Gôwrâl — H1486

Definition

masculine noun

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

1. lot
1. lot-pebbles used for systematically making decisions
2. portion
1. lot, portion (thing assigned by casting lots)
2. recompense, retribution

Usually translated as

lot

Origin

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

Greek equivalents

• klēronomía (G2817)
• klēros (G2819)
• hórion (G3725)

Occurrences

Gôwrâl occurs 77 times in 67 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Leviticus (3), Numbers (6), Joshua (24), Judges (2), 1 Chronicles (11), Nehemiah (2), Esther (2), Psalms (3), Proverbs (3), Isaiah (3), Jeremiah (1), Ezekiel (1), Daniel (1), Joel (1), Obadiah (1), Jonah (1), Micah (1), Nahum (1)

• Leviticus 16:8 — And Aaron shall cast lots (גּוֹרָל֑וֹת) upon the two goats; one lot for the LORD, and the other lot for the scapegoat.
• Leviticus 16:8 — And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot (גּוֹרָ֤ל) for the LORD, and the other lot for the scapegoat.
• Leviticus 16:8 — And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the LORD, and the other lot (וְגוֹרָ֥ל) for the scapegoat.
• Leviticus 16:9 — And Aaron shall bring the goat upon which the LORD’s lot (הַגּוֹרָ֖ל) fell, and offer him for a sin offering.
• Leviticus 16:10 — But the goat, on which the lot (הַגּוֹרָל֙) fell to be the scapegoat, shall be presented alive before the LORD, to make an atonement with him, and to let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness.
• Numbers 26:55 — Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot (בְּגוֹרָ֕ל): according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.
• Numbers 26:56 — According to the lot (הַגּוֹרָ֔ל) shall the possession thereof be divided between many and few.
• Numbers 33:54 — And ye shall divide the land by lot (בְּגוֹרָ֜ל) for an inheritance among your families: and to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer ye shall give the less inheritance: every man’s inheritance shall be in the place where his lot falleth; according to the tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit.
• Numbers 33:54 — And ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families: and to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer ye shall give the less inheritance: every man’s inheritance shall be in the place where his lot (הַגּוֹרָ֖ל) falleth; according to the tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit.
• Numbers 34:13 — And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the land which ye shall inherit by lot (בְּגוֹרָ֔ל), which the LORD commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half tribe:
• Numbers 36:2 — And they said, The LORD commanded my lord to give the land for an inheritance by lot (בְּגוֹרָ֖ל) to the children of Israel: and my lord was commanded by the LORD to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother unto his daughters.
• Numbers 36:3 — And if they be married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the children of Israel, then shall their inheritance be taken from the inheritance of our fathers, and shall be put to the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they are received: so shall it be taken from the lot (וּמִגֹּרַ֥ל) of our inheritance.
• Joshua 14:2 — By lot (בְּגוֹרַ֖ל) was their inheritance, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half tribe.
• Joshua 15:1 — This then was the lot (הַגּוֹרָ֗ל) of the tribe of the children of Judah by their families; even to the border of Edom the wilderness of Zin southward was the uttermost part of the south coast.
• Joshua 16:1 — And the lot (הַגּוֹרָ֜ל) of the children of Joseph fell from Jordan by Jericho, unto the water of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that goeth up from Jericho throughout mount Beth-el,
• Joshua 17:1 — There was also a lot (הַגּוֹרָל֙) for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the firstborn of Joseph; to wit, for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead: because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.
• Joshua 17:14 — And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me but one lot (גּוֹרָ֤ל) and one portion to inherit, seeing I am a great people, forasmuch as the LORD hath blessed me hitherto?
• Joshua 17:17 — And Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, Thou art a great people, and hast great power: thou shalt not have one lot (גּוֹרָ֥ל) only:
• Joshua 18:6 — Ye shall therefore describe the land into seven parts, and bring the description hither to me, that I may cast lots (גּוֹרָל֙) for you here before the LORD our God.
• Joshua 18:8 — And the men arose, and went away: and Joshua charged them that went to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and come again to me, that I may here cast lots (גּוֹרָ֛ל) for you before the LORD in Shiloh.
• Joshua 18:10 — And Joshua cast lots (גּוֹרָ֛ל) for them in Shiloh before the LORD: and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions.
• Joshua 18:11 — And the lot (גּוֹרַ֛ל) of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families: and the coast of their lot came forth between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.
• Joshua 18:11 — And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families: and the coast of their lot (גּֽוֹרָלָ֔ם) came forth between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.
• Joshua 19:1 — And the second lot (הַגּוֹרָ֤ל) came forth to Simeon, even for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families: and their inheritance was within the inheritance of the children of Judah.
• Joshua 19:10 — And the third lot (הַגּוֹרָ֣ל) came up for the children of Zebulun according to their families: and the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid:
• Joshua 19:17 — And the fourth lot (הַגּוֹרָ֣ל) came out to Issachar, for the children of Issachar according to their families.
• Joshua 19:24 — And the fifth lot (הַגּוֹרָ֣ל) came out for the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families.
• Joshua 19:32 — The sixth lot (הַגּוֹרָ֣ל) came out to the children of Naphtali, even for the children of Naphtali according to their families.
• Joshua 19:40 — And the seventh lot (הַגּוֹרָ֥ל) came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families.
• Joshua 19:51 — These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, divided for an inheritance by lot (בְּגוֹרָ֤ל) in Shiloh before the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. So they made an end of dividing the country.
• Joshua 21:4 — And the lot (הַגּוֹרָ֖ל) came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, which were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.
• Joshua 21:4 — And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, which were of the Levites, had by lot (בַּגּוֹרָ֔ל) out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.
• Joshua 21:5 — And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot (בַּגּוֹרָ֖ל) out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh, ten cities.
• Joshua 21:6 — And the children of Gershon had by lot (בַּגּוֹרָ֔ל) out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
• Joshua 21:8 — And the children of Israel gave by lot (בַּגּוֹרָֽל) unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.
• Joshua 21:10 — Which the children of Aaron, being of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi, had: for theirs was the first lot (הַגּוֹרָ֖ל).
• Joshua 21:20 — And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites which remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their lot (גֽוֹרָלָ֔ם) out of the tribe of Ephraim.
• Joshua 21:40 — So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, which were remaining of the families of the Levites, were by their lot (גּוֹרָלָ֔ם) twelve cities.
• Judges 1:3 — And Judah said unto Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my lot (בְגוֹרָלִ֗י), that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with thee into thy lot. So Simeon went with him.
• Judges 1:3 — And Judah said unto Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with thee into thy lot (בְּגוֹרָלֶ֑ךָ). So Simeon went with him.
• Judges 20:9 — But now this shall be the thing which we will do to Gibeah; we will go up by lot (בְּגוֹרָֽל) against it;
• 1 Chronicles 6:54 — Now these are their dwelling places throughout their castles in their coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites: for theirs was the lot (הַגּוֹרָֽל).
• 1 Chronicles 6:61 — And unto the sons of Kohath, which were left of the family of that tribe, were cities given out of the half tribe, namely, out of the half tribe of Manasseh, by lot (בַּגּוֹרָ֖ל), ten cities.
• 1 Chronicles 6:63 — Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot (בַּגּוֹרָ֔ל), throughout their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
• 1 Chronicles 6:65 — And they gave by lot (בַגּוֹרָ֗ל) out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities, which are called by their names.
• 1 Chronicles 24:5 — Thus were they divided by lot (בְּגוֹרָל֖וֹת), one sort with another; for the governors of the sanctuary, and governors of the house of God, were of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar.
• 1 Chronicles 24:7 — Now the first lot (הַגּוֹרָ֤ל) came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,
• 1 Chronicles 24:31 — These likewise cast lots (גּוֹרָל֜וֹת) over against their brethren the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites, even the principal fathers over against their younger brethren.
• 1 Chronicles 25:8 — And they cast lots (גּוֹרָל֣וֹת), ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.
• 1 Chronicles 25:9 — Now the first lot (הַגּוֹרָ֧ל) came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to Gedaliah, who with his brethren and sons were twelve: