to choose by lot

Greek Verb

λαγχάνω [in LXX: 1Ki.14:47 (לָכַד, see Th., Gr., 38), Wis.8:19, 3Mac 61 *;] 1) 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. 2) to draw lots: before περί, Jhn.19:24 (AS)

to choose by lot

Greek Verb

λαγχάνω, future λήξομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Ionic dialect λάξομαι (compare λάξις) [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἔλᾰχον [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Epic dialect ἔλλαχον [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; Epic dialect λάχον [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Aeolic dialect optative 1st pers. singular λαχόην [Refs 7th c.BC+]; for λέλᾰχον see infr. IV: perfect εἴληχα [Refs 4th c.BC+]: pluperfect εἰλήχει [Refs 5th c.BC+]; poetry and Ionic dialect λέλογχα [Refs 5th c.BC+], but not in early Attic dialect Prose; 3rd.pers. plural λελογχᾰσι (ν) [Refs 8th c.BC+]; participle λελαχώς [Refs 1st c.BC+]; Doric dialect 3rd.pers. singular λελόγχει [Refs 3rd c.BC+]: pluperfect ἐλελόγχει [Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—passive, aorist ἐλήχθην [Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect εἴληγμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; 3rd.pers. plural λελάχαται [Refs 5th c.AD+] I) with accusative of things, obtain by lot, of spoils, opposed to ἐξαιρεῖσθαι, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: generally, obtain as one's portion, τὸ γὰρ λάχομεν γέρας ἡμεῖς [Refs 8th c.BC+]infinitive added, ἔλαχον πολιὴν ἅλα ναιέμεν I had the sea for my portion to dwell in, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a deity as presiding over one's life, ἐμὲ μὲν Κὴρ. λάχε γεινόμενόν περ [Refs 8th c.BC+]: also, especially in perfect, to be the tutelary deity of a place, protect it. [Πὰν] πάντα λόφον. λέλογχε [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of Athena, ἣ τὴν ὑμετέραν πόλιν ἔλαχε [Refs 5th c.BC+]: frequently of persons who have a post assigned to them by lot, κλήρῳ νῦν πεπάλασθε διαμπερές, ὅς κε λάχῃσι [Refs 8th c.BC+]: with infinitive, κλήρῳ λάχον ἐνθάδ᾽ ἕπεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+] had their post assigned near Thymbra, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐπί, ἐν πύλαις λ, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; λαχών alone, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λ. τινὰ διδάσκαλον have him assigned to one by lot, [Refs 5th c.BC+] I.2) at Athens, obtain an office by lot, ἀρχὰς λαχεῖν, opposed to χειροτονηθῆναι (to be elected), [Refs 5th c.BC+]infinitive, ὁ τῷ κυάμῳ λαχὼν πολεμαρχέειν he who had the lot to be polemarch, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λαχόντος βουλεύειν when I became Member of Council by lot, [Refs 5th c.BC+] to be chosen by lot as one of, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; λαχεῖν βασιλεύς, ἐπιμελητής, ἱερεύς, etc, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ πεντακόσιοι [οἱ] λαχόντες τῷ κυάμῳ Legal cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+] those on whom the lot fell, [Refs 5th c.BC+] I.3) as Attic dialect law-term, λαγχάνειν δίκην obtain leave to bring a suit (especially a private suit), probably because the presiding magistrates decided the order of hearing by lot; λ. δίκην τινί against one, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸν εἰληχότα τοῦ κλήρου τὴν δίκην the person suing for the inheritance, [Refs 4th c.BC+] he has claimed Euctemon's daughter, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also λ. τῷ υἱεῖ τῆς ἐπικλήρου prosecute the claim on his son's behalf, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, πρὸς οὓς αἱ δίκαι ἐλήχθησαν [Refs 5th c.BC+] proceedings are taken, [Refs] II) with genitive partitive, become possessed of a thing, ὥς κεν Ἀχιλλεὺς δώρων ἐκ Πριάμοιο λάχῃ [Refs 8th c.BC+]; γέννας ἀφθίτου λαχόντες [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πατρῴων οὐ λαχών not having obtained thy patrimony, [Refs 5th c.BC+] III) absolutely, draw lots, κατάστασις ἡ διὰ τοῦ λαγχάνειν γιγνομένη [NT+5th c.BC+] IV) causal only in Epic dialect reduplicate aorist λέλᾰχον, put in possession of a thing, grant one the rights of, ὄφρα πυρός με Τρῶες. λελάχωσι θανόντα [Refs 8th c.BC+]: later this aorist is used intransitive in [Refs 5th c.AD+] V) intransitive, fall to one's lot or share, ἐς ἑκάστην [νῆα] ἐννέα λάγχανον αἶγες nine goats were allotted to each, [Refs 8th c.BC+]

Greek

Verb

to lot, i.e. determine (by implication, receive) especially by lot; his lot be, cast lots, obtain; a prolonged form of a primary verb, which is only used as an alternate in certain tenses