Definition

to be a giver of lots to each, i.e. (by implication) to apportion an estate

Etymology

from G2596 (κατά) and a derivative of a compound of G2819 (κλῆρος) and G1325 (δίδωμι);

Where the KJV renders it

• divide by lot

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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