"Lot, pr. name, indecl., Lk. 17:28, 29, 32; 2 Pet. 2:7*"
Definition and meaning
Lot, pr. name, indecl., Lk. 17:28, 29, 32; 2 Pet. 2:7*
In the original Greek the word is written: Λώτ
Historical context
Luke wrote as a historian addressing a Greek audience. He carefully interviewed eyewitnesses and arranged events in order. The social and economic realities he describes — Roman taxation, Jewish religious hierarchy, the marginalization of women and the poor — are consistent with first-century Judea under Roman administration.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of lot (G3091) across the King James Bible.
Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;
But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.
Remember Lot's wife.
And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:
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Common questions
Strong's G3091 (lot) is a Greek word that means: Lot, pr. name, indecl., Lk. 17:28, 29, 32; 2 Pet. 2:7* It appears 4 times in the King James Bible.
The word lot (G3091) appears 4 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G3091 is lot, a Greek word defined as: Lot, pr. name, indecl., Lk. 17:28, 29, 32; 2 Pet. 2:7*. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
lot is a Greek word found in the New Testament.