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Greek

2816. kleronomeo -- to inherit
... Cognate: 2816 (from 2818 , "a specific allotment of inheritance, apportioned by
casting lots") -- properly, to assign inheritance (inherit) by . ...
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3313. meros -- a part, share, portion
... From an obsolete but more primary form of meiromai (to get as a section or allotment);
a division or share (literally or figuratively, in a wide application ...
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3202. mempsimoiros -- complaining of one's fate
... 3202 (a substantival adjective, derived from 3201 , "blame, find fault," and ,
"an apportioned amount, allotment") -- properly, a complaint over the portion ...
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Strong's Hebrew

8642. terumiyyah -- what belongs to a contribution, a contribution
... terumiyyah. 8643 . what belongs to a contribution, a contribution. Transliteration:
terumiyyah Phonetic Spelling: (ter-oo-mee-yaw') Short Definition: allotment ...
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8641. terumah -- contribution, offering (for sacred uses)
... Word Origin from rum Definition contribution, offering (for sacred uses) NASB Word
Usage allotment (15), contribution (20), contributions (10), heave offering ...
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2256a. chebel -- cord, territory, band
... Word Origin from chabal Definition cord, territory, band NASB Word Usage allotment
(1), coast (1), cord (2), cords (13), group (2), line (4), lines (2 ...
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2506. cheleq -- portion, tract, territory
... From chalaq; properly, smoothness (of the tongue); also an allotment -- flattery,
inheritance, part, X partake, portion. see HEBREW chalaq. 2505b, 2506. ...
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4521. menath -- portion
... portion. From manah; an allotment (by courtesy, law or providence) -- portion. see
HEBREW manah. 4520, 4521. menath. 4522 . Strong's Numbers.
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2513. chelqah -- a portion (of ground)
... Feminine of cheleq; properly, smoothness; figuratively, flattery; also an allotment --
field, flattering(-ry), ground, parcel, part, piece of land (ground ...
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2706. choq -- something prescribed or owed, a statute
... Word Origin from chaqaq Definition something prescribed or owed, a statute NASB
Word Usage allotment (5), boundaries (1), boundary (2), conditions (1), custom ...
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Library

The Request of Salome. --The Ambition of the Disciples Rebuked. ...
... answered: "I can, indeed, impart to you the fellowship of my sufferings; but rank
in the kingdom of God depends not upon my will, but upon the allotment of the ...
/.../section 238 the request of.htm

Whether Divination by Drawing Lots is Unlawful?
... is to be given to whom, whether it be a possession, an honor, a dignity, a punishment,
or some action or other, it is called "sortilege of allotment"; if one ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether divination by drawing lots.htm

Still Continues the Praise of "Wisdom. ...
... Now, seeing that there is no apparent justice in the allotment of happiness here,
and the fear of God is often followed by sorrow, while the lawless as often ...
/.../jennings/old groans and new songs/chapter viii still continues the.htm

To the Reader.
... would have his churches ordered, the right of disposall of the power therein (we
humbly suppose) may lie in a due and proportioned allotment and dispersion ...
/.../cotton/the keyes of the kingdom of heaven and power thereof/to the reader.htm

Therefore, if we Compare the Things Themselves, we May no Way ...
... But not to work from out that which he hath, stands in the allotment of duties,
not in the want of virtues: forasmuch as neither is he without the good of mercy ...
/.../augustine/on the good of marriage/section 28 therefore if we.htm

Dishonest Tenants
... end drew near. I. The parable begins with a tender description of the
preparation and allotment of the vineyard. The picture is ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture d/dishonest tenants.htm

Analysis and References
... For those who want a daily scheme of study the allotment for the day can be by certain
designated pages of reading with the corresponding paragraphs in the ...
/.../gordon/quiet talks about jesus/analysis and references.htm

Matt. xiii. 10, 11
... to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but to them it is not given." [1792]
But this He said, not bringing in necessity, or any allotment [1793] made ...
/.../chrysostom/homilies on the gospel of saint matthew/homily xlv matt xiii 10.htm

The Tillage of the Poor
... Spade husbandry gets most out of the ground. The labourer's allotment of half an
acre is generally more prolific than the average of the squire's estate. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/the tillage of the poor.htm

Unwon but Claimed
... That allotment must have strengthened faith in their ultimate possession, and
encouraged effort to make the ideal a reality, and to appropriate as their own in ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture f/unwon but claimed.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) A share, part, or portion granted or distributed; that which is assigned by lot, or by the act of God; anything set apart for a special use or to a distinct party.

2. (n.) The allowance of a specific amount of scrip or of a particular thing to a particular person.

Thesaurus

Allotment (24 Occurrences)
...Allotment (24 Occurrences). ... 2 Samuel 14:30 Then he said to his servants, See, Joab's
allotment is near mine and he has barley there: go and set it on fire. ...
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Anem (1 Occurrence)
... JOSHUA, BOOK OF. " I. TITLE AND AUTHORSHIP II. CONTENTS 1. Invasion and Conquest
of Western Palestine 2. Allotment of the Country to the Tribes of Israel II. ...
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Allotments (4 Occurrences)

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Allot (8 Occurrences)

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Judah (802 Occurrences)
... But there was a second distribution, when Simeon received an allotment, about 1,000
square miles, out of the portion of Judah (Joshua 19:9). That which ...
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Inheritance (263 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 33:4 Ezekiel 33:24); yerushshah, "something occupied," "a patrimony,"
"possession" (Judges 21:17); cheleq, "smoothness," "allotment" (Psalm 16:5 ...
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Issachar (40 Occurrences)
... blessing and cursing (Deuteronomy 27:12). The allotment of Issachar is described
in Joshua 19:17-23. It included the plain of Esdraelon ...
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Four (3139 Occurrences)
... Job 1:19); Jephthah's daughter was bewailed four days a year (Judges 11:40); "four
cities" are several times mentioned in Jos in the allotment of inheritances ...
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Ration (2 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) Hence, a certain portion or fixed amount dealt out; an allowance;
an allotment. 3. (vt) To supply with rations, as a regiment. ...
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Manna (19 Occurrences)
... from man, an expression of surprise, "What is it?" but more probably it is derived
from manan, meaning "to allot," and hence denoting an "allotment" or a "gift ...
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Bible Concordance

Allotment (24 Occurrences)

Genesis 47:22 Only he didn't buy the land of the priests, for the priests had a portion from Pharaoh, and ate their portion which Pharaoh gave them. That is why they didn't sell their land.
(See NAS NIV)

Numbers 18:8 And the LORD spoke unto Aaron: 'And I, behold, I have given thee the charge of My heave-offerings; even of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel unto thee have I given them for a consecrated portion, and to thy sons, as a due for ever.
(See NAS)

Numbers 18:11 And this is thine: the heave-offering of their gift, even all the wave-offerings of the children of Israel; I have given them unto thee, and to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, as a due for ever; every one that is clean in thy house may eat thereof.
(See NAS)

Numbers 18:19 All the heave-offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer unto the LORD, have I given thee, and thy sons and thy daughters with thee, as a due for ever; it is an everlasting covenant of salt before the LORD unto thee and to thy seed with thee.'
(See NAS)

Deuteronomy 12:12 And ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and the Levite that is within your gates, forasmuch as he hath no portion nor inheritance with you.
(See NIV)

Deuteronomy 14:27 The Levite who is within your gates, you shall not forsake him; for he has no portion nor inheritance with you.
(See NIV)

Deuteronomy 14:29 And the Levite, because he hath no portion nor inheritance with thee, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy hand which thou doest.
(See NIV)

Deuteronomy 18:1 The priests the Levites, even all the tribe of Levi, shall have no portion nor inheritance with Israel; they shall eat the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and His inheritance.
(See NIV)

Deuteronomy 32:9 For Yahweh's portion is his people. Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
(See NAS)

Joshua 16:1 The ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
(See RSV NIV)

Joshua 17:1 Now the Philistines had taken the ark of God, and they brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.
(See RSV NIV)

Joshua 17:14 The children of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, "Why have you given me just one lot and one part for an inheritance, since I am a great people, because Yahweh has blessed me so far?"
(See NIV)

Joshua 17:17 Joshua spoke to the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, "You are a great people, and have great power. You shall not have one lot only;
(See NIV)

Joshua 19:9 Out of the part of the children of Judah was the inheritance of the children of Simeon; for the portion of the children of Judah was too much for them: therefore the children of Simeon had inheritance in the midst of their inheritance.
(See JPS)

Ruth 2:3 And she went; and she came and gleaned in the fields after the reapers; and she chanced to light on an allotment of Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.
(DBY)

Ruth 4:3 And he said to him that had the right of redemption: Naomi, who is come back out of the country of Moab, sells the allotment that was our brother Elimelech's.
(DBY)

2 Samuel 14:30 Then he said to his servants, See, Joab's allotment is near mine and he has barley there: go and set it on fire. And Absalom's servants set the allotment on fire.
(DBY)

2 Samuel 14:31 Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom to his house, and said to him, Why have thy servants set my allotment on fire?
(DBY)

Psalms 125:3 For the scepter of wickedness won't remain over the allotment of the righteous; so that the righteous won't use their hands to do evil.
(WEB)

Ezekiel 45:6 And of the possession of the city ye give five thousand of breadth, and of length five and twenty thousand, over-against the heave-offering of the holy 'portion': to all the house of Israel it is.
(See NAS)

Ezekiel 45:7 Whatever is for the prince shall be on the one side and on the other side of the holy offering and of the possession of the city, in front of the holy offering and in front of the possession of the city, on the west side westward, and on the east side eastward; and in length answerable to one of the portions, from the west border to the east border.
(See NAS)

Ezekiel 48:8 And by the border of Judah, from the east side unto the west side, shall be the offering which ye shall set aside, five and twenty thousand reeds in breadth, and in length as one of the portions, from the east side unto the west side; and the sanctuary shall be in the midst of it.
(See NAS)

Ezekiel 48:12 And it shall be unto them a portion set apart from the offering of the land, a thing most holy, by the border of the Levites.
(See NAS)

Ezekiel 48:13 And 'to' the Levites over-against the border of the priests 'are' five and twenty thousand 'in' length, and 'in' breadth ten thousand, all the length 'is' five and twenty thousand, and the breadth ten thousand.
(See RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Allotment

Related Terms

Anem (1 Occurrence)

Allotments (4 Occurrences)

Allot (8 Occurrences)

Judah (802 Occurrences)

Inheritance (263 Occurrences)

Issachar (40 Occurrences)

Four (3139 Occurrences)

Ration (2 Occurrences)

Manna (19 Occurrences)