Definition

a die (for drawing chances); by implication, a portion (as if so secured); by extension, an acquisition (especially a patrimony, figuratively)

Etymology

probably from G2806 (κλάω) (through the idea of using bits of wood, etc., for the purpose;

Where the KJV renders it

• heritage
• inheritance
• lot
• part

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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