What does Λώτ (Lṓt) mean in the Bible?
Λώτ (Lṓt) is a Greek word meaning "Lot, a patriarch".
Greek · G3091
Λώτ
Lot, a patriarch
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Λώτ G3091
Pronunciation Lṓt
What does Λώτ (Lṓt) mean in the Bible?
Λώτ (Lṓt) is a Greek word meaning "Lot, a patriarch".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3091?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include Lot (2), Lot’s (1), of Lot (1).
Where does Λώτ (Lṓt) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 17:28. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (3), 2 Peter (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It Lot 2× Luke 17:29, 2 Peter 2:7
Lot’s 1× Luke 17:32
of Lot 1× Luke 17:28
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 17:28
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 2
Luke 3 2 Peter 1
Source forms
Λώτ 2x Lōt Luke 17:28, Luke 17:32
Λὼτ 2x Lōt Luke 17:29, 2 Peter 2:7
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular 2x Luke 17:28, Luke 17:32
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular 1x 2 Peter 2:7
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x Luke 17:29
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Lot, a patriarch
Strong's G3091
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 3 forms 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
Lot, a patriarch
Extended definition
:--Lot.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 17:28 Proper name
Λώτ· lwt
Lot
Read verse Luke 17:29 Proper name
Λὼτ lwt
Lot
Read verse Luke 17:32 Proper name
Λώτ. lwt
Lot
Read verse 2 Peter 2:7 Proper name
Λώτ, lwt
Lot
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 3 Aligned forms 4 Case pattern Genitive (2) Number pattern Singular (4)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Luke 17:29 1×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Luke 17:28 · Luke 17:32 2×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine 2 Pet 2:7 1×
Cross-Language Connections
Hebrew roots and equivalents that share conceptual or etymological ground with this Greek word.
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain