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Matthew 27:35
Textus Receptus (Stephanus 1550)
King James Bible (Oxford 1769)
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Greek-English Dictionary
a die (for drawing chances); by implication a portion (as if so secured); by extension an acquisition (especially a patrimony figuratively)
1. an object used in casting or drawing lots, which was either a pebble, or a potsherd, or a bit of wood
a. the lots of several persons concerned, inscribed with their names, were thrown together into a vase, which was then shaken, and he whose lot fell out first upon the ground was the one chosen
2. what is obtained by lot, allotted portion
a. a portion of the ministry common to the apostles
b. used of the part which one will have in eternal salvation
1. of salvation itself
2. the eternal salvation which God has assigned to the saints
c. of persons
1. those whose care and oversight has been assigned to one [allotted charge], used of Christian churches, the administration of which falls to the lot of presbyters
of the New Testament 1889
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.