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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׳ אֱלֹהִים1 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 יהוה1 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 covenantJoshua 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)

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:10 - And David was unwilling to move the ark H727 of Yahweh into the city of David with him; but David took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:11 - Thus the ark H727 of Yahweh remained in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite three months, and Yahweh blessed Obed-edom and all his household.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:12 -

Then it was told to King David, saying, “Yahweh has blessed the house of Obed-edom and all that belongs to him, on account of the ark H727 of God.” So David went and brought up the ark H727 of God from the house of Obed-edom into the city of David with gladness.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:13 - And so it happened, that when those who were carrying the ark H727 of Yahweh had gone six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a fatling.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:15 - So David and all the house of Israel were bringing up the ark H727 of Yahweh with shouting and the sound of the trumpet.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:16 -

Then it happened as the ark H727 of Yahweh came into the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out of the window and saw King David leaping and dancing before Yahweh; and she despised him in her heart.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:17 -

And they brought in the ark H727 of Yahweh and placed it in its place inside the tent which David had pitched for it; and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:2 - that the king said to Nathan the prophet, “See now, I inhabit a house of cedar, but the ark H727 of God inhabits tent curtains.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:11 - And Uriah said to David, “The ark H727 and Israel and Judah are staying in [fn]booths, and my lord Joab and the servants of my lord are camping in the open field. Shall I then go to my house to eat and to drink and to lie with my wife? By your life and the life of your soul, I will not do this thing.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:24 -

Now behold, Zadok also came, and all the Levites with him carrying the ark H727 of the covenant of God. And they set down the ark H727 of God, and Abiathar came up until all the people had finished passing from the city.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:25 - Then the king said to Zadok, “Return the ark H727 of God to the city. If I find favor in the sight of Yahweh, then He will cause me to return and show me both it and His habitation.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:29 - So Zadok and Abiathar returned the ark H727 of God to Jerusalem and remained there.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:26 -

Then to Abiathar the priest the king said, “Go to Anathoth to your own field, for you [fn]deserve to die; but I will not put you to death at this time, because you carried the ark H727 of Lord Yahweh before my father David, and because you were afflicted in everything with which my father was afflicted.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:15 -

Then 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 burnt offerings and made peace offerings, and made a feast for all his servants.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:19 - Then he prepared an inner sanctuary within the house in order to place there the ark H727 of the covenant of Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:1 -

Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the leaders of the fathers’ households of the sons of Israel, to King Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark H727 of the covenant of Yahweh from the city of David, which is Zion.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:3 - Then all the elders of Israel came, and the priests carried the ark H727.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:4 - And they brought up the ark H727 of Yahweh and the tent of meeting and all the holy utensils, which were in the tent, and the priests and the Levites brought them up.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:5 - And King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, who congregated to him being with him before the ark H727, were sacrificing [fn]so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:6 - Then the priests brought the ark H727 of the covenant of Yahweh to its place, into the inner sanctuary of the house, to the Holy of Holies, under the wings of the cherubim.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:7 - For the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark H727, and the cherubim made a covering over the ark H727 and its poles from above.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:9 - There was nothing in the ark H727 except the two tablets of stone which Moses laid there at Horeb, where Yahweh cut a covenant with the sons of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:21 - “And there I have set a place for the ark H727, in which is the covenant of Yahweh, which He cut with our fathers when He brought them from the land of Egypt.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:9 -

But Jehoiada the priest took a chest H727 and bored a hole in its lid and put it beside the altar, on the right side as one comes into the house of Yahweh; and the priests who kept watch over the threshold put in it all the money which was brought into the house of Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:10 - Now it happened that when they saw that there was much money in the chest H727, the king’s scribe and the high priest came up and tied it in bags and counted the money which was found in the house of Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:31 -

Now these are those whom David caused to stand over the service of song in the house of Yahweh, after the ark H727 rested there.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:3 - and let us bring back the ark H727 of our God to us, for we did not seek it in the days of Saul.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:5 -

So David assembled all Israel together, from the Shihor of Egypt even to [fn]Lebo-hamath, to bring the ark H727 of God from Kiriath-jearim.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:6 - And David and all Israel went up to Baalah, that is, to Kiriath-jearim, which belongs to Judah, to bring up from there the ark H727 of God, Yahweh, who is enthroned above the cherubim, where His name is called.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:7 - And they drove the ark H727 of God on a new cart from the house of Abinadab, and Uzza and Ahio were leading the cart.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:9 -

Then they came to the threshing floor of Chidon. And Uzza reached out with his hand to take hold of the ark H727, because the oxen nearly upset it.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:10 - And the anger of Yahweh burned against Uzza, and He struck him down because he reached out with his hand to the ark H727; and he died there before God.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:12 - So David was afraid of God that day, saying, “How can I bring the ark H727 of God back to me?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:13 - And David did not move the ark H727 with him to the city of David, but took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:14 - Thus the ark H727 of God remained with the household of Obed-edom in his house three months; and Yahweh blessed the household of Obed-edom with all that he had.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:1 -

Then David made houses for himself in the city of David; and he prepared a place for the ark H727 of God and pitched a tent for it.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:2 - And David said, “No one is to carry the ark H727 of God but the Levites; for Yahweh chose them to carry the ark H727 of [fn]God and to minister to Him forever.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:3 - Then David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem to bring up the ark H727 of Yahweh to its place which he had prepared for it.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:12 - and said to them, “You are the heads of the fathers’ households of the Levites; set yourselves apart as holy, both you and your relatives, that you may bring up the ark H727 of Yahweh, the God of Israel, to the place that I have prepared for it.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:14 - So the priests and the Levites set themselves apart as holy to bring up the ark H727 of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:15 - And the sons of the Levites carried the ark H727 of God on their shoulders with the poles thereon, as Moses had commanded according to the word of Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:23 - Berechiah and Elkanah were gatekeepers for the ark H727.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:24 - Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, blew the trumpets before the ark H727 of God. Obed-edom and Jehiah also were gatekeepers for the ark H727.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:25 -

So it was David, with the elders of Israel and the commanders over thousands, who went to bring up the ark H727 of the covenant of Yahweh from the house of Obed-edom with gladness.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:26 - Now this happened because God was helping the Levites who were carrying the ark H727 of the covenant of Yahweh. And they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:27 - Now David was clothed with a robe of fine linen with all the Levites who were carrying the ark H727, as well as the singers and Chenaniah the leader of the singing with the singers. David also wore a linen ephod.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:28 - Thus all Israel was bringing up the ark H727 of the covenant of Yahweh with shouting, and with sound of the [fn]horn, with trumpets, with loud-sounding cymbals, with harps, and lyres.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:29 -

Now it happened as the ark H727 of the covenant of Yahweh came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out of the window and saw King David leaping and celebrating; and she despised him in her heart.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:1 -

And they brought in the ark H727 of God and placed it inside the tent which David had pitched for it, and they brought burnt offerings and peace offerings near before God.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:4 -

And he made some of the Levites ministers before the ark H727 of Yahweh, even to bring remembrance and to thank and praise Yahweh, the God of Israel:


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