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the Ark of the Covenant.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>2787</b> <i>kibōtós</i> – properly, an <i>ark</i>, a<i> wooden box </i>(<i>chest</i>).</p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 2787: κιβωτός</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">κιβωτός</span></span>, <span class="greek2">κιβωτοῦ</span>, <span class="greek2">ἡ</span> (<span class="greek2">κιβος</span> (cf. <span class="abbreviation">Suidas</span> 2094 e.)), <span class="accented">a wooden chest, box</span> ((<span class="abbreviation">Hecataeus</span>, 368 (Müller's Frag. i., p. 30), <span class="abbreviation">Simonides</span>), <span class="abbreviation">Aristophanes</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Lysias</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Athen.</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Aelian</span>, others): in the N. T., the ark of the covenant, in the temple at Jerusalem, <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/9-4.htm">Hebrews 9:4</a> (<span class="abbreviation">Philo</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Josephus</span>; the <span class="manuref">Sept.</span> very often for <span class="hebrew">אָרון</span>); in the heavenly temple, <a href="/interlinear/revelation/11-19.htm">Revelation 11:19</a>; of Noah's vessel, built in the form of an ark, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/24-38.htm">Matthew 24:38</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/17-27.htm">Luke 17:27</a>; <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/11-7.htm">Hebrews 11:7</a>; <a href="/interlinear/1_peter/3-20.htm">1 Peter 3:20</a> (4 Macc. 15:31; the <span class="manuref">Sept.</span> for <span class="hebrew">תֵּבָה</span>).<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>ark. <p>Of uncertain derivation; a box, i.e. The sacred ark and that of Noah -- ark. <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>κιβωτον κιβωτόν κιβωτὸν κιβωτος κιβωτός κιβωτὸς κιβωτου κιβωτού κιβωτοῦ κιβωτώ κιδάρεις κίδαριν kiboton kibotón kibotòn kibōton kibōtón kibōtòn kibotos kibotòs kibōtos kibōtòs kibotou kibotoû kibōtou kibōtoû<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/greek/2787.htm">Strong's Greek 2787</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_2787.htm">6 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/kibo_ton_2787.htm">κιβωτόν — 4 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/kibo_tos_2787.htm">κιβωτὸς — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/kibo_tou_2787.htm">κιβωτοῦ — 1 Occ.</a><br><br><b><a href="/text/matthew/24-38.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 24:38</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular">N-AFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/24.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">εἰς τὴν <b>κιβωτόν</b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/24.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> that Noah entered <span class="itali">the ark,</span><br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/24.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> entered into <span class="itali">the ark,</span><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/24-38.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> into the <span class="itali">ark</span><p><b><a href="/text/luke/17-27.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 17:27</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular">N-AFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/17.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">εἰς τὴν <b>κιβωτόν</b> καὶ ἦλθεν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/17.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> entered <span class="itali">the ark,</span> and the flood<br><a href="/kjvs/luke/17.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> entered into <span class="itali">the ark,</span> and the flood<br><a href="/interlinear/luke/17-27.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> into the <span class="itali">ark</span> and came<p><b><a href="/text/hebrews/9-4.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Hebrews 9:4</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular">N-AFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/hebrews/9.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">καὶ τὴν <b>κιβωτὸν</b> τῆς διαθήκης</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/hebrews/9.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> altar of incense <span class="itali">and the ark</span> of the covenant<br><a href="/kjvs/hebrews/9.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and <span class="itali">the ark</span> of the covenant<br><a href="/interlinear/hebrews/9-4.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and the <span class="itali">ark</span> of the covenant<p><b><a href="/text/hebrews/11-7.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Hebrews 11:7</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular">N-AFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/hebrews/11.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">εὐλαβηθεὶς κατεσκεύασεν <b>κιβωτὸν</b> εἰς σωτηρίαν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/hebrews/11.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> prepared <span class="itali">an ark</span> for the salvation<br><a href="/kjvs/hebrews/11.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> prepared <span class="itali">an ark</span> to<br><a href="/interlinear/hebrews/11-7.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> having been moved with fear prepared <span class="itali">an ark</span> for [the] salvation<p><b><a href="/text/1_peter/3-20.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Peter 3:20</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular">N-GFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_peter/3.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">Νῶε κατασκευαζομένης <b>κιβωτοῦ</b> εἰς ἣν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_peter/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> during the construction <span class="itali">of the ark,</span> in which<br><a href="/kjvs/1_peter/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of Noah, <span class="itali">while the ark</span> was a preparing,<br><a href="/interlinear/1_peter/3-20.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of Noah [while was] being prepared <span class="itali">[the] ark</span> into which<p><b><a href="/text/revelation/11-19.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Revelation 11:19</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular">N-NFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/11.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ὤφθη ἡ <b>κιβωτὸς</b> τῆς διαθήκης</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/revelation/11.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> was opened; <span class="itali">and the ark</span> of His covenant<br><a href="/kjvs/revelation/11.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> his temple <span class="itali">the ark</span> of his testament:<br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/11-19.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> was seen the <span class="itali">ark</span> of the covenant<p><b><a href="/greek/strongs_2787.htm">6 Occurrences</a></b><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/greek/2786.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2786"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2786" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/2788.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2788"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2788" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="/strongsleft.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="/strongsright.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></body></html>