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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 3 / 4 (2Sa 6:10–1Ch 16:4)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:10 - So David would not remove the ark H727 of the LORD unto him into the city of David: but David carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:11 - And the ark H727 of the LORD continued in the house of Obededom the Gittite three months: and the LORD blessed Obededom, and all his household.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:12 - And it was told king David, saying, The LORD hath blessed the house of Obededom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark H727 of God. So David went and brought up the ark H727 of God from the house of Obededom into the city of David with gladness.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:13 - And it was so, that when they that bare the ark H727 of the LORD had gone six paces, he sacrificed oxen and fatlings.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:15 - So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark H727 of the LORD with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:16 - And as the ark H727 of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal Saul's daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 6:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:17 - And they brought in the ark H727 of the LORD, and set it in his place, in the midst of the tabernacle that David had pitched for it: and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:2 - That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark H727 of God dwelleth within curtains.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:11 - And Uriah said unto David, The ark, H727 and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:24 - And lo Zadok also, and all the Levites were with him, bearing the ark H727 of the covenant of God: and they set down the ark H727 of God; and Abiathar went up, until all the people had done passing out of the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:25 - And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark H727 of God into the city: if I shall find favour in the eyes of the LORD, he will bring me again, and shew me both it, and his habitation:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:29 - Zadok therefore and Abiathar carried the ark H727 of God again to Jerusalem: and they tarried there.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:26 - And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death: but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark H727 of the Lord GOD before David my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:15 - And Solomon awoke; and, behold, it was a dream. And he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark H727 of the covenant of the LORD, and offered up burnt offerings, and offered peace offerings, and made a feast to all his servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:19 - And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark H727 of the covenant of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:1 - Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark H727 of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:3 - And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark. H727

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:4 - And they brought up the ark H727 of the LORD, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, even those did the priests and the Levites bring up.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:5 - And king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled unto him, were with him before the ark, H727 sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:6 - And the priests brought in the ark H727 of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:7 - For the cherubims spread forth their two wings over the place of the ark, H727 and the cherubims covered the ark H727 and the staves thereof above.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:9 - There was nothing in the ark H727 save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:21 - And I have set there a place for the ark, H727 wherein is the covenant of the LORD, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 12:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:9 - But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, H727 and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh into the house of the LORD: and the priests that kept the door put therein all the money that was brought into the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 12:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:10 - And it was so, when they saw that there was much money in the chest, H727 that the king's scribe and the high priest came up, and they put up in bags, and told the money that was found in the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 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 Box 1Ch 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 Box 1Ch 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 Box 1Ch 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 Box 1Ch 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 Box 1Ch 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 Box 1Ch 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 Box 1Ch 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 Box 1Ch 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 Box 1Ch 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 Box 1Ch 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 Box 1Ch 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 Box 1Ch 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 Box 1Ch 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 Box 1Ch 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 Box 1Ch 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 Box 1Ch 15:23

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 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 Box 1Ch 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 Box 1Ch 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 - 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 Box 1Ch 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 Box 1Ch 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 Box 1Ch 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 Box 1Ch 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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