Greek verb · G2975
λαγχάνω
lanchanolang-khan'-o
to obtain by lot, to obtain; to draw lots
4 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: lanchánō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2975is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 27New Testament books
- 3spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2975
to lot, i.e. determine (by implication, receive) especially by lot
The King James renders it: his lot be, cast lots, obtain.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
lanchano is rendered "to obtain by lot, to obtain; to draw lots". It stands 4 times in the Greek text, across four books.
- One of the uses stand in Luke, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to obtain by lot, to obtain".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Luke 1:9he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to enter the temple of the Lord and burn incense.
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to enter the temple of the Lord and burn incense.
Luke 1:9ἔλαχεν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: to obtain by lot, to obtain, and to draw lots.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to obtain by lot, to obtain(in cl., with genitive): with inf. art. (B1., § 36, 3; 71, 3), Luk.1:9; with accusative of thing(s), Act.1:17, 2Pe.1:1. | Tagged as
| WhereLuke 1:9he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood… |
| to draw lotsbefore περί, Jhn.19:24 (AS) | Tagged as
| WhereJohn 19:24So they said to one another, “Let us not tear it. Instead… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 4, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
3 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἔλαχεν2
- λαχοῦσιν1
- λάχωμεν1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular2V-2AAI-3S
- verb · aorist active, participle · dative (“to / for”) · masculine plural1V-2AAP-DPM
- verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person plural1V-2AAS-1P
Luke
one use
he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to enter the temple of the Lord and burn incense.
- ἔλαχενelachenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: the lot picked
John
one use
So they said to one another, “Let us not tear it. Instead, let us cast lots to see who will get it.” This was to fulfill the Scripture: “They divided My garments among them, and cast lots for My clothing.” So that is what the soldiers did.
- λάχωμενlachomenverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person pluraltagged: let us cast lots
Acts
one use
He was one of our number and shared in this ministry.”
- ἔλαχενelachenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was allotted
2 Peter
one use
Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have received a faith as precious as ours:
- λαχοῦσινlachousinverb · aorist active, participle · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: having obtained
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.