אָרוֹן

aron

ah-RONE

chest, box, coffin, ark

Where it comes from

Genesis ends on this word and one more: he was put in a coffin, in Egypt. It is the same word used later for the ark of the covenant. The book closes on a box and a promise that the bones will not stay in it, which is the shape of the whole story in miniature.

Every place it appears

Strong's H727. It stands in 174 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. See them →

Genesis 50:26

So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.

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