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Lexicon :: Strong's G2787 - kibōtos

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κιβωτός
Transliteration
kibōtos (Key)
Pronunciation
kib-o-tos'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain derivation
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Strong’s Definitions

κιβωτός kibōtós, kib-o-tos'; of uncertain derivation; a box, i.e. the sacred ark and that of Noah:—ark.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's G2787 in the following manner: ark (6x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's G2787 in the following manner: ark (6x).

  1. a wooden chest or box

  2. in the NT the ark of the covenant, in the temple at Jerusalem

  3. of Noah's vessel built in the form of an ark

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κιβωτός kibōtós, kib-o-tos'; of uncertain derivation; a box, i.e. the sacred ark and that of Noah:—ark.
STRONGS G2787:
κιβωτός, κιβωτοῦ, ἡ (κιβος (cf. Suidas 2094 e.)), a wooden chest, box ((Hecataeus, 368 (Müller's Frag. i., p. 30), Simonides), Aristophanes, Lysias, Athen., Aelian, others): in the N. T., the ark of the covenant, in the temple at Jerusalem, Hebrews 9:4 (Philo, Josephus; the Sept. very often for אָרון); in the heavenly temple, Revelation 11:19; of Noah's vessel, built in the form of an ark, Matthew 24:38; Luke 17:27; Hebrews 11:7; 1 Peter 3:20 (4 Macc. 15:31; the Sept. for תֵּבָה).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
24:38
Luke
17:27
Hebrews
9:4; 11:7
1 Peter
3:20
Revelation
11:19

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2787 matches the Greek κιβωτός (kibōtos),
which occurs 28 times in 24 verses in 'Gen' in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:14 - “Make yourself an ark of gopherwood; make rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and outside with pitch.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:15 - “And this is how you shall make it: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:16 - “You shall make a window for the ark, and you shall finish it to a cubit from above; and set the door of the ark in its side. You shall make it with lower, second, and third decks.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:18 - “But I will establish My covenant with you; and you shall go into the ark—you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:19 - “And of every living thing of all flesh you shall bring two of every sort into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:1 - Then the LORD said to Noah, “Come into the ark, you and all your household, because I have seen that you are righteous before Me in this generation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:7 - So Noah, with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives, went into the ark because of the waters of the flood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:9 - two by two they went into the ark to Noah, male and female, as God had commanded Noah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:13 - On the very same day Noah and Noah’s sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and Noah’s wife and the three wives of his sons with them, entered the ark—

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:15 - And they went into the ark to Noah, two by two, of all flesh in which is the breath of life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:16 - So those that entered, male and female of all flesh, went in as God had commanded him; and the LORD shut him in.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:17 - Now the flood was on the earth forty days. The waters increased and lifted up the ark, and it rose high above the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:18 - The waters prevailed and greatly increased on the earth, and the ark moved about on the surface of the waters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:23 - So He destroyed all living things which were on the face of the ground: both man and cattle, creeping thing and bird of the air. They were destroyed from the earth. Only Noah and those who were with him in the ark remained alive.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:1 - Then God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the animals that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subsided.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:4 - Then the ark rested in the seventh month, the seventeenth day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:6 - So it came to pass, at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:9 - But the dove found no resting place for the sole of her foot, and she returned into the ark to him, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth. So he put out his hand and took her, and drew her into the ark to himself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:10 - And he waited yet another seven days, and again he sent the dove out from the ark.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:13 - And it came to pass in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, that the waters were dried up from the earth; and Noah removed the covering of the ark and looked, and indeed the surface of the ground was dry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:16 - “Go out of the ark, you and your wife, and your sons and your sons’ wives with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:19 - Every animal, every creeping thing, every bird, and whatever creeps on the earth, according to their families, went out of the ark.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:10 - “and with every living creature that is with you: the birds, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you, of all that go out of the ark, every beast of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:18 - Now the sons of Noah who went out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And Ham was the father of Canaan.
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