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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 34 times in 31 verses in '1Ch' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:31 - And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the LORD, after that the ark H727 had rest.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:3 - And let us bring again the ark H727 of our God to us: for we enquired not at it in the days of Saul.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:5 - So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark H727 of God from Kirjathjearim.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:6 - And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Kirjathjearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up thence the ark H727 of God the LORD, that dwelleth between the cherubims, whose name is called on it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:7 - And they carried the ark H727 of God in a new cart out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drave the cart.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:9 - And when they came unto the threshingfloor of Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark; H727 for the oxen stumbled.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:10 - And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzza, and he smote him, because he put his hand to the ark: H727 and there he died before God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:12 - And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark H727 of God home to me?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:13 - So David brought not the ark H727 home to himself to the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:14 - And the ark H727 of God remained with the family of Obededom in his house three months. And the LORD blessed the house of Obededom, and all that he had.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:1 - And David made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark H727 of God, and pitched for it a tent.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:2 - Then David said, None ought to carry the ark H727 of God but the Levites: for them hath the LORD chosen to carry the ark H727 of God, and to minister unto him for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:3 - And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark H727 of the LORD unto his place, which he had prepared for it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:12 - And said unto them, Ye are the chief of the fathers of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark H727 of the LORD God of Israel unto the place that I have prepared for it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:14 - So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark H727 of the LORD God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:15 - And the children of the Levites bare the ark H727 of God upon their shoulders with the staves thereon, as Moses commanded according to the word of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:23 - And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark. H727

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:24 - And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark H727 of God: and Obededom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark. H727

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:25 - So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark H727 of the covenant of the LORD out of the house of Obededom with joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:26 - And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare the ark H727 of the covenant of the LORD, that they offered seven bullocks and seven rams.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:27 - And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, H727 and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: David also had upon him an ephod of linen.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:28 - Thus all Israel brought up the ark H727 of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:29 - And it came to pass, as the ark H727 of the covenant of the LORD came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looking out at a window saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:1 - So they brought the ark H727 of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it: and they offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings before God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:4 - And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark H727 of the LORD, and to record, and to thank and praise the LORD God of Israel:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:6 - Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually before the ark H727 of the covenant of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:37

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:37 - So he left there before the ark H727 of the covenant of the LORD Asaph and his brethren, to minister before the ark H727 continually, as every day's work required:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:1 - Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark H727 of the covenant of the LORD remaineth under curtains.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:19 - Now set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God; arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the LORD God, to bring the ark H727 of the covenant of the LORD, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:2 - Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: As for me, I had in mine heart to build an house of rest for the ark H727 of the covenant of the LORD, and for the footstool of our God, and had made ready for the building:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:18 - And for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the pattern of the chariot of the cherubims, that spread out their wings, and covered the ark H727 of the covenant of the LORD.
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