Strong's Hebrew · H1486

גּוֹרָל

gôwrâl · go-rawl'

lot.

Definition

properly, a pebble, i.e. a lot (small stones being used for that purpose); figuratively, a portion or destiny (as if determined by lot)

Derivation

or (shortened) גֹּרָל; from an unused root meaning to be rough (as stone);

Appears 77 times in Scripture

Joshua 19:24

The fifth lot came out for the clans of the tribe of Asher:

Numbers 26:55

Indeed, the land must be divided by lot; they shall receive their inheritance according to the names of the tribes of their fathers.

Leviticus 16:8

After Aaron casts lots for the two goats, one for the LORD and the other for the scapegoat,

Numbers 33:54

And you are to divide the land by lot according to your clans. Give a larger inheritance to a larger clan and a smaller inheritance to a smaller one. Whatever falls to each one by lot will be his. You will receive an inheritance according to the tribes of your fathers.

Numbers 26:56

Each inheritance is to be divided by lot among the larger and smaller tribes.”

Leviticus 16:10

But the goat chosen by lot as the scapegoat shall be presented alive before the LORD to make atonement by sending it into the wilderness as the scapegoat.

Leviticus 16:9

he shall present the goat chosen by lot for the LORD and sacrifice it as a sin offering.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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