Definition

properly, a pebble, i.e. a lot (small stones being used for that purpose); figuratively, a portion or destiny (as if determined by lot)

Etymology

or (shortened) גֹּרָל; from an unused root meaning to be rough (as stone);

Where the KJV renders it

• lot

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew 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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