אֲרוֹן aron

Hebrew word for “ark” · Strong’s H727 · used 202 times in 174 verses

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Meaning

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

How it is translated

Glosses given for aron in context, with how often each is used:

• ark 195
• chest 6
• coffin 1

Where it is used

Also in 3 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

2 Samuel 6 (13), 1 Chronicles 15 (13), 1 Samuel 4 (11), 1 Samuel 6 (10), 1 Chronicles 13 (9), Joshua 3 (8), Joshua 6 (8), 1 Samuel 5 (8), 1 Kings 8 (8), 2 Chronicles 5 (8)

Forms

• ארון 123
• הארון 30
• הארן 19
• וארון 9
• לארון 9
• בארון 7
• ארן 5

Words used with it

Words that share verses with aron more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• בְּרִית berit “covenant” 42
• נָשָׂא nasa “to lift” 36
• כֹּהֵן kohen “priest” 34
• עָלָה alah “to ascend” 29
• עֵדוּת edut “testimony” 16
• דָּוִד david “David” 28
• לֵוִי leviyyi “Levi” 18
• שָׁם sham “there” 23
• כַּפֹּרֶת kapporet “mercy seat” 10
• יַרְדֵּן yarden “Jordan” 12
• כְּרוּב keruv “cherub” 10
• מָקוֹם maqom “place” 14

Key verses

The verses using aron that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Exodus 25:22 — And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the…
• Exodus 40:20 — And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark:
• Leviticus 16:2 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the vail before the mercy seat, which is…
• Numbers 10:33 — And they departed from the mount of the LORD three days’ journey: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them in the three days’ journey, to…
• Deuteronomy 10:8 — At that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to minister unto him, and to bless in…
• Deuteronomy 31:9 — And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the sons of Levi, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and unto all the elders of Israel.
• Joshua 6:4 — And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams’ horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall…
• Joshua 7:6 — And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the LORD until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon…
• 1 Samuel 4:3 — And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the LORD smitten us to day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark…
• 2 Samuel 7:2 — That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains.
• 1 Chronicles 28:2 — Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: As for me, I had in mine heart to build an house of rest for the ark…
• 2 Chronicles 6:41 — Now therefore arise, O LORD God, into thy resting place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.