אָרוֹן
ʼârôwn · H727 · Hebrew · 202 occurrences
A word for 3 things
- Covenant Box, Ark of the CovenantReligion189 verses
- Treasury, strongroomJewish Temple70 verses
- Bier, coffinBurial and mourning3 verses
Meanings
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box, chest, coffin
Relatively large wooden box, used for storage
ExamplesGenesis 50:26 So Joseph died at the age of 110 years; and they embalmed him and placed him in a coffin in Egypt.
2 Kings 12:9 Instead, Jehoiada the priest took a chest and drilled a hole in its lid and put it beside the altar, on the right side as one comes into the house of the LORD; and the priests who guarded the threshold put in it all the money that was brought into the house of the LORD.
2 Kings 12:10 When they saw that there was a great amount of money in the chest, the king’s scribe and the high priest went up and tied it up in bags, and counted the money that was found in the house of the LORD.
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ark
Wooden box, overlaid with gold and with a golden cover with cherubs, normally placed behind the veil in the tabernacle or temple, but also carried along during military campaigns; symbolizing the presence of YHWH among his people and used to store the two tablets with the law of God and other objects representing important events in the history of Israel
ExamplesExodus 25:10 “Now they shall construct an ark of acacia wood two and a half cubits long, one and a half cubits wide, and one and a half cubits high.
Exodus 25:14 “You shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to carry the ark with them.
Exodus 25:15 “The poles shall remain in the rings of the ark; they shall not be removed from it.
How it’s used In 9 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
141 occurrences in 8 groups
- אֱלֹהִיםGod, gods 44
- בְּרִיתcovenant, treaty 41
- יְהֹוָהthe LORD, YHWH 37
- עֵדוּתtestimony, decree 12
- עֵץtree, wood 3
- עֹזstrength, might 2
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
7 occurrences in 4 groups
- בְּרִיתcovenant, treaty 2
- אֶחָדone 2
- קָרָאto call, to cry out 2
- עָשָׂהto do, to make 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- בְּרִיתcovenant, treaty 1
What it doesIt is the subject
29 occurrences in 10 groups
- יָשַׁבto dwell, to live, to sit 6
- בּוֹאto come, to go in, to bring 6
- לָקַחto take, to receive 5
- הָיָהto be, to become 3
- Other words · 6 groups that occur once or twice (9) 9
What is done to itIt is the object
84 occurrences in 24 groups
- נָשָׂאto lift up, to carry, to bear 17
- עָלָהto go up 15
- בּוֹאto come, to go in, to bring 10
- לָקַחto take, to receive 5
- עָשָׂהto do, to make 5
- סָבַבto turn, to go around, to surround 4
- Other words · 15 groups that occur once or twice (19) 19
What it is said to bePredicate
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- שָׁםthere 2
- יְרִיעָהcurtain, tent curtain 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- מִשְׁמֶרֶתcharge, duty, guard 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
41 occurrences in 7 groups
- עַלon, upon, over, against 24
- לto/for 15
- בin/on/with 11
- אֵלto, toward 8
- עִםwith 5
- אַחַרafter, behind 4
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
41 occurrences in 8 groups
- פָּנִיםface, presence, before 19
- נָשָׂאto lift up, to carry, to bear 14
- מָקוֹםplace 2
- צֵלָעrib 2
- טַבַּעַתring, signet ring 1
- מָנוֹחַrest 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 1 word
- κιβωτός kibōtós · G2787 · boat, ship, the ark
- Greek κιβωτός renders Hebrew אָרוֹן across both the Ark of the Covenant and Noah's ark contexts, representing direct translation equivalence for the chest/box semantic core.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Containers001003001001003
- אָרוֹן names a chest or box used to hold or enclose something — Joseph's coffin in Egypt, and far more often the ark of the covenant carried by poles through the wilderness.
Word family 8 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H727. aron אֲרוֺן, with article הָאָרֹן הָאָרוֺן,203 noun masculineExo 35:12 (feminine1Sa…
אֲרוֺן, with article הָאָרֹן הָאָרוֺן,203
noun masculineExo 35:12 (feminine1Sa 4:17; 2Ch 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 2Ki 12:10 2Ch 24:8; with article הָאָרוֺן Deu 10:2 +? Exodus Leviticus Numbers where הָאָרֹן (Exo 25:14 (twice in verse) + 13 t. Exodus; Lev 16:2; Num 3:31; Num 10:35); construct אֲרוֺןExo 25:10 +, אֲרֹן Exo 30:6; Num 4:5; Num 7:89 —
1 chest, for money-offerings 2Ki 12:10; 2Ki 12:11; 2Ch 24:8, 2Ch 24:10, 2Ch 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.) + Jdg 20:27; Jer 3:16; Psa 132:8; used alone & in various combinations (compare SeyringZAW 1891, 114 f.).
a. indefinite שִׁטִּים עֲצֵי אֲרוֺן an ark of shittim-wood Exo 25:10; Deu 10:3 compare Deu 10:1.
b. def. ׳הָא Exo 25:14 54t. (Hexateuch P, except Joshua J E; Samuel Kings Chronicles).
c. ׳א יהוה Jos 4:11 32t. Joshua (J E D) Samuel Kings Chronicles.
d. אֱלֹהִים ׳א 1Sa 3:3; 1Sa 4:11; ׳א הָאֱלֹהִים1Sa 4:13 32t. Samuel, Chronicles (but 1Sa 14:18 (twice in verse) read ᵐ5 הָאֵפוֺד We Dr), compare ׳א אֱלֹהֵינוּ 1Ch 13:3.
e. ׳א יִשְׂרָאֵל אלהי 1Sa 5:7 1Sa 5:6t. Samuel, term used only by Philistines; ׳א יִשְׂרָאֵל אלהי יהוה 1Ch 15:12, 1Ch 15:14; ׳א אֱלֹהֵיכֶם יהוה Jos 4:5 (JE); יהוה אֲדֹנָי ׳א 1Ki 2:26; ׳א כָּלהָֿאָרֶץ אֲדוֺן יחוה Jos 3:13 (J E D) compare כלהֿארץ אדון [הברית] ׳א Jos 3:11, where הברית (with article) is probably interpolated, see Di; only once & late the long phrase נִקְרָאשֵֿׁם אֲשֶׁר הַכְּרוּבִים ׳א יוֺשֵׁב יהוה האלהים 1Ch 13:6.
f. in combination with בְּרִית, largely D & under D's influence; הַבְּרִית ארון ark of the covenant Jos 3:6 (twice in verse); Jos 3:8; Jos 4:9; Jos 6:6 (all J E D); ׳א יהוה בְּרִית Num 10:33; Num 14:44 (both J) Deu 10:8; Deu 31:9, Deu 31:25; Jos 4:7, Jos 4:18; Jos 6:8; Jos 8:33; Jer 3:16-17t. Samuel Kings Chronicles; once longer ׳א י ׳בְּרִית הַכְּרֻבִים ישֵׁב צְבָאוֺת 1Sa 4:4; also ׳א הָאֱלֹהִים בְּרִית Jdg 20:27; 1Sa 4:4; 2Sa 15:24; 1Ch 16:6; & ׳א א ׳בְּרִית אלהיכם Deu 31:26; Jos 3:3.
g. הָעֵדוּת אֲרוֺן ark of the testimony, only in P, corresponding to ׳א בְּרִית (compare Di on Exo 25:16), Exo 25:22 Exo 25:8t. Exodus; Num 4:5; Num 7:84; Jos 4:16.
h. ׳א הַקֹּדֶשׁ2Ch 35:3.
i. ׳א עֻזֶּךָ֑ the ark of thy strength2Ch 6:41; Psa 132:8. — (compare also tables given by Seyringl.c. & his theory as to earliest designation of ark.)
אַרְנֶ֫בֶת see אנב.
ארניה see אֲרַוְנָה.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
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