Bible Dictionary: Allot

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(v. t.) To parcel out in individual portions; or to distribute to each individual concerned; to assign as a share or lot; to set apart as one's share; to bestow on; to grant; to appoint; as, let every man be contented with that which Providence allots him.

Greek

4345. proskleroo -- to allot to
... to allot to. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: proskleroo Phonetic Spelling:
(pros-klay-ro'-o) Short Definition: I assign by lot, allot Definition: I assign ...
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3623. oikonomos -- the manager of a household
... Cognate: 3623 (from 3624 , "house, household" and , "to allot, apportion") --
properly, a (literally, "household-manager"). See 3622 (). ...
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2820. kleroo -- to assign by lot
... assign or obtain an inheritance. From kleros; to allot, ie (figuratively) to assign
(a privilege) -- obtain an inheritance. see GREEK kleros. ...
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2818. kleronomos -- an heir
... inheritor. 2818 (a masculine noun derived from 2819 , "lot" and , "to
distribute, allot") -- an ; someone who inherits. [In ancient ...
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4367. prostasso -- to place at, give a command
... 4367 (from 4314 , "move towards, ," which intensifies 5021 , "to place, arrange") --
properly, allot, emphasizing the of the one assigning (commanding). ...
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3354. metreo -- to measure, measure out
... From metron; to measure (ie Ascertain in size by a fixed standard); by implication,
to admeasure (ie Allot by rule) -- figuratively, to estimate -- measure ...
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Strong's Hebrew

3183. Yachtseel -- "God apportions," a son of Naphtali
... Jahzeel. From chatsah and 'el; God will allot; Jachtseel, an Israelite -- Jahzeel.
Compare Yachtsiy'el. see HEBREW chatsah. see HEBREW 'el. see HEBREW Yachtsiy' ...
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5307. naphal -- to fall, lie
... root Definition to fall, lie NASB Word Usage abandon (1), allot (1), allotted (2),
anyone falls (1), apportioned (2), attacked (2), born (1), bring down (1 ...
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4487. manah -- to count, number, reckon
... A primitive root; properly, to weigh out; by implication, to allot or constitute
officially; also to enumerate or enroll -- appoint, count, number, prepare, set ...
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2505a. chalaq -- to divide, share
... root Definition to divide, share NASB Word Usage allot him a portion (1), allotted
(3), apportion (2), apportions (1), assigned (1), disperse (1), distribute (1 ...
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Library

The Disputes of the Faithful to be Settled by the Decisions of the ...
... For the law did not allot the same punishment to every offence, but had a different
regard to a sin against God, against the priest, against the temple, or ...
/.../various/constitutions of the holy apostles/sec vi the disputes of the.htm

Archelaus's Ethnarchy is Reduced into a [Roman] Province. The ...
... heat, but that this place is such as is refreshed by the gentle breathing of a west
wind, that is perpetually blowing from the ocean; while they allot to bad ...
/.../chapter 8 archelauss ethnarchy is.htm

I Suspect I have Been Allotting Habitually Too Little Time to ...
... I had better allot more time, say two hours or an hour and a half, to religious
exercises daily, and try whether by so doing I cannot preserve a frame of ...
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Soul Winning
... Great soul-winners never have been fools. A man whom God qualifies to win souls
could probably do anything else which providence might allot him. ...
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The Saviour's Many Crowns
... The ancients were accustomed to divide heaven, and earth, and hell, into divers
monarchies, and allot each of them to distinct kings; and surely heaven were an ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 5 1859/the saviours many crowns.htm

A Gentle Heroine, a Gentile Convert
... So closely are they interwoven that it is difficult to allot to each its share in
the united stream; but, without trying to determine to which of them the ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture f/a gentle heroine a gentile.htm

Unwon but Claimed
... God's commandment to Joshua to allot the land, even while the formidable foes
enumerated in the context held it firmly, was based on the assurance (verse 6 ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture f/unwon but claimed.htm

Flee Away, My Beloved, and be Thou Like to a Roe or to a Young ...
... respect to herself and others, that she can desire no other fate for herself, nor
for any other, than that which the Divine Righteousness would allot, both for ...
/.../guyon/song of songs of solomon/14 flee away my beloved.htm

Of the Purifications.
... from; which matters, when this work shall give me occasion, shall be further explained;
and the causes shall be added by which he was moved to allot some of ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 11 of the purifications.htm

Not Servants, but Friends.
... He did not allot clearly defined tasks to His followers; He did not treat them as
slaves, appointing one to this and another to that: He showed them His own ...
/.../xiii not servants but friends.htm

Thesaurus

Allot (8 Occurrences)
... allots him. Multi-Version Concordance Allot (8 Occurrences). Matthew
20:23 "You shall drink out of my cup," He said, "but a seat ...
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Allotting (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Allot. Multi-Version
Concordance Allotting (1 Occurrence). Nehemiah 9:22 Moreover ...
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Allotment (24 Occurrences)

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Zidonians (11 Occurrences)
... of the hill-country from Lebanon unto Misrephoth-maim, even all the Sidonians; them
will I drive out from before the children of Israel: only allot thou it ...
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Lot (145 Occurrences)
... 7. (n.) A prize in a lottery. 8. (vt) To allot; to sort; to portion. Int.
Standard Bible Encyclopedia. LOT (1). lot: I. Personality. ...
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Weigh (24 Occurrences)
... 4. (vt) To be equivalent to in weight; to counterbalance; to have the heaviness
of. 5. (vt) To pay, allot, take, or give by weight. ...
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Inheritance (263 Occurrences)
... etc.); kleronomia, "heirship," "patrimony, "possession"; or kleros, "an acquisition"
"portion," "heritage," from kleroo, "to assign," "to allot," "to obtain an ...
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Distribute (23 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To divide among several or many; to
deal out; to apportion; to allot. 2. (vt) To dispense; to ...
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Manna (19 Occurrences)
... name is commonly taken as derived from man, an expression of surprise, "What is
it?" but more probably it is derived from manan, meaning "to allot," and hence ...
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Measure (269 Occurrences)
... 21. (n.) To adjust by a rule or standard. 22. (n.) To allot or distribute by measure;
to set off or apart by measure; -- often with out or off. 23. ...
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Bible Concordance

Allot (8 Occurrences)

Matthew 20:23 "You shall drink out of my cup," He said, "but a seat at my right hand or at my left it is not for me to allot, but it belongs to those for whom it has been prepared by my Father."
(WEY)

Joshua 13:6 all the inhabitants of the hill-country from Lebanon unto Misrephoth-maim, even all the Sidonians; them will I drive out from before the children of Israel: only allot thou it unto Israel for an inheritance, as I have commanded thee.
(ASV JPS NAS RSV)

Nehemiah 9:22 Moreover you gave them kingdoms and peoples, which you allotted after their portions: so they possessed the land of Sihon, even the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.
(Root in WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 53:12 Therefore will I divide him a portion among the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the mighty; because he bared his soul unto death, and was numbered with the transgressors; yet he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
(See NAS)

Ezekiel 45:1 And in your causing the land to fall in inheritance, ye lift up a heave-offering to Jehovah, a holy 'portion' of the land: the length -- five and twenty thousand 'is' the length, and the breadth ten thousand; it 'is' holy in all its border round about.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 47:13 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: This shall be the border whereby ye shall allot the land as inheritance according to the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph shall have two portions.
(DBY)

Ezekiel 47:22 And it shall come to pass, that ye shall divide it by lot for an inheritance unto you and to the strangers that sojourn among you, who shall beget children among you; and they shall be unto you as the home-born among the children of Israel; they shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 48:29 This is the land which ye shall divide by lot unto the tribes of Israel for inheritance, and these are their portions, saith the Lord GOD.
(See RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Allot

Related Terms

Allotting (1 Occurrence)

Allotment (24 Occurrences)

Zidonians (11 Occurrences)

Lot (145 Occurrences)

Weigh (24 Occurrences)

Inheritance (263 Occurrences)

Distribute (23 Occurrences)

Manna (19 Occurrences)

Measure (269 Occurrences)