אַרְגָּזʼargâz
box, chest, or like receptacle (1 Samuel 6:8; 1 Samuel 6:11; 1 Samuel 6:15)
Pronunciation: ar-gawz' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H712
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 3 times in the Bible.
- 1 Samuel 6:8 Put the Ark of the Lord on the cart, and beside it place a chest containing the gold rats and gold tumors you are sending as a guilt offering. Then let the cows go wherever they want.
- 1 Samuel 6:11 Then the Ark of the Lord and the chest containing the gold rats and gold tumors were placed on the cart.
- 1 Samuel 6:15 Several men of the tribe of Levi lifted the Ark of the Lord and the chest containing the gold rats and gold tumors from the cart and placed them on the large rock. Many sacrifices and burnt offerings were offered to the Lord that day by the people of Beth-shemesh.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).