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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 - “Also seven priests shall carry seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark H727; then on the seventh day you shall march around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets.

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So Joshua the son of Nun called the priests and said to them, “Carry the ark H727 of the covenant, and let seven priests carry seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark H727 of Yahweh.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:7 - Then [fn]he said to the people, “Go forward, and march around the city, and let the armed men go on before the ark H727 of Yahweh.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:8 - And so it happened that, when Joshua had spoken to the people, the seven priests carrying the seven trumpets of rams’ horns before Yahweh passed on forward and blew the trumpets; and the ark H727 of the covenant of Yahweh came after them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:9 - And the armed men went before the priests who blew the trumpets, and the rear guard came after the ark H727, while they continued to blow the trumpets.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:11 - So he had the ark H727 of Yahweh [fn]taken around the city, circling it once; then they came into the camp and spent the night in the camp.

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Then Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests carried the ark H727 of Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:13 - And the seven priests carrying the seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark H727 of Yahweh went on continually and blew the trumpets; and the armed men went before them, and the rear guard came after the ark H727 of Yahweh, and they continued to blow the trumpets.

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Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell to the earth on his face before the ark H727 of Yahweh until the evening, both he and the elders of Israel; and they put dust on their heads.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:33 - And all Israel with their elders and officers and their judges were standing on both sides of the ark H727 before the Levitical priests who carried the ark H727 of the covenant of Yahweh, the sojourner as well as the native. Half of them stood in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, just as Moses the servant of Yahweh had given a command at first to bless the people of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:27 - Then the sons of Israel asked of Yahweh (now the ark H727 of the covenant of God was there in those days,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:3 - and the lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the temple of Yahweh where the ark H727 of God was,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:3 - Then the people came into the camp, and the elders of Israel said, “Why has Yahweh [fn]defeated us today before the Philistines? Let us take to ourselves from Shiloh the ark H727 of the covenant of Yahweh, that [fn]it may come among us and save us from the power of our enemies.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:4 - So the people sent to Shiloh, and from there they carried the ark H727 of the covenant of Yahweh of hosts who sits above the cherubim; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark H727 of the covenant of God.

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And it happened that as the ark H727 of the covenant of Yahweh came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth was thrown into confusion.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:6 - Then the Philistines heard the noise of the shout and said, “What does the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews mean?” Then they knew that the ark H727 of Yahweh had 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, died.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:13 - And he came, and behold, Eli was sitting on his seat [fn]by the road eagerly watching because his heart was trembling for the ark H727 of God. Now the man came to tell it in the city, and all the city cried out.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:17 - Then the one who brought the news answered and said, “Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has also been a great slaughter among the people, and your two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark H727 of God has been taken.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:18 - And it happened that when he mentioned the ark H727 of God, [fn]Eli fell off the seat backward beside the gate, and his neck was broken, and he died, for the man was old and heavy. Thus he judged Israel forty years.

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Now his daughter-in-law, Phinehas’s wife, was with child and about to give birth. And she heard the report that the ark H727 of God was taken and that her father-in-law and her husband had died, so she kneeled down and gave birth, for her pains came upon her.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:21 - And she called the boy [fn]Ichabod, saying, “The glory has 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 has departed from Israel, for the ark H727 of God was taken.”

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Now the Philistines took the ark H727 of God and brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:2 - Then the Philistines took the ark H727 of God and brought it to the house of Dagon and set it by Dagon.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:3 - Then the Ashdodites arose early the next morning, and behold, Dagon had fallen on his face to the ground before the ark H727 of Yahweh. So they took Dagon and set him in his place again.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:4 - But they arose early the next morning, and behold, Dagon had fallen on his face to the ground before the ark H727 of Yahweh. And the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off on the threshold; [fn]only the trunk of Dagon was left to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:7 - Thus the men of Ashdod saw that it was so and said, “The ark H727 of the God of Israel must not remain with us, for His hand is severe on us and on Dagon our god.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:8 - So they sent and gathered all the lords of the Philistines to them and said, “What shall we do with the ark H727 of the God of Israel?” And they said, “Let the ark H727 of the God of Israel be brought around to Gath.” And they brought the ark H727 of the God of Israel around.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:10 - So they sent the ark H727 of God to Ekron. And as the ark H727 of God came to Ekron the Ekronites cried out, saying, “They have brought the ark H727 of the God of Israel around to [fn]us, to put [fn]us and [fn]our people to death.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:11 - They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines and said, “Send away the ark H727 of the God of Israel, and let it return to its own place, so that it will not put [fn]us and [fn]our people to death.” For there was a deadly confusion throughout the city; the hand of God was very glorious there.

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Now the ark H727 of Yahweh had been in the [fn]fields 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 with the ark H727 of Yahweh? Make us know [fn]how we shall send it to its place.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:3 - So they said, “If you send away the ark H727 of the God of Israel, do not send it empty; but you shall surely return to Him a guilt offering. Then you will be healed, and it will be known to you why His hand is not turned away from you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:8 - “And take the ark H727 of Yahweh and place it on the cart; and put the articles of gold which you return to Him as a guilt offering in a box by its side. Then send it away that it may go.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:11 - And they put the ark H727 of Yahweh on the cart, as well as the box with the golden mice and the likenesses of their tumors.

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Now the people of Beth-shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley, and they raised their eyes and saw the ark H727 and were glad to see it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:15 - And the Levites took down the ark H727 of Yahweh and the box that was with it, in which were the articles of gold, and put them on the large stone; and the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices that day to Yahweh.

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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 fortified cities and of country villages. The large [fn]stone on which they set the ark H727 of Yahweh is a witness to this day in the field of Joshua the Beth-shemite.

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Then He struck down some of the men of Beth-shemesh because they had looked into the ark H727 of Yahweh. He struck down of all the people, 50,070 men, and the people mourned because Yahweh had struck the people with a great slaughter.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:21 - So they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kiriath-jearim, saying, “The Philistines have brought back the ark H727 of Yahweh; come down and take it up to you.”

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And the men of Kiriath-jearim came and brought the ark H727 of Yahweh up and brought it into the house of Abinadab on the hill and set apart Eleazar his son as holy in order to keep the ark H727 of Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:2 - Now it happened from the day when the ark H727 remained at Kiriath-jearim, that the time was long; it was twenty years. And all the house of Israel lamented after Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:18 - Then Saul said to Ahijah, “Bring the ark H727 of God here.” For the ark H727 of God was at that time with the sons of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:2 - And David arose and went with all the people who were with him [fn]from [fn]Baale-judah, to bring up from there the ark H727 of God which is called by the Name, the very name of Yahweh of hosts who is [fn]enthroned above the cherubim.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:3 - And they [fn]drove the ark H727 of God on a new cart that they might bring it from the house of Abinadab which was on the hill; and [fn]Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, were leading the new cart.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:4 - So they brought it with the ark H727 of God from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill; and Ahio was walking ahead of the ark H727.

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Then they came to the threshing floor of Nacon. And [fn]Uzzah reached out toward the ark H727 of God and took hold of it, because the oxen nearly upset it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:7 - And the anger of Yahweh burned against Uzzah, and God struck him down there for [fn]his irreverence; and he died there by the ark H727 of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:9 - So David was afraid of Yahweh that day; and he said, “How can the ark H727 of Yahweh come to me?”

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