Lexicon kibótos: a wooden box Original Word: κιβωτός, οῦ, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: kibótos Phonetic Spelling: (kib-o-tos') Short Definition: an ark Definition: (properly: a wooden box, hence) the Ark, in which Noah sailed; the Ark of the Covenant. HELPS word-Studies 2787 kibōtós – properly, an ark, a wooden box (chest). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originof uncertain origin Definitiona wooden box NASB Translationark (6).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 2787: κιβωτόςκιβωτός, κιβωτοῦ, ἡ ( κιβος (cf. Suidas 2094 e.)), a wooden chest, box (( Hecataeus, 368 (Müller's Frag. i., p. 30), Simonides), Aristophanes, Lysias, Athen., Aelian, others): in the N. T., the ark of the covenant, in the temple at Jerusalem, Hebrews 9:4 ( Philo, Josephus; the Sept. very often for אָרון); in the heavenly temple, Revelation 11:19; of Noah's vessel, built in the form of an ark, Matthew 24:38; Luke 17:27; Hebrews 11:7; 1 Peter 3:20 (4 Macc. 15:31; the Sept. for תֵּבָה).
Strong's ark. Of uncertain derivation; a box, i.e. The sacred ark and that of Noah -- ark. |
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