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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 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 - So Joseph died at the age of a hundred and ten. And after they embalmed him, he was placed in a coffin in Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:10 - “Have them make an ark[fn] of acacia wood—two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:14 - Insert the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:15 - The poles are to remain in the rings of this ark; they are not to be removed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:16 - Then put in the ark the tablets of the covenant law, which I will give you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:21 - Place the cover on top of the ark and put in the ark the tablets of the covenant law that I will give you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:22 - There, above the cover between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the covenant law, I will meet with you and give you all my commands for the Israelites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:33 - Hang the curtain from the clasps and place the ark of the covenant law behind the curtain. The curtain will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:34

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:34 - Put the atonement cover on the ark of the covenant law in the Most Holy Place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:6 - Put the altar in front of the curtain that shields the ark of the covenant law—before the atonement cover that is over the tablets of the covenant law—where I will meet with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:26 - Then use it to anoint the tent of meeting, the ark of the covenant law,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 31:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:7 - the tent of meeting, the ark of the covenant law with the atonement cover on it, and all the other furnishings of the tent—

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:12 - the ark with its poles and the atonement cover and the curtain that shields it;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:1 - Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood—two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:5 - And he inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:35 - the ark of the covenant law with its poles and the atonement cover;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:3 - Place the ark of the covenant law in it and shield the ark with the curtain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:5 - Place the gold altar of incense in front of the ark of the covenant law and put the curtain at the entrance to the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:20 - He took the tablets of the covenant law and placed them in the ark, attached the poles to the ark and put the atonement cover over it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:21 - Then he brought the ark into the tabernacle and hung the shielding curtain and shielded the ark of the covenant law, as the LORD commanded him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:2 - The LORD said to Moses: “Tell your brother Aaron that he is not to come whenever he chooses into the Most Holy Place behind the curtain in front of the atonement cover on the ark, or else he will die. For I will appear in the cloud over the atonement cover.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:31 - They were responsible for the care of the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, the articles of the sanctuary used in ministering, the curtain, and everything related to their use.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:5 - When the camp is to move, Aaron and his sons are to go in and take down the shielding curtain and put it over the ark of the covenant law.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:89

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:89 - When Moses entered the tent of meeting to speak with the LORD, he heard the voice speaking to him from between the two cherubim above the atonement cover on the ark of the covenant law. In this way the LORD spoke to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 10:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:33 - So they set out from the mountain of the LORD and traveled for three days. The ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them during those three days to find them a place to rest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 10:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:35 - Whenever the ark set out, Moses said, “Rise up, LORD! May your enemies be scattered; may your foes flee before you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:44

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:44 - Nevertheless, in their presumption they went up toward the highest point in the hill country, though neither Moses nor the ark of the LORD’s covenant moved from the camp.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:1 - At that time the LORD said to me, “Chisel out two stone tablets like the first ones and come up to me on the mountain. Also make a wooden ark.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:2 - I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke. Then you are to put them in the ark.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:3 - So I made the ark out of acacia wood and chiseled out two stone tablets like the first ones, and I went up on the mountain with the two tablets in my hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:5 - Then I came back down the mountain and put the tablets in the ark I had made, as the LORD commanded me, and they are there now.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:8 - At that time the LORD set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to minister and to pronounce blessings in his name, as they still do today.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:9 - So Moses wrote down this law and gave it to the Levitical priests, who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and to all the elders of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:25 - he gave this command to the Levites who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD:

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:26 - “Take this Book of the Law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God. There it will remain as a witness against you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:3 - giving orders to the people: “When you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the Levitical priests carrying it, you are to move out from your positions and follow it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:6 - Joshua said to the priests, “Take up the ark of the covenant and pass on ahead of the people.” So they took it up and went ahead of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:8 - Tell the priests who carry the ark of the covenant: ‘When you reach the edge of the Jordan’s waters, go and stand in the river.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:11 - See, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth will go into the Jordan ahead of you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:13 - And as soon as the priests who carry the ark of the LORD—the Lord of all the earth—set foot in the Jordan, its waters flowing downstream will be cut off and stand up in a heap.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:14 - So when the people broke camp to cross the Jordan, the priests carrying the ark of the covenant went ahead of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:15 - Now the Jordan is at flood stage all during harvest. Yet as soon as the priests who carried the ark reached the Jordan and their feet touched the water’s edge,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:17 - The priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD stopped in the middle of the Jordan and stood on dry ground, while all Israel passed by until the whole nation had completed the crossing on dry ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:5 - and said to them, “Go over before the ark of the LORD your God into the middle of the Jordan. Each of you is to take up a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the Israelites,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:7 - tell them that the flow of the Jordan was cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD. When it crossed the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. These stones are to be a memorial to the people of Israel forever.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:9 - Joshua set up the twelve stones that had been[fn] in the middle of the Jordan at the spot where the priests who carried the ark of the covenant had stood. And they are there to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:10 - Now the priests who carried the ark remained standing in the middle of the Jordan until everything the LORD had commanded Joshua was done by the people, just as Moses had directed Joshua. The people hurried over,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:11 - and as soon as all of them had crossed, the ark of the LORD and the priests came to the other side while the people watched.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:16 - “Command the priests carrying the ark of the covenant law to come up out of the Jordan.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:18 - And the priests came up out of the river carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD. No sooner had they set their feet on the dry ground than the waters of the Jordan returned to their place and ran at flood stage as before.

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