H712 אַרְגָּז (ʼargâz) ar-gawz'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

box

Strong's Definition

a box (as a pannier)

Derivation: perhaps from H7264 (רָגַז) (in the sense of being suspended),

KJV Usage: coffer.

TWOT Reference: 2112d

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) box, chest, coffer

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

אַרְגַּז (ar.gaz) — box. box, chest, coffer

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

אַרְגַּז (H0712) SAHD

noun m · רגז

Containers

chest, box, bag = unknown type of container

1SA 6:8 · 1SA 6:11 · 1SA 6:15

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

אַרְגַּז n.m. box, cheat, or like receptacle base

Bible Occurrences (3)

6:8 6:11 6:15

1 Samuel 6:8

Take the ark of the LORD, set it on the cart, and in a chest beside it put the gold objects you are sending back to Him as a guilt offering. Then send [the ark] on its way,

1 Samuel 6:11

Then they put the ark of the LORD on the cart, along with the chest containing the gold rats and the images of the tumors.

1 Samuel 6:15

And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD and the chest containing... the gold objects, and they placed them on the large rock. That day the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt offerings and made sacrifices to the LORD.