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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 - So Yosef died, being one hundred ten years old, and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Mitzrayim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:10 - "They shall make a teivah of shittim wood. Its length shall be two and a half cubits, its breadth a cubit and a half, and a cubit and a half its height.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:14 - You shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry the ark.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:15 - The poles shall be in the rings of the ark. They shall not be taken from it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:16 - You shall put the testimony which I shall give you into the teivah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:21 - You shall put the mercy seat on top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the testimony that I will give you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:22 - There I will meet with you, and I will tell you from above the mercy seat, from between the two Keruvim which are on the ark of the testimony, all that I command you for the children of Yisra'el.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:33 - You shall hang up the veil under the clasps, and shall bring the ark of the testimony in there within the veil: and the veil shall separate the holy place from the most holy for you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:34

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:34 - You shall put the mercy seat on the ark of the testimony in the most holy place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:6 - You shall put it before the veil that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:26 - You shall use it to anoint the tent of meeting, the ark of the testimony,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 31:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:7 - the tent of meeting, the ark of the testimony, the mercy seat that is on it, all the furniture of the Tent,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:12 - the ark, and its poles, the mercy seat, the veil of the screen;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:1 - Betzal'el made the ark of shittim wood. Its length was two and a half cubits, and its breadth a cubit and a half, and a cubit and a half its height.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:5 - He put the poles into the rings on 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 with its poles, the mercy seat,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:3 - You shall put the ark of the testimony in it, and you shall screen the ark with the veil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:5 - You shall set the golden altar for incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the screen of the door to the tent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:20 - He took and put the testimony into the teivah, and set the poles on the ark, and put the mercy seat above on the ark.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:21 - He brought the ark into the tent, and set up the veil of the screen, and screened the ark of the testimony, as the LORD commanded Moshe.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:2 - and the LORD said to Moshe, "Tell Aharon your brother, not to come at all times into the Most Holy Place within the veil, before the mercy seat which is on the ark; lest he die: for I will appear in the cloud on the mercy seat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:31 - Their charge shall be the ark, the table, the lamp stand, the altars, the vessels of the sanctuary with which they minister, and the screen, and all its service.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:5 - When the camp moves forward, Aharon shall go in, and his sons, and they shall take down the veil of the screen, and cover the ark of the Testimony with it,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:89

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:89 - When Moshe went into the Tent of Meeting to speak with the LORD, he heard his voice speaking to him from above the mercy seat that was on the ark of the Testimony, from between the two Keruvim: and he spoke to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 10:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:33 - They set forward from the Mount of the LORD three days' journey; and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them three days' journey, to seek out a resting-place for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 10:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:35 - It happened, when the ark set forward, that Moshe said, Rise up, LORD, and let your enemies be scattered; and let those who hate you flee before you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:44

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:44 - But they presumed to go up to the top of the mountain: nevertheless the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and Moshe, didn't depart out of the camp.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:1 - At that time the LORD said to me, Hew you two tables of stone like the first, and come up to me onto the mountain, and make a teivah of wood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:2 - I will write on the tables the words that were on the first tables which you broke, and you shall put them in the teivah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:3 - So I made a teivah of shittim wood, and hewed two tables of stone like the first, and went up onto the mountain, having the two tables in my hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:5 - I turned and came down from the mountain, and put the tables in the ark which I had made; and there they are as the LORD commanded me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:8 - At that time the LORD set apart the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to minister to him, and to bless in his name, to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:9 - Moshe wrote this law, and delivered it to the Kohanim the sons of Levi, who bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and to all the Zakenim of Yisra'el.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:25 - that Moshe commanded the Levites, who bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:26 - Take this book of the law, and put it by the side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness against you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:3 - and they commanded the people, saying, When you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the Kohanim the Levites bearing it, then you shall remove from your place, and go after it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:6 - Yehoshua spoke to the Kohanim, saying, Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the people. They took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:8 - You shall command the Kohanim who bear the ark of the covenant, saying, When you are come to the brink of the waters of the Yarden, you shall stand still in the Yarden.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:11 - Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the eretz passes over before you into the Yarden.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:13 - It shall come to pass, when the soles of the feet of the Kohanim who bear the ark of the LORD, the Lord of all the eretz, shall rest in the waters of the Yarden, that the waters of the Yarden shall be cut off, even the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand in one heap.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:14 - It happened, when the people removed from their tents, to pass over the Yarden, the Kohanim who bore the ark of the covenant being before the people;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:15 - and when those who bore the ark were come to the Yarden, and the feet of the Kohanim who bore the ark were dipped in the brink of the water (for the Yarden overflows all its banks all the time of harvest,)

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:17 - The Kohanim who bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the midst of the Yarden; and all Yisra'el passed over on dry ground, until all the nation were passed clean over the Yarden.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:5 - and Yehoshua said to them, Pass over before the ark of the LORD your God into the midst of the Yarden, and take up every man of you a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Yisra'el;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:7 - then you shall tell them, Because the waters of the Yarden were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD; when it passed over the Yarden, the waters of the Yarden were cut off: and these stones shall be for a memorial to the children of Yisra'el forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:9 - Yehoshua set up twelve stones in the midst of the Yarden, in the place where the feet of the Kohanim who bore the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:10 - For the Kohanim who bore the ark stood in the midst of the Yarden, until everything was finished that the LORD commanded Yehoshua to speak to the people, according to all that Moshe commanded Yehoshua: and the people hurried and passed over.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:11 - It happened, when all the people had completely passed over, that the ark of the LORD passed over, with the Kohanim, in the presence of the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:16 - Command the Kohanim who bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of the Yarden.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:18 - It happened, when the Kohanim who bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD were come up out of the midst of the Yarden, and the soles of the Kohanim' feet were lifted up to the dry ground, that the waters of the Yarden returned to their place, and went over all its banks, as before.

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