Strong's Concordance lagchanó: to obtain by lot Original Word: λαγχάνωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: lagchanó Phonetic Spelling: (lang-khan'-o) Short Definition: I obtain by lot, cast lots Definition: (a) I obtain (receive) by lot, my lot (turn) is, (b) I draw lots. 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. Strong's Exhaustive 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. Forms and Transliterations ελαχε έλαχε ἔλαχε ελαχεν έλαχεν ἔλαχεν λαχούσι λαχουσιν λαχοῦσιν λαχωμεν λάχωμεν elache élache elachen élachen lachomen lachōmen láchomen láchōmen lachousin lachoûsinLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 29754 Occurrences ἔλαχε — 1 Occ. ἔλαχεν — 1 Occ. λάχωμεν — 1 Occ. λαχοῦσιν — 1 Occ. Luke 1:9 V-AIA-3S GRK: τῆς ἱερατείας ἔλαχε τοῦ θυμιᾶσαι NAS: of the priestly office, he was chosen by lot to enter KJV: of the priest's office, his lot was to burn incense INT: of the priesthood it fell to him by lot to burn incense John 19:24 V-ASA-1P Acts 1:17 V-AIA-3S 2 Peter 1:1 V-APA-DMP |