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H0727

אֲרוֹן

a.ronH:N-M

ark

1) chest, ark 1a) money chest 1b) Ark of the Covenant 2)(TWOT) coffin

The KJV translates H0727 in the following manner:

ark (390x), chest (12x), coffin (2x)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

אֲרוֺן, with article הָאָרוֺן, הָאָרֹן203 noun masculineExod 35:12 (feminine1Sam 4:17; 2Chr 8:11) chest, ark (Phoenician ארן, sarcophagus, Assyrian êrênu (& êrû) chest ZimBP 6, 22, Arabic , chest, so Aramaic , also Nabataean ארנא, Vogp. 102, Phoenician; Mishna also plural ארונות) — only singular; absolute אֲרוֺן 2Kgs 12:10 = 2Chr 24:8 with article הָאָרוֺן Deut 10:2 + always except Exodus Leviticus Numbers where הָאָרֹן (Exod 25:14 (twice in verse) + 13 t. Exodus; Lev 16:2; Num 3:31; Num 10:35); construct אֲרוֺןExod 25:10 +, אֲרֹן Exod 30:6; Num 4:5; Num 7:89 —

1. chest, for money-offerings 2Kgs 12:10; 2Kgs 12:11; 2Chr 24:8; 2Chr 24:10; 2Chr 24:11 (twice in verse).
2. sarcophagus, mummy-case of Joseph Gen 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 t.) Samuel (61 t.) Kings (12 t.) & Chronicles (48 t.) + Judg 20:27; Jer 3:16; Ps 132:8 used alone & in various combinations (compare SeyringZAW 1891, 114 f.).
  a. indefinite אֲרוֺן עֲצֵי שִׁטִּים an ark of shittim-wood Exod 25:10; Deut 10:3 compare vDeut 10:1.
  b. def. ׳הָא Exod 25:14 + 54 t. (Hexateuch P, except Joshua J E; Samuel Kings Chronicles).
  c. יהוה ׳א Josh 4:11 + 32 t. Joshua (J E D) Samuel Kings Chronicles.
  d. ׳א אֱלֹהִים 1Sam 3:3; 1Sam 4:11 הָאֱלֹהִים ׳א1Sam 4:13 + 32 t. Samuel, Chronicles (but 1Sam 14:18 (twice in verse) read הָאֵפוֺד ᵐ5 We Dr), compare אֱלֹהֵינוּ ׳א 1Chr 13:3.
  e. אלהי יִשְׂרָאֵל ׳א 1Sam 5:7 + 6 t. Samuel, term used only by Philistines; יהוה אלהי יִשְׂרָאֵל ׳א 1Chr 15:12; 1Chr 15:14 יהוה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם ׳א Josh 4:5 (JE); ׳א אֲדֹנָי יהוה 1Kgs 2:26 יחוה אֲדוֺן כָּלהָֿאָרֶץ ׳א Josh 3:13 (J E D) compare אדון כלהֿארץ [הברית] ׳א vJosh 3:11, where הברית (with article) is probably interpolated, see Di; only once & late the long phrase האלהים יהוה יוֺשֵׁב ׳א הַכְּרוּבִים אֲשֶׁר נִקְרָאשֵֿׁם 1Chr 13:6. feminine in combination with בְּרִית, largely D & under D's influence; ארון הַבְּרִית ark of the covenant Josh 3:6 (twice in verse); Josh 3:8; Josh 4:9; Josh 6:6 (all J E D); בְּרִית יהוה ׳א Num 10:33; Num 14:44 (both J) Deut 10:8; Deut 31:9; Deut 31:25; Josh 4:7; Josh 4:18; Josh 6:8; Josh 8:33; Jer 3:16 + 17 t. Samuel Kings Chronicles; once longer צְבָאוֺת ישֵׁב הַכְּרֻבִים ׳בְּרִית י ׳א 1Sam 4:4 also בְּרִית הָאֱלֹהִים ׳א Judg 20:27; 1Sam 4:4; 2Sam 15:24; 1Chr 16:6 & אלהיכם ׳בְּרִית א ׳א Deut 31:26; Josh 3:3.
  g. אֲרוֺן הָעֵדוּת ark of the testimony, only in P, corresponding to בְּרִית ׳א (compare Di on Exod 25:16), Exod 25:22 + 8 t. Exodus; Num 4:5; Num 7:84; Josh 4:16.
  h. הַקֹּדֶשׁ ׳א 2Chr 35:3.
  i. עֻזֶּךָ֑ ׳א the ark of thy strength 2Chr 6:41; Ps 132:8. — (compare also tables given by Seyringl.c. & his theory as to earliest designation of ark.)

אַרְנֶ֫בֶת see אנב.

ארניה see אֲרַוְנָה.

161 occurrences

Genesis (1), Exodus (19), Leviticus (1), Numbers (6), Deuteronomy (7), Joshua (22), Judges (1), I Samuel (32), II Samuel (17), I Kings (10), I Chronicles (29), II Chronicles (14), Psalms (1), Jeremiah (1)