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Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #727 - אָרֹן
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
- chest, ark
- money chest
- Ark of the Covenant
- 2)(TWOT) coffin
- Book
- Word
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this Strong's Number
1020) ra (אר AR) AC: Order CO: Box AB: ?: Boxes are used to store items and keep them in order. Light is also necessary for order. (eng: order - with the addition of "der" also meaning order in Hebrew)
H) era (ארה ARH) AC: Gather CO: Box AB: ?: A gathering of items or livestock to place in a box or pen.
V) era (ארה ARH) - Gather: To gather up something to place in a box or other container. KJV (2): (vf: Paal) pluck, gather - Strongs: H717 (אָרָה)
Nf1) erfa (אורה AWRH) - Stall: A box for the livestock. KJV (1): cote - Strongs: H220 (אֲוֵרָה)
ff1) eira (אריה ARYH) - Stall: A box for the livestock. [df: hwra] KJV (3): stall - Strongs: H723 (אֻרְיָה)
jm ) nfra (ארונ ARWN) - Box: Any boxed shaped object. KJV (202): ark, chest, coffin - Strongs: H727 (אָרֹן)
J) rfa (אור AWR) AC: ? CO: Light AB: ?
V) rfa (אור AWR) - Light: To be light or bright. KJV (43): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil) light, enlightened - Strongs: H215 (אוֹר)
Nf) rfa (אור AWR) - Light: The light from the sun, moon, stars, fire, candle or other giver of light [freq129] - Strongs:
Nf1) erfa (אורה AWRH) - Light: KJV (4): herbs, light - Strongs: H219 (אוֹרָה)
am) rfam (מאור MAWR) - Light: What gives off light. KJV (19): light, bright - Strongs: H3974 (מְאֹרָה)
kf1) erfam (מאורה MAWRH) - Den: The entrance has a lighted hole when viewed from inside. KJV (1): den - Strongs: H3975 (מְאוּרָה)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
noun masculine Exodus 35:12 ( feminine 1 Samuel 4:17; 2 Chronicles 8:11) chest, ark (Phoenician ארן, sarcophagus, Assyrian êrênu (& êrû) chest Zim BP 6,22, Arabic , chest, so Aramaic , also Nabataean ארנא, Vog p. 102, Phoenician; Mishna also plural ארונות) — only singular; absolute אֲרוֺן 2 Kings 12:10 2 Chronicles 24:8; with article הָאָרוֺן Deuteronomy 10:2 #NAME? Exodus Leviticus Numbers where הָאָרֹן ( Exodus 25:14 (twice in verse) + 13t. 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 (71t.) Samuel (61t.) Kings (12t.) & Chronicles (48t.) + Judges 20:27; Jeremiah 3:16; Psalm 132:8; used alone & in various combinations (compare Seyring ZAW 1891,114f.).
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 54t. (Hexateuch P, except Joshua J E; Samuel Kings Chronicles).
c.יהוה ׳א Joshua 4:11 32t. Joshua (J E D) Samuel Kings Chronicles.
d.׳א אֱלֹהִים 1 Samuel 3:3; 1 Samuel 4:11; הָאֱלֹהִים׳א 1 Samuel 4:13 32t. Samuel, Chronicles (but 1 Samuel 14:18 (twice in verse) read הָאֵפוֺדᵐ5 We Dr), compare אֱלֹהֵינוּ׳א 1 Chronicles 13:3.
e. אלהי יִשְׂרָאֵל׳א 1 Samuel 5:7 6t. Samuel, term used only by Philistines; יהוה אלהי יִשְׂרָאֵל׳א 1 Chronicles 15:12,14; יהוה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם׳א Joshua 4:5 (JE); ׳אאֲדֹנָי יהוה 1 Kings 2:26; יחוה אֲדוֺן כָּלהָֿאָרֶץ׳א Joshua 3:13 (J E D) compare אדון כלהֿארץ [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 נִקְרָאשֵֿׁם 1 Chronicles 13:6.
f. in combination withבְּרִית, 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 17t. 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 8t. 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.)
אַרְנֶ֫בֶת see אנב.
ארניה see אֲרַוְנָה.