Thing
Lots
Human-made Things in the Bible
Lots were specially marked pebbles, pieces of pottery or sticks used in making decisions. It is not possible to know the particular method used in “choosing by lot,” for evidently various devices were used. See also Urim and Thummim.
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In the Bible
The Hebrew and Greek words for it, and every verse where each is used
גּוֹרָל goral · 67 verses
κλῆρος klēros · 9 verses
lagchanō (verb) · 2 verses
Also in Religion
Sources
Plants and Trees in the Bible, Animals in the Bible and Human-made Things in the Bible © United Bible Societies, 2025 (adapted from Each According to its Kind: Plants and Trees in the Bible by Robert Koops, All Creatures Great and Small: Living Things in the Bible by Edward R. Hope, and The Works of Their Hands: Man-made Things in the Bible by Ray Pritz), CC BY-SA 4.0; adapted for eRhema