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1 Samuel 4:11
“And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
אָרוֹןʼârôwn · aw-rone'
H727 · Hebrew
H727 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a box
- Derivation
- or אָרֹן; from H717 (אָרָה) (in the sense of gathering);
- KJV renderings
- ark, chest, coffin.
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- אֲר֥וֹן — common noun, both genders, singular, construct
- Usage
- Occurs 202 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 50:26Exodus 25:10Exodus 25:14Exodus 25:14Exodus 25:15
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read אָרוֹן here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.