Lexical 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. |
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