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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 1 / 4 (Gen 50:26–Jos 4:18)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:26 - And Joseph dieth, a son of an hundred and ten years, and they embalm him, and he is put into a coffin in Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:10 - 'And they have made an ark of shittim wood; two cubits and a half its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:14 - and hast brought the staves into the rings on the sides of the ark, to bear the ark by them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:15 - in the rings of the ark are the staves, they are not turned aside from it;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:16 - and thou hast put unto the ark the testimony which I give unto thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:21 - 'And thou hast put the mercy-seat on the ark above, and unto the ark thou dost put the testimony which I give unto thee;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:22 - and I have met with thee there, and have spoken with thee from off the mercy-seat (from between the two cherubs, which are on the ark of the testimony) all that which I command thee concerning the sons of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:33 - 'And thou hast put the vail under the hooks, and hast brought in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony; and the vail hath made a separation for you between the holy and the holy of holies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:34

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:34 - 'And thou hast put the mercy-seat on the ark of the testimony, in the holy of holies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:6 - and thou hast put it before the vail, which is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy-seat which is over the testimony, whither I am met with thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:26 - 'And thou hast anointed with it the tent of meeting, and the ark of the testimony,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 31:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:7 - 'The tent of meeting, and the ark of testimony, and the mercy-seat which is on it, and all the vessels of the tent,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:12 - 'The ark and its staves, the mercy-seat, and the vail of the covering,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:1 - And Bezaleel maketh the ark of shittim wood, two cubits and a half its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:5 - and he bringeth in the staves into the rings, by the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:35 - the ark of the testimony and its staves, and the mercy-seat;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:3 - and hast set there the ark of the testimony, and hast covered over the ark with the vail,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:5 - 'And thou hast put the golden altar for perfume before the ark of the testimony, and hast put the covering of the opening to the tabernacle,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:20 - And he taketh and putteth the testimony unto the ark, and setteth the staves on the ark, and putteth the mercy-seat on the ark above;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:21 - and bringeth in the ark unto the tabernacle, and placeth the vail of the covering, and covereth over the ark of the testimony, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:2 - yea, Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Speak unto Aaron thy brother, and he cometh not in at all times unto the sanctuary within the vail, unto the front of the mercy-seat, which is upon the ark, and he dieth not, for in a cloud I am seen upon the mercy-seat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:31 - And their charge is the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary with which they serve, and the vail, and all its service.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:5 - that Aaron and his sons have come in, in the journeying of the camp, and have taken down the vail of the hanging, and have covered with it the ark of the testimony;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:89

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:89 - And in the going in of Moses unto the tent of meeting to speak with Him -- he doth even hear the voice speaking unto him from off the mercy-seat which is upon the ark of the testimony, from between the two cherubs; and He speaketh unto him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 10:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:33 - And they journey from the mount of Jehovah a journey of three days; and the ark of the covenant of Jehovah is journeying before them the journey of three days, to spy out for them a resting-place;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 10:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:35 - And it cometh to pass in the journeying of the ark, that Moses saith, 'Rise, O Jehovah, and Thine enemies are scattered, and those hating Thee flee from Thy presence.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:44

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:44 - And they presume to go up unto the top of the mountain, and the ark of the covenant of Jehovah and Moses have not departed out of the midst of the camp.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:1 - 'At that time hath Jehovah said unto me, Grave for thee two tables of stone, like the first, and come up unto Me, into the mount, and thou hast made for thee an ark of wood,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:2 - and I write on the tables the words which were on the first tables, which thou hast broken, and thou hast placed them in the ark;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:3 - and I make an ark of shittim wood, and grave two tables of stone like the first, and go up to the mount, and the two tables in my hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:5 - and I turn and come down from the mount, and put the tables in the ark which I had made, and they are there, as Jehovah commanded me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:8 - 'At that time hath Jehovah separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, to stand before Jehovah, to serve Him, and to bless in His name, unto this day,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:9 - And Moses writeth this law, and giveth it unto the priests (sons of Levi, those bearing the ark of the covenant of Jehovah), and unto all the elders of Israel,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:25 - that Moses commandeth the Levites bearing the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:26 - 'Take this Book of the Law, and thou hast set it on the side of the ark of the covenant of Jehovah your God, and it hath been there against thee for a witness;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:3 - and command the people, saying, 'When ye see the ark of the covenant of Jehovah your God, and the priests, the Levites, bearing it, then ye journey from your place, and have gone after it;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:6 - And Joshua speaketh unto the priests, saying, 'Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the people;' and they take up the ark of the covenant, and go before the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:8 - and thou, thou dost command the priests bearing the ark of the covenant, saying, When ye come unto the extremity of the waters of the Jordan -- in the Jordan ye stand.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:11 - lo, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth is passing over before you into Jordan;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:13 - and it hath been, at the resting of the soles of the feet of the priests bearing the ark of Jehovah, Lord of all the earth, in the waters of the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan are cut off -- the waters which are coming down from above -- and they stand -- one heap.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:14 - And it cometh to pass, in the journeying of the people from their tents to pass over the Jordan, and of the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:15 - and at those bearing the ark coming in unto the Jordan, and the feet of the priests bearing the ark have been dipped in the extremity of the waters (and the Jordan is full over all its banks all the days of harvest) --

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:17 - and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant of Jehovah stand on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan -- established, and all Israel are passing over on dry ground till that all the nation hath completed to pass over the Jordan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:5 - and Joshua saith to them, 'Pass over before the ark of Jehovah your God unto the midst of the Jordan and lift up for you each, one stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Israel,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:7 - that ye have said to them, Because the waters of the Jordan were cut off, at the presence of the ark of the covenant of Jehovah; in its passing over into the Jordan were the waters of the Jordan cut off; and these stones have been for a memorial to the sons of Israel -- to the age.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:9 - even the twelve stones hath Joshua raised up out of the midst of the Jordan, the place of the standing of the feet of the priests bearing the ark of the covenant, and they are there unto this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:10 - And the priests bearing the ark are standing in the midst of the Jordan till the completion of the whole thing which Jehovah commanded Joshua to speak unto the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua, and the people haste and pass over.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:11 - And it cometh to pass when all the people have completed to pass over, that the ark of Jehovah passeth over, and the priests, in the presence of the people;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:16 - 'Command the priests bearing the ark of the testimony, and they come up out of the Jordan.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:18 - And it cometh to pass, in the coming up of the priests bearing the ark of the covenant of Jehovah out of the midst of the Jordan -- the soles of the feet of the priests have been drawn up into the dry ground -- and the waters of the Jordan turn back to their place, and go as heretofore over all its banks.

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