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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

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Strong's Number H727 matches the Hebrew אָרוֹן ('ārôn),
which occurs 30 times in 25 verses in 'Jos' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:3 - and they commanded the people, saying, “When you see the ark H727 of the covenant of Yahweh your God with the Levitical priests carrying it, then you shall set out from your place and go after it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:6 - And Joshua spoke to the priests, saying, “Carry the ark H727 of the covenant and cross over ahead of the people.” So they carried the ark H727 of the covenant and went ahead of the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:8 - “Moreover, you shall command the priests who are carrying the ark H727 of the covenant, saying, ‘When you come to the edge of the waters of the Jordan, you shall stand still in the Jordan.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:11 - “Behold, the ark H727 of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth is crossing over ahead of you into the Jordan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:13 - “And it will be that when the soles of the feet of the priests who carry the ark H727 of Yahweh, the Lord of all the earth, rest in the waters of the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan will be cut off, and the waters which are [fn]flowing down from above [fn]will stand in one heap.”

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So it happened that when the people set out from their tents to cross the Jordan with the priests carrying the ark H727 of the covenant before the people,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:15 - and when those who carried the ark H727 came into the Jordan, and the feet of the priests carrying the ark H727 were dipped in the edge of the water (for the Jordan overflows all its banks all the days of harvest),

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:17 - And the priests who carried the ark H727 of the covenant of Yahweh stood firm on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan while all Israel crossed on dry ground until all the nation had completed crossing the Jordan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:5 - and Joshua said to them, “[fn]Cross again before the ark H727 of Yahweh your God into the middle of the Jordan, and each of you carry a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Israel,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:7 - then you shall say to them, ‘Because the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark H727 of the covenant of Yahweh; when it crossed the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off.’ So these stones shall become a memorial to the sons of Israel forever.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:9 - But Joshua set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan at the place where the feet of the priests who carried the ark H727 of the covenant were standing, and they are there to this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:10 - Now the priests who carried the ark H727 were standing in the middle of the Jordan until everything was completed that Yahweh had commanded Joshua to speak to the people, according to all that Moses had commanded Joshua. And the people hurried and crossed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:11 - And it happened when all the people had completed crossing, that the ark H727 of Yahweh and the priests crossed before the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:16 - “Command the priests who carry the ark H727 of the testimony that they come up from the Jordan.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:18 - So it happened when the priests who carried the ark H727 of the covenant of Yahweh had come up from the middle of the Jordan, and the soles of the priests’ feet were [fn]lifted up to the dry ground, that the waters of the Jordan returned to their place and went over all its banks as before.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:4 - “Also seven priests shall carry seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark H727; then on the seventh day you shall march around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:6 -

So Joshua the son of Nun called the priests and said to them, “Carry the ark H727 of the covenant, and let seven priests carry seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark H727 of Yahweh.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:7 - Then [fn]he said to the people, “Go forward, and march around the city, and let the armed men go on before the ark H727 of Yahweh.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:8 - And so it happened that, when Joshua had spoken to the people, the seven priests carrying the seven trumpets of rams’ horns before Yahweh passed on forward and blew the trumpets; and the ark H727 of the covenant of Yahweh came after them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:9 - And the armed men went before the priests who blew the trumpets, and the rear guard came after the ark H727, while they continued to blow the trumpets.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:11 - So he had the ark H727 of Yahweh [fn]taken around the city, circling it once; then they came into the camp and spent the night in the camp.

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Then Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests carried the ark H727 of Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:13 - And the seven priests carrying the seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark H727 of Yahweh went on continually and blew the trumpets; and the armed men went before them, and the rear guard came after the ark H727 of Yahweh, and they continued to blow the trumpets.

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Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell to the earth on his face before the ark H727 of Yahweh until the evening, both he and the elders of Israel; and they put dust on their heads.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:33 - And all Israel with their elders and officers and their judges were standing on both sides of the ark H727 before the Levitical priests who carried the ark H727 of the covenant of Yahweh, the sojourner as well as the native. Half of them stood in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, just as Moses the servant of Yahweh had given a command at first to bless the people of Israel.
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