אֲרוֹן
a.ron
ark
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Hebrew word אֲרוֹן (aron) with the Strong's number H0727 carries a clear and straightforward meaning as an "ark". This noun appears an impressive 202 times throughout the Bible. In its various occurrences, the term commonly refers to a box or chest used for storing or housing valuable items. The range of its usage is considerable, as the aron is associated not only with sacred objects such as the Ten Commandments, but also with ordinary items like the tabernacle's furnishings. Furthermore, the aron can also represent the dwelling place or presence of God among his people, symbolizing protection, guidance, and divine nearness. The significance of this word lies in its representation of God's sacred presence and the connection it establishes between the divine and human realms. Its repeated emphasis in scripture underscores the importance of the God-human relationship and the notion that God has a physical, transcendent aspect.
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Occurrences in Scripture
202 total occurrences across the text — showing 50
So the king commanded, and they made a chest, and set it outside at the gate of Yahweh’s house.
2 Chronicles 24:10All the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and cast into the chest, until they had filled it.
2 Chronicles 24:11Whenever the chest was brought to the king’s officers by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king’s scribe and the chief priest’s officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to its place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.
2 Chronicles 24:11Whenever the chest was brought to the king’s officers by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king’s scribe and the chief priest’s officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to its place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.
2 Chronicles 35:3He said to the Levites who taught all Israel, who were holy to Yahweh, “Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel built. It will no longer be a burden on your shoulders. Now serve Yahweh your God, and his people Israel.
Psalms 132:8Arise, Yahweh, into your resting place, you, and the ark of your strength.
Jeremiah 3:16It will come to pass, when you are multiplied and increased in the land, in those days,” says Yahweh, “they will no longer say, ‘the ark of Yahweh’s covenant!’ It will not come to mind. They won’t remember it. They won’t miss it, nor will another be made.
1 Kings 8:21There I have set a place for the ark, in which is Yahweh’s covenant, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.”
Genesis 50:26So Joseph died, being one hundred ten years old, and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
Exodus 25:10“They shall make an ark of acacia wood. Its length shall be two and a half cubits, its width a cubit and a half, and a cubit and a half its height.
Exodus 25:14You shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry the ark.
Exodus 25:14You shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry the ark.
Exodus 25:15The poles shall be in the rings of the ark. They shall not be taken from it.
Exodus 25:16You shall put the covenant which I shall give you into the ark.
Exodus 25:21You shall put the mercy seat on top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the covenant that I will give you.
Exodus 25:21You shall put the mercy seat on top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the covenant that I will give you.
Exodus 25:22There I will meet with you, and I will tell you from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are on the ark of the covenant, all that I command you for the children of Israel.
Exodus 26:33You shall hang up the veil under the clasps, and shall bring the ark of the covenant in there within the veil. The veil shall separate the holy place from the most holy for you.
Exodus 26:34You shall put the mercy seat on the ark of the covenant in the most holy place.
Exodus 30:6You shall put it before the veil that is by the ark of the covenant, before the mercy seat that is over the covenant, where I will meet with you.
Exodus 30:26You shall use it to anoint the Tent of Meeting, the ark of the covenant,
Exodus 31:7the Tent of Meeting, the ark of the covenant, the mercy seat that is on it, all the furniture of the Tent,
Exodus 35:12the ark, and its poles, the mercy seat, the veil of the screen;
Exodus 37:1Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood. Its length was two and a half cubits, and its width a cubit and a half, and a cubit and a half its height.
Exodus 37:5He put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.
Exodus 37:5He put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.
Exodus 39:35the ark of the covenant with its poles, the mercy seat,
Exodus 40:3You shall put the ark of the covenant in it, and you shall screen the ark with the veil.
Exodus 40:3You shall put the ark of the covenant in it, and you shall screen the ark with the veil.
Exodus 40:5You shall set the golden altar for incense before the ark of the covenant, and put the screen of the door to the tabernacle.
Exodus 40:20He took and put the covenant into the ark, and set the poles on the ark, and put the mercy seat above on the ark.
Exodus 40:20He took and put the covenant into the ark, and set the poles on the ark, and put the mercy seat above on the ark.
Exodus 40:20He took and put the covenant into the ark, and set the poles on the ark, and put the mercy seat above on the ark.
Exodus 40:21He brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the veil of the screen, and screened the ark of the covenant, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
Exodus 40:21He brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the veil of the screen, and screened the ark of the covenant, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
Leviticus 16:2and Yahweh said to Moses, “Tell Aaron your brother not to come at just any time into the Most Holy Place within the veil, before the mercy seat which is on the ark; lest he die; for I will appear in the cloud on the mercy seat.
Numbers 3:31Their duty shall be the ark, the table, the lamp stand, the altars, the vessels of the sanctuary with which they minister, the screen, and all its service.
Numbers 4:5When the camp moves forward, Aaron shall go in with his sons; and they shall take down the veil of the screen, cover the ark of the Testimony with it,
Numbers 7:89When Moses went into the Tent of Meeting to speak with Yahweh, he heard his voice speaking to him from above the mercy seat that was on the ark of the Testimony, from between the two cherubim; and he spoke to him.
Numbers 10:33They set forward from the Mount of Yahweh three days’ journey. The ark of Yahweh’s covenant went before them three days’ journey, to seek out a resting place for them.
Numbers 10:35When the ark went forward, Moses said, “Rise up, Yahweh, and let your enemies be scattered! Let those who hate you flee before you!”
Numbers 14:44But they presumed to go up to the top of the mountain. Nevertheless, the ark of Yahweh’s covenant and Moses didn’t depart out of the camp.
Deuteronomy 10:1At that time Yahweh said to me, “Cut two stone tablets like the first, and come up to me onto the mountain, and make an ark of wood.
Deuteronomy 10:2I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets which you broke, and you shall put them in the ark.”
Deuteronomy 10:3So I made an ark of acacia wood, and cut two stone tablets like the first, and went up onto the mountain, having the two tablets in my hand.
Deuteronomy 10:5I turned and came down from the mountain, and put the tablets in the ark which I had made; and there they are as Yahweh commanded me.
Deuteronomy 10:8At that time Yahweh set apart the tribe of Levi to bear the ark of Yahweh’s covenant, to stand before Yahweh to minister to him, and to bless in his name, to this day.
Deuteronomy 31:9Moses wrote this law and delivered it to the priests the sons of Levi, who bore the ark of Yahweh’s covenant, and to all the elders of Israel.
Deuteronomy 31:25Moses commanded the Levites, who bore the ark of Yahweh’s covenant, saying,
Deuteronomy 31:26“Take this book of the law, and put it by the side of the ark of Yahweh your God’s covenant, that it may be there for a witness against you.