ark of the covenant

  • 21ark of the covenant —   Pahu pelika …

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  • 22Covenant, Ark of the — • A kind of chest, measuring two cubits and a half in length, a cubit and a half in breadth, and a cubit and a half in height Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 …

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  • 23Arkof the Covenant — Ark of the Covenant n. Bible See ark. * * * …

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  • 24ark —     Ark of the Covenant     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ark of the Covenant     The Hebrew word aron, by which the Ark of the Covenant is expressed, does not call to the mind, as that used for Noah s Ark, a large construction, but rather a chest.… …

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  • 25The Sign and the Seal — The Sign and The Seal: The Quest for the Lost Ark of the Covenant (Toronto: Doubleday, ISBN 0 671 86541 2) is a controversial book by Graham Hancock. It was published in 1992.The book narrates the endeavours of the writer in searching for the… …

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  • 26covenant — The Hebrew word berith denotes an arrangement between two parties, e.g. Abraham and Abimelech (Gen. 21:25 ff., but the OT is largely the story of a covenant, or agreement, between God and the people of Israel. There was such a covenant with Noah… …

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  • 27ark — The English translates two unrelated Hebrew nouns: 1) The first is that of the vessel of three storeys in which Noah and his family and animals were accommodated during the Flood [[➝ flood]]. This legend of Gen. 6–9 is similar to, and was perhaps …

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  • 28Ark — may refer to:Religion* Ark (synagogue), a cabinet used to store a synagogue s Torah scroll * Ark of the Covenant, the consecrated container for the tablets of the Ten Commandments * Ark of bulrushes, the boat of the infant Moses * Noah s Ark,… …

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  • 29Ark — ([aum]rk), n. [OE. ark, arke, arche, AS. arc, earc, earce, fr. L. arca, fr. arcere to inclose, keep off; akin to Gr. arkei^n to keep off.] 1. A chest, or coffer. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Bearing that precious relic in an ark. Spenser. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 30ark — ► NOUN 1) (in the Bible) the ship built by Noah to save his family and two of every kind of animal from the Flood. 2) (also Holy Ark) a chest or cupboard housing the Torah scrolls in a synagogue. 3) (Ark of the Covenant) the chest which contained …

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