Genesis 6:14
Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
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Ark
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Revelation 11:19
And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.
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אָרוֹן
ʼârôwn · aw-rone'
195 times translated as this KJV form202 total Strong's occurrences
a box
Strong's KJV usage: ark, chest, coffin.
Strong's first: Exodus 25:10Strong's last: Jeremiah 3:16
Open full H727 profile →תֵּבָה
têbâh · tay-baw'
28 times translated as this KJV form28 total Strong's occurrences
a box
Strong's KJV usage: ark.
Strong's first: Genesis 6:14Strong's last: Exodus 2:5
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kibōtós · kib-o-tos'
6 times translated as this KJV form6 total Strong's occurrences
a box, i.e. the sacred ark and that of Noah
Strong's KJV usage: :--ark.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 24:38Strong's last: Revelation 11:19
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H727
And the ark of the LORD was in the country of the Philistines seven months.
H727
And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, What shall we do to the ark of the LORD? tell us wherewith we shall send it to his place.
H727
And they said, If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, send it not empty; but in any wise return him a trespass offering: then ye shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is not removed from you.
H727
And take the ark of the LORD, and lay it upon the cart; and put the jewels of gold, which ye return him for a trespass offering, in a coffer by the side thereof; and send it away, that it may go.
H727
And they laid the ark of the LORD upon the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their emerods.
H727
And they of Bethshemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley: and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it.
H727
And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD, and the coffer that was with it, wherein the jewels of gold were, and put them on the great stone: and the men of Bethshemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day unto the LORD.
H727
And the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fenced cities, and of country villages, even unto the great stone of Abel, whereon they set down the ark of the LORD: which stone remaineth unto this day in the field of Joshua, the Bethshemite.
H727
And he smote the men of Bethshemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the LORD, even he smote of the people fifty thousand and threescore and ten men: and the people lamented, because the LORD had smitten many of the people with a great slaughter.
H727
And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kirjathjearim, saying, The Philistines have brought again the ark of the LORD; come ye down, and fetch it up to you.
H727
And the men of Kirjathjearim came, and fetched up the ark of the LORD, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the LORD.
H727
And the men of Kirjathjearim came, and fetched up the ark of the LORD, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the LORD.
H727
And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjathjearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after the LORD.
H727
And Saul said unto Ahiah, Bring hither the ark of God. For the ark of God was at that time with the children of Israel.
H727
And Saul said unto Ahiah, Bring hither the ark of God. For the ark of God was at that time with the children of Israel.
H727
And David arose, and went with all the people that were with him from Baale of Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God, whose name is called by the name of the LORD of hosts that dwelleth between the cherubims.
H727
And they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab that was in Gibeah: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drave the new cart.
H727
And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab which was at Gibeah, accompanying the ark of God: and Ahio went before the ark.
H727
And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab which was at Gibeah, accompanying the ark of God: and Ahio went before the ark.
H727
And when they came to Nachon's threshingfloor, Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen shook it.
H727
And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God.
H727
And David was afraid of the LORD that day, and said, How shall the ark of the LORD come to me?
H727
So David would not remove the ark of the LORD unto him into the city of David: but David carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite.
H727
And the ark of the LORD continued in the house of Obededom the Gittite three months: and the LORD blessed Obededom, and all his household.
H727
And it was told king David, saying, The LORD hath blessed the house of Obededom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obededom into the city of David with gladness.
English meaning and historical usage.
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ark
'ARK, noun [Latin arca.]
1. A small close vessel, chest or coffer, such as that which was the repository of the tables of the covenant among the Jews. This was about three feet nine inches in length. The lid was the propitiatory, or mercy seat, over which were the cherubs. The vessel in which Moses was set afloat upon the Nile was an ark of bulrushes.
2. The large floating vessel, in which Noah and his family were preserved, during the deluge.
3. A depository.
Arise, O Lord, into thy rest, thou and the ark of thy strength. Psalms 132:8.
4. A large boat used on American rivers, to transport produce to market.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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