Ark
אֲרוֹןStrong’s H0727aron (a-ron)
Appears in 174 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Aron is the Hebrew word usually translated “ark of”, “ark” and “chest”. It appears in 174 verses of the Old Testament.
“So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.”
Meaning
- Chest, arkmoney chest · Ark of the Covenant
- (TWOT) coffin
How it's translated
- ark of 123
- the ark 47
- and ark of 9
- in the ark 4
- an ark of 3
- for the ark 3
- to ark of 2
- a chest 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Samuel 33
- 1 Chronicles 31
- Joshua 25
- Exodus 19
- 2 Samuel 18
- 2 Chronicles 16
15 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 25:10And they shall make an ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.
- Exodus 25:14And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them.
- Exodus 25:15The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken from it.
- Exodus 25:16And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee.
- Exodus 25:21And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.
- Exodus 25:22And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.
All 174 verses, by book
- Genesis 1
- 50:26
- Leviticus 1
- 16:2
- Judges 1
- 20:27
- 1 Samuel 33
- 3:34:34:44:54:64:114:134:174:184:194:214:225:15:25:35:45:75:85:105:116:16:26:36:86:116:136:156:186:196:217:17:214:18
- 1 Chronicles 31
- 6:3113:313:513:613:713:913:1013:1213:1313:1415:115:215:315:1215:1415:1515:2315:2415:2515:2615:2715:2815:2916:116:416:616:3717:122:1928:228:18
- Psalms 1
- 132:8
- Jeremiah 1
- 3:16
Hebrew dictionary
אֲרוֹן aron · ark
1) chest, ark 1a) money chest 1b) Ark of the Covenant 2)(TWOT) coffin
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “ark” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
'ARK, noun
[Latin arca.]
- A small close vessel, chest or coffer, such as that which was the repository of the tables of the covenant among the Jews.
- The large floating vessel, in which Noah and his family were preserved, during the deluge.
- A depository.“Arise, O Lord, into thy rest, thou and the ark of thy strength” Psalms 132:8
- A large boat used on American rivers, to transport produce to market.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.