source text

¶ And it shall come to passe, that yee shall diuide it by lot for an inheritance vnto you, and to the strangers that soiourne among you, which shall beget children among you, and they shall be vnto you as borne in the countrey among the children of Israel; they shall haue inheritance with you among the Tribes of Israel.

Ezekiel 48:29
This is the land which ye shall divide by lot unto the tribes of Israel for inheritance, and these are their portions, saith the Lord God.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 48:29 · retained source text

This is the land which ye shal diuide by lot vnto the tribes of Israel for inheritance, and these are their portions, saith the LORD God.

Daniel 12:13
But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Daniel 12:13 · retained source text

But goe thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in the lot at the end of the dayes.

1611 marginal noteOr, and thou, &c.

Jonah 1:7
And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil is upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jonah 1:7 · retained source text

And they said euery one to his fellow; Come, and let vs cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this euil is vpon vs. So they cast lots, and the lot fell vpon Ionah.

Micah 2:5
Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast a cord by lot in the congregation of the Lord.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Micah 2:5 · retained source text

Therefore thou shalt haue none that shall cast a cord by lot in the Congregation of the LORD.

1611 marginal noteDeut. 32.8,9.

Luke 1:9
According to the custom of the priest’s office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 1:9 · retained source text

According to the custome of the Priests office, his lot was to burne incense when he went into the Temple of the Lord.

Acts 1:26
And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Acts 1:26 · retained source text

And they gaue foorth their lots, and the lot fell vpon Matthias, and hee was numbred with the eleuen Apostles.

Acts 13:19
And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, he divided their land to them by lot.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Acts 13:19 · retained source text

And when he had destroyed seuen nations in the land of Chanaan, he diuided their land to them by lot:

1611 marginal noteIosh. 14.1.

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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;