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a.ron H727

אֲרוֹן (a.ron) means “ark” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

אֲרוֹן Hebrew · H727 202 tagged occurrences in 174 verses

Pronunciation guide: aw-rone' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H0727

אֲרוֹן · a.ron · ark

1) chest, ark 1a) money chest 1b) Ark of the Covenant 2)(TWOT) coffin

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

or אָרֹן; from H717 (אָרָה) (in the sense of gathering); a box

KJV glosses: ark, chest, coffin.

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How translators render H727

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
the ark 137
of the ark 13
it 5
and the ark 4
for the ark 4
in the ark 4
with the ark 4
an ark 3
as the ark 3
ark 2
chest 2
in the chest 2
the chest 2
thus the ark 2
while the ark 2
after the ark 1
and had the ark 1
but as it 1
can the ark 1
in a coffin 1
inside the ark 1
nor the ark 1
so he had the ark 1
were the ark 1
when the ark 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
the ark 116
for the ark 9
and the ark 8
of the ark 7
upon the ark 5
into the ark 3
that the ark 3
to the ark 3
an ark 2
but the ark 2
by the ark 2
chest 2
from thence the ark 2
in the ark 2
nothing in the ark 2
the chest 2
after that the ark 1
and as the ark 1
and in the ark 1
and it came to pass as the ark 1
and it came to pass when the ark 1
and when the ark 1
ark 1
behold the ark 1
from the ark 1
how shall the ark 1
in a coffin 1
in the chest 1
into the chest 1
let the ark 1
nevertheless the ark 1
no more the ark 1
not the ark 1
on the ark 1
on this side the ark 1
place thou and the ark 1
so the ark 1
thee an ark 1
them in the ark 1
thence the ark 1
there the ark 1
there with the ark 1
therewith and the ark 1
thou and the ark 1
unto him because of the ark 1
where the ark 1
whereunto the ark 1
with the ark 1

Verses containing H727

Page 3 of 4. 174 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. 2 Samuel 6:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So he was unwilling to move the ark of the LORD to the City of David; instead, he took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

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  2. 2 Samuel 6:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Thus the ark of the LORD remained in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite for three months, and the LORD blessed him and all his household.

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  3. 2 Samuel 6:12 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Now it was reported to King David, “The LORD has blessed the house of Obed-edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God.” So David went and had the ark of God brought up from the house of Obed-edom into the City of David with rejoicing.

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  4. 2 Samuel 6:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When those carrying the ark of the LORD had advanced six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a fattened calf.

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  5. 2 Samuel 6:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    while he and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting and the sounding of the ram’s horn.

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  6. 2 Samuel 6:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As the ark of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, and she despised him in her heart.

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  7. 2 Samuel 6:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So they brought the ark of the LORD and set it in its place inside the tent that David had pitched for it. Then David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.

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  8. 2 Samuel 7:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of God remains in a tent.”

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  9. 2 Samuel 11:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Uriah answered, “The ark and Israel and Judah are dwelling in tents, and my master Joab and his soldiers are camped in the open field. How can I go to my house to eat and drink and sleep with my wife? As surely as you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do such a thing!”

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  10. 2 Samuel 15:24 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Zadok was also there, and all the Levites with him were carrying the ark of the covenant of God. And they set down the ark of God, and Abiathar offered sacrifices until all the people had passed out of the city.

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  11. 2 Samuel 15:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the king said to Zadok, “Return the ark of God to the city. If I find favor in the eyes of the LORD, He will bring me back and let me see both it and His dwelling place again.

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  12. 2 Samuel 15:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Zadok and Abiathar returned the ark of God to Jerusalem and stayed there.

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  13. 1 Kings 2:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the king said to Abiathar the priest, “Go back to your fields in Anathoth. Even though you deserve to die, I will not put you to death at this time, since you carried the ark of the Lord GOD before my father David, and you suffered through all that my father suffered.”

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  14. 1 Kings 3:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Solomon awoke, and indeed it had been a dream. So he returned to Jerusalem, stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. Then he held a feast for all his servants.

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  15. 1 Kings 6:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Solomon also prepared the inner sanctuary within the temple to set the ark of the covenant of the LORD there.

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  16. 1 Kings 8:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    At that time Solomon assembled before him in Jerusalem the elders of Israel—all the tribal heads and family leaders of the Israelites—to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Zion, the City of David.

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  17. 1 Kings 8:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the priests took up the ark,

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  18. 1 Kings 8:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and they brought up the ark of the LORD and the Tent of Meeting with all its sacred furnishings. So the priests and Levites carried them up.

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  19. 1 Kings 8:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    There, before the ark, King Solomon and the whole congregation of Israel who had assembled with him sacrificed so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered.

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  20. 1 Kings 8:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, beneath the wings of the cherubim.

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  21. 1 Kings 8:7 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    For the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark and overshadowed the ark and its poles.

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  22. 1 Kings 8:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets that Moses had placed in it at Horeb, where the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites after they had come out of the land of Egypt.

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  23. 1 Kings 8:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And there I have provided a place for the ark, which contains the covenant of the LORD that He made with our fathers when He brought them out of the land of Egypt.”

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  24. 2 Kings 12:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Jehoiada the priest took a chest, bored a hole in its lid, and set it beside the altar on the right side as one enters the house of the LORD. There the priests who guarded the threshold put all the money brought into the house of the LORD.

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    Source alternate reference: 12.10

  25. 2 Kings 12:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Whenever they saw that there was a large amount of money in the chest, the royal scribe and the high priest would go up, count the money brought into the house of the LORD, and tie it up in bags.

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    Source alternate reference: 12.11

  26. 1 Chronicles 6:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    These are the men David put in charge of the music in the house of the LORD after the ark rested there.

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    Source alternate reference: 6.16

  27. 1 Chronicles 13:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then let us bring back the ark of our God, for we did not inquire of Him in the days of Saul.”

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  28. 1 Chronicles 13:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So David assembled all Israel, from the River Shihor in Egypt to Lebo-hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim.

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  29. 1 Chronicles 13:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    David and all Israel went up to Baalah of Judah (that is, Kiriath-jearim) to bring up from there the ark of God the LORD, who is enthroned between the cherubim—the ark that is called by the Name.

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  30. 1 Chronicles 13:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So they carried the ark of God from the house of Abinadab on a new cart, with Uzzah and Ahio guiding the cart.

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  31. 1 Chronicles 13:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When they came to the threshing floor of Chidon, Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark, because the oxen had stumbled.

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  32. 1 Chronicles 13:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And the anger of the LORD burned against Uzzah, and He struck him down because he had put his hand on the ark. So he died there before God.

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  33. 1 Chronicles 13:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    That day David feared God and asked, “How can I ever bring the ark of God to me?”

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  34. 1 Chronicles 13:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So he did not move the ark with him to the City of David; instead, he took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

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  35. 1 Chronicles 13:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Thus the ark of God remained with the family of Obed-edom in his house for three months, and the LORD blessed his household and everything he owned.

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  36. 1 Chronicles 15:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    David constructed buildings for himself in the City of David, and he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it.

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  37. 1 Chronicles 15:2 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Then David said, “No one but the Levites may carry the ark of God, because the LORD has chosen them to carry the ark of the LORD and to minister before Him forever.”

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  38. 1 Chronicles 15:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And David assembled all Israel in Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the LORD to the place he had prepared for it.

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  39. 1 Chronicles 15:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And he said to them, “You are the heads of the Levitical families. You and your relatives must consecrate yourselves so that you may bring the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel, to the place I have prepared for it.

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  40. 1 Chronicles 15:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So the priests and Levites consecrated themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel.

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  41. 1 Chronicles 15:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And the Levites carried the ark of God on their shoulders with the poles, as Moses had commanded in accordance with the word of the LORD.

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  42. 1 Chronicles 15:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Berechiah and Elkanah were to be guardians of the ark.

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  43. 1 Chronicles 15:24 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer—the priests—were to blow the trumpets before the ark of God. Obed-edom and Jehiah were also to be guardians of the ark.

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  44. 1 Chronicles 15:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So David, the elders of Israel, and the commanders of thousands went with rejoicing to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from the house of Obed-edom.

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  45. 1 Chronicles 15:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And because God helped the Levites who were carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD, they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.

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  46. 1 Chronicles 15:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now David was dressed in a robe of fine linen, as were all the Levites who were carrying the ark, as well as the singers and Chenaniah, the director of music for the singers. David also wore a linen ephod.

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  47. 1 Chronicles 15:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, with the sounding of rams’ horns and trumpets, and with cymbals and the music of harps and lyres.

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  48. 1 Chronicles 15:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As the ark of the covenant of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David dancing and celebrating, and she despised him in her heart.

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  49. 1 Chronicles 16:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So they brought the ark of God and placed it inside the tent that David had pitched for it. And they presented burnt offerings and peace offerings before God.

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  50. 1 Chronicles 16:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    David appointed some of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, to celebrate, to give thanks, and to praise the LORD, the God of Israel.

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