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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 34 times in 31 verses in '1Ch' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:31

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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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 13:3

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.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 13:5

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 13:6

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 13:7

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 13:9

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 13:10

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 13:12

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?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 13:13

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 13:14

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:1

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:2

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.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:3

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:12

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:14

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:15

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:23

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:24

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:25

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:26

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:27

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:28

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:29

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:1

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:4

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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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:6 - and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests blew trumpets continually before the ark H727 of the covenant of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:37

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:37 -

So he left behind Asaph and his [fn]relatives there before the ark H727 of the covenant of Yahweh to minister before the ark H727 continually, as every day’s work required;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 17:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:1 -

Now it happened when David inhabited his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, “Behold, I inhabit a house of cedar, but the ark H727 of the covenant of Yahweh is under tent curtains.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 22:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:19 - “Now give your heart and your soul to seek Yahweh your God; arise, therefore, and build the sanctuary of Yahweh God, so that you may bring the ark H727 of the covenant of Yahweh and the holy vessels of God into the house that is to be built for the name of Yahweh.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 28:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:2 - Then King David rose to his feet and said, “Listen to me, my brothers and my people; I had it within my heart to build a house of rest for the ark H727 of the covenant of Yahweh and for the footstool of the feet of our God. So I had made preparations to build it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 28:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:18 - and for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the pattern of the chariot, even the cherubim that spread out their wings and covered the ark H727 of the covenant of Yahweh.
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