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λαγχάνω

MainId: 002992000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: λ

StrongCodes: G2975

BaseForms:

1. BaseFormID: 002992001000000

   PartsOfSpeech: verb

   Inflections:

   1. Lemma: λαγχάνω

      BaseFormIndex: 1

      Form: aor.

      Realizations: ἔλαχον

   2. Lemma: λαγχάνω

      BaseFormIndex: 1

      Form: subj.

      Realizations: λάχω

   3. Lemma: λαγχάνω

      BaseFormIndex: 1

      Form: ptc.

      Realizations: λαχών

   LEXMeanings:

   1. LEXID: 002992001001000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 57.127

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Possess, Transfer, Exchange

      LEXSubDomains: Receive

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-11-02 13:58:22

         DefinitionShort: to receive, with the implication that the process is related somehow to divine will or favor

         Glosses: to receive

         Comments: It is, however, possible to interpret λαγχάνω in {S:04400101700014} and in {S:06100100100022} as referring to the process of divine choice and thus translate as ‘be chosen to have.’

      LEXReferences: ACTs 1:17, 2PET 1:1

   2. LEXID: 002992001002000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 30.104

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Think

      LEXSubDomains: To Choose, To Select, To Prefer

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-11-02 13:58:22

         DefinitionShort: to choose by lot, probably by the use of marked pebbles or pieces of pottery

         Glosses: ['to choose by lot', 'to decide by gambling']

         Comments: In a number of languages the closest equivalent to ‘casting lots,’ particularly for this type of context, is ‘to gamble.’

      LEXReferences: YHN 19:24

   3. LEXID: 002992001003000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 30.106

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Think

      LEXSubDomains: To Choose, To Select, To Prefer

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-11-02 13:58:22

         DefinitionShort: to be selected by a decision based on the casting of lots, with the possible implication of reflecting divine choice

         Glosses: ['to be chosen by lot', 'to be selected by lot']

      LEXReferences: LUKE 1:9