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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 40 times in 33 verses in '1Sa' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:3 - The lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the house of the LORD, where the ark of God was.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:3 - When the soldiers returned to camp, the elders of Israel asked, “Why did the LORD bring defeat on us today before the Philistines? Let us bring the ark of the LORD’s covenant from Shiloh, so that he may go with us and save us from the hand of our enemies.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:4 - So the people sent men to Shiloh, and they brought back the ark of the covenant of the LORD Almighty, who is enthroned between the cherubim. And Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:5 - When the ark of the LORD’s covenant came into the camp, all Israel raised such a great shout that the ground shook.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:6 - Hearing the uproar, the Philistines asked, “What’s all this shouting in the Hebrew camp?” When they learned that the ark of the LORD had come into the camp,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:11 - The ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:13 - When he arrived, there was Eli sitting on his chair by the side of the road, watching, because his heart feared for the ark of God. When the man entered the town and told what had happened, the whole town sent up a cry.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:17 - The man who brought the news replied, “Israel fled before the Philistines, and the army has suffered heavy losses. Also your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God has been captured.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:18 - When he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell backward off his chair by the side of the gate. His neck was broken and he died, for he was an old man, and he was heavy. He had led[fn] Israel forty years.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:19 - His daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant and near the time of delivery. When she heard the news that the ark of God had been captured and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she went into labor and gave birth, but was overcome by her labor pains.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:21 - She named the boy Ichabod,[fn] saying, “The Glory has departed from Israel”—because of the capture of the ark of God and the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:22 - She said, “The Glory has departed from Israel, for the ark of God has been captured.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 5:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:1 - After the Philistines had captured the ark of God, they took it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 5:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:2 - Then they carried the ark into Dagon’s temple and set it beside Dagon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 5:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:3 - When the people of Ashdod rose early the next day, there was Dagon, fallen on his face on the ground before the ark of the LORD! They took Dagon and put him back in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 5:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:4 - But the following morning when they rose, there was Dagon, fallen on his face on the ground before the ark of the LORD! His head and hands had been broken off and were lying on the threshold; only his body remained.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 5:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:7 - When the people of Ashdod saw what was happening, they said, “The ark of the god of Israel must not stay here with us, because his hand is heavy on us and on Dagon our god.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 5:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:8 - So they called together all the rulers of the Philistines and asked them, “What shall we do with the ark of the god of Israel?” They answered, “Have the ark of the god of Israel moved to Gath.” So they moved the ark of the God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 5:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:10 - So they sent the ark of God to Ekron. As the ark of God was entering Ekron, the people of Ekron cried out, “They have brought the ark of the god of Israel around to us to kill us and our people.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 5:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:11 - So they called together all the rulers of the Philistines and said, “Send the ark of the god of Israel away; let it go back to its own place, or it[fn] will kill us and our people.” For death had filled the city with panic; God’s hand was very heavy on it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:1 - When the ark of the LORD had been in Philistine territory seven months,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:2 - the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners and said, “What shall we do with the ark of the LORD? Tell us how we should send it back to its place.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:3 - They answered, “If you return the ark of the god of Israel, do not send it back to him without a gift; by all means send a guilt offering to him. Then you will be healed, and you will know why his hand has not been lifted from you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:8 - Take the ark of the LORD and put it on the cart, and in a chest beside it put the gold objects you are sending back to him as a guilt offering. Send it on its way,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:11 - They placed the ark of the LORD on the cart and along with it the chest containing the gold rats and the models of the tumors.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:13 - Now the people of Beth Shemesh were harvesting their wheat in the valley, and when they looked up and saw the ark, they rejoiced at the sight.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:15 - The Levites took down the ark of the LORD, together with the chest containing the gold objects, and placed them on the large rock. On that day the people of Beth Shemesh offered burnt offerings and made sacrifices to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:18 - And the number of the gold rats was according to the number of Philistine towns belonging to the five rulers—the fortified towns with their country villages. The large rock on which the Levites set the ark of the LORD is a witness to this day in the field of Joshua of Beth Shemesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:19 - But God struck down some of the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh, putting seventy[fn] of them to death because they looked into the ark of the LORD. The people mourned because of the heavy blow the LORD had dealt them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:21 - Then they sent messengers to the people of Kiriath Jearim, saying, “The Philistines have returned the ark of the LORD. Come down and take it up to your town.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 7:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:1 - So the men of Kiriath Jearim came and took up the ark of the LORD. They brought it to Abinadab’s house on the hill and consecrated Eleazar his son to guard the ark of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 7:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:2 - The ark remained at Kiriath Jearim a long time—twenty years in all. Then all the people of Israel turned back to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:18 - Saul said to Ahijah, “Bring the ark of God.” (At that time it was with the Israelites.)[fn]
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