אָרוֹן
ʼârôwn · aw-rone'
a box
Lexicon
Derivation: or אָרֹן; from H717 (אָרָה) (in the sense of gathering);
a box
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: ark, chest, coffin.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › the head, the highest › to fasten and establish › the seed, life continuing
Strength, the leader of the head, the highest that works to fasten and establish of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אָרוֹן above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
202 occurrences · 202 OT · 0 NT · 53 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the ark114 · 66%
- for the ark9 · 5%
- and the ark8 · 5%
- of the ark7 · 4%
- upon the ark3 · 2%
- into the ark3 · 2%
- that the ark3 · 2%
- there was nothing in the ark2 · 1%
- to the ark2 · 1%
- in the ark2 · 1%
- and it came to pass, as the ark2 · 1%
- from thence the ark2 · 1%
- an ark2 · 1%
- chest2 · 1%
- the chest2 · 1%
- but the ark2 · 1%
- and it came to pass, when the ark1 · 1%
- that was upon the ark1 · 1%
- which is upon the ark1 · 1%
- on the ark1 · 1%
- therewith, and the ark1 · 1%
- shall be the ark1 · 1%
- that is by the ark1 · 1%
- and in the ark1 · 1%
- in a coffin1 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.