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Lexicon :: Strong's H727 - 'ārôn

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אָרוֹן
Transliteration
'ārôn
Pronunciation
aw-rone'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From אָרָה (H717) (in the sense of gathering)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 166a

Strong’s Definitions

אָרוֹן ʼârôwn, aw-rone'; or אָרֹן ʼârôn; from H717 (in the sense of gathering); a box:—ark, chest, coffin.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 202x

The KJV translates Strong's H727 in the following manner: ark (195x), chest (6x), coffin (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 202x
The KJV translates Strong's H727 in the following manner: ark (195x), chest (6x), coffin (1x).

  1. chest, ark

    1. money chest

    2. Ark of the Covenant

  2. (TWOT) coffin

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אָרוֹן ʼârôwn, aw-rone'; or אָרֹן ʼârôn; from H717 (in the sense of gathering); a box:—ark, chest, coffin.
STRONGS H727: Abbreviations
אֲרוֺן, with article הָאָרוֺן, הָאָרֹן 203 noun masculineExodus 35:12 (feminine1 Samuel 4:17; 2 Chronicles 8:11) chest, ark (Phoenician ארן, sarcophagus, Assyrian êrênu (& êrû) chest ZimBP 6, 22, Arabic إِرَانً, chest, so Aramaic axnuvRAf  , also Nabataean ארנא, Vogp. 102, Phoenician; Mishna also plural ארונות) — only singular; absolute † אֲרוֺן 2 Kings 12:10 2 Chronicles 24:8; with article הָאָרוֺן Deuteronomy 10:2 — Exodus Leviticus Numbers where הָאָרֹן (Exodus 25:14 (twice in verse) + 13 times Exodus; Leviticus 16:2; Numbers 3:31; Numbers 10:35); construct אֲרוֺן Exodus 25:10 +, אֲרֹן Exodus 30:6; Numbers 4:5; Numbers 7:89 —
†1. chest, for money-offerings 2 Kings 12:10; 2 Kings 12:11; 2 Chronicles 24:8, 10, 11 (twice in verse).
†2. sarcophagus, mummy-case of Joseph Genesis 50:26 (E).
3. chest, ark in tabernacle & temple, containing tables of law, with cherubim above, the especially seat of י׳ among his people, only Hexateuch (71 times) Samuel (61 times) Kings (12 times) & Chronicles (48 times) + Judges 20:27; Jeremiah 3:16; Psalm 132:8; used alone & in various combinations (compare SeyringZAW 1891, 114 f.).
a. indefinite אֲרוֺן עֲצֵי שִׁטִּים an ark of shittim-wood Exodus 25:10; Deuteronomy 10:3 compare Deuteronomy 10:1.
b. def. הָא׳ Exodus 25:14 + 54 times (Hexateuch P, except Joshua J E; Samuel Kings Chronicles).
c. יהוה א׳ Joshua 4:11 + 32 times Joshua (J E D) Samuel Kings Chronicles.
d. א׳ אֱלֹהִים † 1 Samuel 3:3; 1 Samuel 4:11; הָאֱלֹהִים א׳ 1 Samuel 4:13 + 32 times Samuel, Chronicles (but 1 Samuel 14:18 (twice in verse) read הָאֵפוֺד Greek Version of the LXX We Dr), compare אֱלֹהֵינוּ א׳ † 1 Chronicles 13:3.
e. אלהי יִשְׂרָאֵל א׳ 1 Samuel 5:7 + 6 times Samuel, term used only by Philistines; יהוה אלהי יִשְׂרָאֵל א׳ † 1 Chronicles 15:12, 14; יהוה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם א׳ † Joshua 4:5 (JE); א׳ אֲדֹנָי יהוה † 1 Kings 2:26; יחוה אֲדוֺן כָּל־הָאָרֶץ א׳ † Joshua 3:13 (J E D) compare אדון כל־הארץ [הברית] א׳ Joshua 3:11, where הברית (with article) is probably interpolated, see Di; only once & late the long phrase האלהים יהוה יוֺשֵׁב א׳ הַכְּרוּבִים אֲשֶׁר נִקְרָא־שֵׁם 1 Chronicles 13:6.
f. in combination with בְּרִית, largely D & under D's influence; ארון הַבְּרִית ark of the covenant † Joshua 3:6 (twice in verse); Joshua 3:8; Joshua 4:9; Joshua 6:6 (all J E D); בְּרִית יהוה א׳ Numbers 10:33; Numbers 14:44 (both J) Deuteronomy 10:8; Deuteronomy 31:9, 25; Joshua 4:7, 18; Joshua 6:8; Joshua 8:33; Jeremiah 3:16 + 17 times Samuel Kings Chronicles; once longer צְבָאוֺת ישֵׁב הַכְּרֻבִים בְּרִית י׳ א׳ † 1 Samuel 4:4; also בְּרִית הָאֱלֹהִים א׳ † Judges 20:27; 1 Samuel 4:4; 2 Samuel 15:24; 1 Chronicles 16:6; & אלהיכם בְּרִית א׳ א׳ Deuteronomy 31:26; Joshua 3:3.
g. אֲרוֺן הָעֵדוּת ark of the testimony, only in P, corresponding to בְּרִית א׳ (compare Di on Exodus 25:16), Exodus 25:22 + 8 times Exodus; Numbers 4:5; Numbers 7:84; Joshua 4:16.
h. † הַקֹּדֶשׁ א׳ 2 Chronicles 35:3.
i. עֻזֶּךָ֑ א׳ the ark of thy strength 2 Chronicles 6:41; Psalm 132:8. — (compare also tables given by Seyringl.c.& his theory as to earliest designation of ark.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

50:26

Exodus

25:10; 25:10; 25:14; 25:14; 25:16; 25:22; 30:6; 35:12

Leviticus

16:2

Numbers

3:31; 4:5; 4:5; 7:84; 7:89; 10:33; 10:35; 14:44

Deuteronomy

10:1; 10:2; 10:3; 10:8; 31:9; 31:25; 31:26

Joshua

3:3; 3:6; 3:8; 3:11; 3:13; 4:5; 4:7; 4:9; 4:11; 4:16; 4:18; 6:6; 6:8; 8:33

Judges

20:27; 20:27

1 Samuel

3:3; 4:4; 4:4; 4:11; 4:13; 4:17; 5:7; 14:18

2 Samuel

15:24

1 Kings

2:26

2 Kings

12:10; 12:10; 12:11

1 Chronicles

13:3; 13:6; 15:12; 15:14; 16:6

2 Chronicles

6:41; 8:11; 24:8; 24:8; 24:10; 24:11; 35:3

Psalms

132:8; 132:8

Jeremiah

3:16; 3:16

H727

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H727 matches the Hebrew אָרוֹן ('ārôn),
which occurs 202 times in 174 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 4 (Jos 6:4–2Sa 6:9)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:4 - And seven priests shall bear before the ark H727 seven trumpets of rams' horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:6 - And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto them, Take up the ark H727 of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark H727 of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:7 - And he said unto the people, Pass on, and compass the city, and let him that is armed pass on before the ark H727 of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:8 - And it came to pass, when Joshua had spoken unto the people, that the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns passed on before the LORD, and blew with the trumpets: and the ark H727 of the covenant of the LORD followed them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:9 - And the armed men went before the priests that blew with the trumpets, and the rereward came after the ark, H727 the priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:11 - So the ark H727 of the LORD compassed the city, going about it once: and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:12 - And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark H727 of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:13 - And seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark H727 of the LORD went on continually, and blew with the trumpets: and the armed men went before them; but the rereward came after the ark H727 of the LORD, the priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:6 - And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark H727 of the LORD until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:33 - And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges, stood on this side the ark H727 and on that side before the priests the Levites, which bare the ark H727 of the covenant of the LORD, as well the stranger, as he that was born among them; half of them over against mount Gerizim, and half of them over against mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded before, that they should bless the people of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:27 - And the children of Israel enquired of the LORD, (for the ark H727 of the covenant of God was there in those days,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:3 - And ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the LORD, where the ark H727 of God was, and Samuel was laid down to sleep;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:3 - And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the LORD smitten us to day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark H727 of the covenant of the LORD out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:4 - So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence the ark H727 of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth between the cherubims: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark H727 of the covenant of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:5 - And when the ark H727 of the covenant of the LORD came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:6 - And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, What meaneth the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews? And they understood that the ark H727 of the LORD was come into the camp.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:11 - And the ark H727 of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:13 - And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by the wayside watching: for his heart trembled for the ark H727 of God. And when the man came into the city, and told it, all the city cried out.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:17 - And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark H727 of God is taken.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:18 - And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark H727 of God, that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:19 - And his daughter in law, Phinehas' wife, was with child, near to be delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark H727 of God was taken, and that her father in law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and travailed; for her pains came upon her.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:21 - And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel: because the ark H727 of God was taken, and because of her father in law and her husband.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:22 - And she said, The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark H727 of God is taken.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:1 - And the Philistines took the ark H727 of God, and brought it from Ebenezer unto Ashdod.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 5:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:2 - When the Philistines took the ark H727 of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:3 - And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark H727 of the LORD. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:4 - And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark H727 of the LORD; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold; only the stump of Dagon was left to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 5:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:7 - And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark H727 of the God of Israel shall not abide with us: for his hand is sore upon us, and upon Dagon our god.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:8 - They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines unto them, and said, What shall we do with the ark H727 of the God of Israel? And they answered, Let the ark H727 of the God of Israel be carried about unto Gath. And they carried the ark H727 of the God of Israel about thither.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 5:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:10 - Therefore they sent the ark H727 of God to Ekron. And it came to pass, as the ark H727 of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark H727 of the God of Israel to us, to slay us and our people.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 5:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:11 - So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark H727 of the God of Israel, and let it go again to his own place, that it slay us not, and our people: for there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:1 - And the ark H727 of the LORD was in the country of the Philistines seven months.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:2 - And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, What shall we do to the ark H727 of the LORD? tell us wherewith we shall send it to his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:3 - And they said, If ye send away the ark H727 of the God of Israel, send it not empty; but in any wise return him a trespass offering: then ye shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is not removed from you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:8 - And take the ark H727 of the LORD, and lay it upon the cart; and put the jewels of gold, which ye return him for a trespass offering, in a coffer by the side thereof; and send it away, that it may go.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:11 - And they laid the ark H727 of the LORD upon the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their emerods.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:13 - And they of Bethshemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley: and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, H727 and rejoiced to see it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:15 - And the Levites took down the ark H727 of the LORD, and the coffer that was with it, wherein the jewels of gold were, and put them on the great stone: and the men of Bethshemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day unto the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:18 - And the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fenced cities, and of country villages, even unto the great stone of Abel, whereon they set down the ark H727 of the LORD: which stone remaineth unto this day in the field of Joshua, the Bethshemite.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:19 - And he smote the men of Bethshemesh, because they had looked into the ark H727 of the LORD, even he smote of the people fifty thousand and threescore and ten men: and the people lamented, because the LORD had smitten many of the people with a great slaughter.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:21 - And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kirjathjearim, saying, The Philistines have brought again the ark H727 of the LORD; come ye down, and fetch it up to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 7:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:1 - And the men of Kirjathjearim came, and fetched up the ark H727 of the LORD, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark H727 of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 7:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:2 - And it came to pass, while the ark H727 abode in Kirjathjearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:18 - And Saul said unto Ahiah, Bring hither the ark H727 of God. For the ark H727 of God was at that time with the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:2 - And David arose, and went with all the people that were with him from Baale of Judah, to bring up from thence the ark H727 of God, whose name is called by the name of the LORD of hosts that dwelleth between the cherubims.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:3 - And they set the ark H727 of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab that was in Gibeah: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drave the new cart.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:4 - And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab which was at Gibeah, accompanying the ark H727 of God: and Ahio went before the ark. H727

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:6 - And when they came to Nachon's threshingfloor, Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark H727 of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen shook it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:7 - And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there for his error; and there he died by the ark H727 of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:9 - And David was afraid of the LORD that day, and said, How shall the ark H727 of the LORD come to me?

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