King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER G2975
Transliteration: lanchanō
Phonetic Spelling: (lang-khan'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to obtain by lot
Meaning: to obtain by lot
λαγχάνω: 2 aorist ἔλαχον;
Word Summary
lanchanō: to obtain by lot
Original Word: λαγχάνωTransliteration: lanchanō
Phonetic Spelling: (lang-khan'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to obtain by lot
Meaning: to obtain by lot
Strong's Concordance
his lot be, cast lots, obtain. A prolonged form of a primary verb, which is only used as an alternate in certain tenses; to lot, i.e. Determine (by implication, receive) especially by lot -- his lot be, cast lots, obtain.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2975: λαγχάνωλαγχάνω: 2 aorist ἔλαχον;
1. to obtain by lot (from Homer down): with the genitive of the thing, Luke 1:9 (cf. Buttmann, 269 (231); Winers Grammar, 319 (299)); to receive by divine allotment, obtain: τί, Acts 1:17; 2 Peter 1:1; on the construction of this verb with the genitive and accusative of the thing, see Matthiae, § 328; Winers Grammar, 200 (188); (cf. Buttmann, § 132, 8).
2. to cast lots, determine by lot (Isocrates, p. 144 b.; Diodorus 4, 63 (cf. ps.-Demosthenes in middle, p. 510, 26)): περί τίνος, John 19:24.