Words the Bible translates as lot
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 6 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- klērosκλῆροςa lot: a small marked object thrown or drawn to settle a question, so that the outcome is nobody's choice
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- the share that falls to a person: the place, portion, or inheritance assigned to someone rather than earned or chosen
- goralגּוֹרָלlot: the object cast to let a decision fall outside human control, and the share or destiny that falls to a person by it
- ḥeleqחֵלֶקportion: the share that falls to someone, whether land, goods, or one's lot in life.
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- smoothness, flattery: smooth and seductive speech that flatters in order to mislead.
- LōtΛώτLotnot studied yet
- lotלוֹטLotnot studied yet
- purפּוּרa lot: the small object thrown to let chance settle a decision, named here with a foreign word the storyteller has to explain
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- Purim: the yearly Jewish festival named after that lot, kept in memory of the rescue that followed
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