גּוֹרָל
gôwrâl · go-rawl'
properly, a pebble, i.e. a lot (small stones being used for that purpose); figuratively, a portion or destiny (as if determined by lot)
Lexicon
Derivation: or (shortened) גֹּרָל; from an unused root meaning to be rough (as stone);
properly, a pebble, i.e. a lot (small stones being used for that purpose); figuratively, a portion or destiny (as if determined by lot)
- properly, a pebble, i.e. a lot (small stones being used for that purpose)
- figuratively, a portion or destiny (as if determined by lot)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: lot.
Letters
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to carry, to lift up › to fasten and establish › the head, the highest › authority, the one who leads
To carry, to lift up that works to fasten and establish of the head, the highest of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גּוֹרָל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
78 occurrences · 78 OT · 0 NT · 58 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- lots15 · 21%
- lot14 · 19%
- by lot11 · 15%
- and the lot5 · 7%
- had by lot3 · 4%
- the lot3 · 4%
- of their lot2 · 3%
- that is, the lot2 · 3%
- in thy lot2 · 3%
- on which the lot1 · 1%
- to the lot1 · 1%
- every man's inheritance shall be in the place where his lot1 · 1%
- from the lot1 · 1%
- this then was the lot1 · 1%
- there was also a lot1 · 1%
- were by their lot1 · 1%
- with me into my lot1 · 1%
- with thee into thy lot1 · 1%
- we will go up by lot1 · 1%
- for theirs was the lot1 · 1%
- were given by lot1 · 1%
- and his lot1 · 1%
- the lots1 · 1%
- my lot1 · 1%
- upon the lot1 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.