H727. aron

אֲרוֺן‎, with article הָאָרֹן הָאָרוֺן,‎₂₀₃

noun masculine^{Exodus 35:12} (feminine^{1 Samuel 4:17; 2 Chronicles 8:11}) chest, ark (Phoenician ארן‎, sarcophagus, Assyrian êrênu (& êrû) chest Zim^{BP 6, 22}, Arabic , chest, so Aramaic , also Nabataean ארנא‎, Vog^{p. 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 Seyring^{ZAW 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 Seyring^{l.c. & his theory as to earliest designation of ark}.)

אַרְנֶ֫בֶת‎ see אנב‎.

ארניה‎ see אֲרַוְנָה‎.