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Lexicon :: Strong's H727 - 'ārôn

Aa
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 1 / 4 (Gen 50:26–Jos 4:18)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:26 - So Joseph came to his death, being a hundred and ten years old: and they made his body ready, and he was put in a chest in Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:10 - And they are to make an ark of hard wood; two and a half cubits long, and a cubit and a half wide and high.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:14 - And put the rods through the rings at the sides of the ark, for lifting it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:15 - The rods are to be kept in the rings, and never taken out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:16 - Inside the ark you are to put the record which I will give you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:21 - And put the cover over the ark, and in the ark the record which I will give you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:22 - And there, between the two winged ones on the cover of the ark, I will come to you, face to face, and make clear to you all the orders I have to give you for the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:33 - And you are to put up the veil under the hooks, and put inside it the ark of the law: the veil is to be a division between the holy place and the most holy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:34

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:34 - You are to put the cover on the ark of the law, inside the most holy place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:6 - And let it be placed in front of the veil before the ark of the law, before the cover which is over the law, where I will come face to face with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:26 - This oil is to be put on the Tent of meeting, and on the ark of the law,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:7 - The Tent of meeting, and the ark of the law, and the cover which is on it, and all the things for the tent,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:12 - The ark with its cover and its rods and the veil hanging before it;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:1 - And Bezalel made the ark of hard wood, two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide and a cubit and a half high;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:5 - These rods he put in the rings at the sides of the ark, for lifting it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:35 - The ark of the law, with its rods and its cover;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:3 - And inside it put the ark of the law, hanging the veil before it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:5 - And put the gold altar for burning perfumes in front of the ark of the law, hanging the curtain over the doorway of the House.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:20 - And he took the law and put it inside the ark, and put the rods at its side and the cover over it;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:21 - And he took the ark into the House, hanging up the veil before it as the Lord had given him orders.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:2 - The Lord said to Moses, Say to Aaron, your brother, that he may not come at all times into the holy place inside the veil, before the cover which is on the ark, for fear that death may overtake him; for I will be seen in the cloud on the cover of the ark.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:31 - In their care are the ark, and the table, and the lights, and the altars, and all the vessels used in the holy place, and the veil, and all they are used for.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:5 - When all the people go forward, Aaron is to go in with his sons, and take down the veil of the curtain, covering the ark of witness with it;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:89

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:89 - And when Moses went into the Tent of meeting to have talk with him, then the Voice came to his ears from over the cover which was on the ark of witness, from between the two winged ones. And he had talk with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:33 - So they went forward three days' journey from the mountain of the Lord; and the ark of the Lord's agreement went three days' journey before them, looking for a resting-place for them;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:35 - And when the ark went forward Moses said, Come up, O Lord, and let the armies of those who are against you be broken, and let your haters go in flight before you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:44

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:44 - But they gave no attention to his words and went to the top of the mountain, though Moses and the ark of the Lord's agreement did not go out of the tent-circle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:1 - At that time the Lord said to me, Make two other stones, cut like the first two, and come up to me on the mountain, and make an ark of wood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:2 - And I will put on the stones the words which were on the first stones which were broken by you, and you are to put them into the ark.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:3 - So I made an ark of hard wood, and had two stones cut like the others, and went up the mountain with the stones in my hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:5 - And turning round I came down from the mountain and put the stones in the ark which I had made; and there they are as the Lord gave me orders.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:8 - At that time the Lord had the tribe of Levi marked out to take up the ark of the Lord's agreement, to be before the Lord and to do his work and to give blessings in his name, to this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:9 - Then Moses put all this law in writing, and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who take up the ark of the Lord's agreement, and to all the responsible men of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:25 - Moses said to the Levites who were responsible for taking up the ark of the Lord's agreement,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:26 - Take this book of the law and put it by the ark of the Lord's agreement, so that it may be a witness against you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:3 - Giving the people their orders, and saying, When you see the ark of the agreement of the Lord your God lifted up by the priests, the Levites, then get up from your places and go after it;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:6 - Then Joshua said to the priests, Take up the ark of the agreement and go over in front of the people. So they took up the ark of the agreement and went in front of the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:8 - And you are to give orders to the priests who take up the ark of the agreement, and say, When you come to the edge of the waters of Jordan, go no further.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:11 - See, the ark of the agreement of the Lord of all the earth is going over before you into Jordan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:13 - And when the feet of the priests who take up the ark of the Lord, the Lord of all the earth, come to rest in the waters of Jordan, the waters of Jordan will be cut off, all the waters flowing down from higher up, and will come together in a mass.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:14 - So when the people went out from their tents to go over Jordan, the priests who took up the ark of the agreement were in front of the people;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:15 - And when those who took up the ark came to Jordan, and the feet of the priests who took up the ark were touching the edge of the water (for the waters of Jordan are overflowing all through the time of the grain-cutting),

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:17 - And the priests who took up the ark of the agreement of the Lord kept their places, with their feet on dry land in the middle of Jordan, while all Israel went over on dry land, till all the nation had gone over Jordan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:5 - And he said to them, Go over before the ark of the Lord your God into the middle of Jordan, and let every one of you take up a stone on his back, one for every tribe of the children of Israel:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:7 - Then you will say to them, Because the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the Lord's agreement; when it went over Jordan the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones will be a sign for the children of Israel, keeping it in their memory for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:9 - And Joshua put up twelve stones in the middle of Jordan, where the feet of the priests who took up the ark of the agreement had been placed: and there they are to this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:10 - For the priests who took up the ark kept there in the middle of Jordan till all the orders given to Joshua by Moses from the Lord had been done: then the people went over quickly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:11 - And when all the people had come to the other side, the ark of the Lord went over, and the priests, before the eyes of the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:16 - Give orders to the priests who take up the ark of witness, to come up out of Jordan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:18 - And when the priests who took up the ark of the Lord's agreement came up out of Jordan and their feet came out on to dry land, the waters of Jordan went back to their place, overflowing its edges as before.

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