Lexical Summary aron: a chest, ark Original Word: אָרוֹןTransliteration: aron Phonetic Spelling: (aw-rone') Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: a chest, ark Meaning: a chest, ark Strong's Concordance ark, chest, coffin Or laron {aw-rone'}; from 'arah (in the sense of gathering); a box -- ark, chest, coffin. see HEBREW 'arah Brown-Driver-Briggs H727. aron אֲרוֺן, with article הָאָרֹן הָאָרוֺן,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 , chest, so Aramaic , 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 t. Exodus; Leviticus 16:2; Numbers 3:31; 10:35); construct אֲרוֺןExodus 25:10 +, אֲרֹן 30:6; Numbers 4:5; 7:89 — 1 chest, for money-offerings 2 Kings 12:10; 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 t.) Samuel (61 t.) Kings (12 t.) & Chronicles (48 t.) + Judges 20:27; Jeremiah 3:16; Psalm 132:8; used alone & in various combinations (compare SeyringZAW 1891, 114 f.). a. indefinite שִׁטִּים עֲצֵי אֲרוֺן an ark of shittim-wood Exodus 25:10; Deuteronomy 10:3 compare 10:1. b. def. ׳הָא Exodus 25:14 54t. (Hexateuch P, except Joshua J E; Samuel Kings Chronicles). c. ׳א יהוה Joshua 4:11 32t. Joshua (J E D) Samuel Kings Chronicles. d. אֱלֹהִים ׳א 1 Samuel 3:3; 4:11; ׳א הָאֱלֹהִים4:13 32t. Samuel, Chronicles (but 14:18 (twice in verse) read ᵐ5 הָאֵפוֺד We Dr), compare ׳א אֱלֹהֵינוּ 1 Chronicles 13:3. e. ׳א יִשְׂרָאֵל אלהי 1 Samuel 5:7 6t. Samuel, term used only by Philistines; ׳א יִשְׂרָאֵל אלהי יהוה 1 Chronicles 15:12, 14; ׳א אֱלֹהֵיכֶם יהוה Joshua 4:5 (JE); יהוה אֲדֹנָי ׳א 1 Kings 2:26; ׳א כָּלהָֿאָרֶץ אֲדוֺן יחוה Joshua 3:13 (J E D) compare כלהֿארץ אדון [הברית] ׳א 3:11, where הברית (with article) is probably interpolated, see Di; only once & late the long phrase נִקְרָאשֵֿׁם אֲשֶׁר הַכְּרוּבִים ׳א יוֺשֵׁב יהוה האלהים 1 Chronicles 13:6. f. in combination with בְּרִית, largely D & under D's influence; הַבְּרִית ארון ark of the covenant Joshua 3:6 (twice in verse); 3:8; 4:9; 6:6 (all J E D); ׳א יהוה בְּרִית Numbers 10:33; 14:44 (both J) Deuteronomy 10:8; 31:9, 25; Joshua 4:7, 18; 6:8; 8:33; Jeremiah 3:16-17t. Samuel Kings Chronicles; once longer ׳א י ׳בְּרִית הַכְּרֻבִים ישֵׁב צְבָאוֺת 1 Samuel 4:4; also ׳א הָאֱלֹהִים בְּרִית Judges 20:27; 1 Samuel 4:4; 2 Samuel 15:24; 1 Chronicles 16:6; & ׳א א ׳בְּרִית אלהיכם Deuteronomy 31:26; Joshua 3:3. g. הָעֵדוּת אֲרוֺן ark of the testimony, only in P, corresponding to ׳א בְּרִית (compare Di on Exodus 25:16), 25:22 8t. Exodus; Numbers 4:5; 7:84; Joshua 4:16. h. ׳א הַקֹּדֶשׁ2 Chronicles 35:3. i. ׳א עֻזֶּךָ֑ the ark of thy strength2 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. |