Strong's Hebrew · H3032

יָדַד

yâdad · yaw-dad'

cast.

Definition

properly, to handle, i.e. to throw, e.g. lots

Derivation

a primitive root; (compare H3034 (יָדָה))

Appears 3 times in Scripture

Nahum 3:10

Yet she became an exile; she went into captivity. Her infants were dashed to pieces at the head of every street. They cast lots for her dignitaries, and all her nobles were bound in chains.

Joel 3:3

They cast lots for My people; they bartered a boy for a prostitute and sold a girl for wine to drink.

Obadiah 1:11

On the day you stood aloof while strangers carried off his wealth and foreigners entered his gate and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were just like one of them.

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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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