Lot

See also lot

English

Proper noun

Lot

1. (biblical) A nephew of Abraham.
2. A male given name of biblical origin; rare today.

Quotations

• 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version), Genesis 12:5

  And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.

Translations

nephew of Abraham

• Arabic: لوط (ar) (luuT) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 羅得 (cmn), 罗得 (cmn) (Luódé)

• Finnish: Loot (fi)
• Hawaiian: Lota

• Hebrew: לוט (he)
• Japanese: ロト (ja) (Roto)
• Russian: Лот (ru) (Lot) m 
• Spanish: Lot (es) m

External links

• Lot (biblical person) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Lot (biblical person)

Anagrams

• LTO
• OTL

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French

Pronunciation

• Audio (Paris)

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Proper noun

Lot m

1. Lot (Department of France)

See also

• Lot-et-Garonne

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German lōt, from Old High German *lōt, from Proto-Germanic *laudą. Compare Dutch lood, English lead.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /loːt/

Noun

Lot n (genitive Lots or Lotes, plural Lote)

1. plummet
2. solder

Declension

declension of Lot

	singular			plural
n gender	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Lot	die	Lote
genitive	eines	des	Lotes, Lots	der	Lote
dative	einem	dem	Lot, Lote (archaic)	den	Loten
accusative	ein	das	Lot	die	Lote

Synonyms

• Senkblei n

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Spanish

Proper noun

Lot m

1. Lot (Biblical character)
   • 1602 — La Santa Biblia (antigua versión de Casiodoro de Reina), rev., Génesis 12:5

     Y tomó Abram á Sarai su mujer, y á Lot hijo de su hermano, y toda su hacienda que habían ganado, y las almas que habían adquirido en Harán, y salieron parair á tierra de Canaán; y á tierra de Canaán llegaron.