Meanings
- JudaismChristianityThe sacred container, a gold-plated wooden chest, of the two tablets of law (the Ten Commandments) given to Moses by the Hebrew God.
¶ Then Solomon assembled the Elders of Israel, and all the heads of the Tribes, the chiefe of the fathers of the children of Israel vnto Ierusalem, to bring vp the Arke of the Couenant of the Lord, out of the citie of Dauid, which is Zion.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Chronicles 5:22 more examples
Indiana Jones: The city of Tannis is one of the possible resting places of the lost Ark. Eaton: The lost Ark? Jones: Yeah, the Ark of the Covenant, the chest the Hebrews used to carry around the Ten Commandments in. Musgrave: What do you mean the Ten Commandments? You mean the Ten Commandments? Jones: Yes, the actual Ten Commandments, the original stone tablets that Moses brought down out of Mount Horeb and smashed if you believe in that sort of thing.
1981, 19:23 from the start, in Raiders of the Lost Ark (Action-adventure), →ISBN, →OCLCThe story was true: In the waning days of the Ottoman Empire, a British expedition set out for Jerusalem to find the ark of the covenant, only to fail, spectacularly, in 1911, in an eruption of political turmoil and religious animosity.[…] The expedition may have had an impact on British foreign policy in the region, Andrew said when we talked, and it helped spawn the world’s ongoing fascination with the ark of the covenant (and Indiana Jones).
2021 October 31, Olivia Parker, “What Happens When Everyone Is Writing the Same Book You Are?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Nov 2021, Essay
Translations
Arabic تَابُوت اَلْعَهْد
- تَابُوت اَلْعَهْد (tābūt al-ʕahd)the sacred container, a gold-plated wooden chest
Catalan Arca de l'Aliança
- Arca de l'Aliançathe sacred container, a gold-plated wooden chest
Chinese Cantonese 約櫃 /约柜
- 約櫃 /约柜 (joek³ gwai⁶)the sacred container, a gold-plated wooden chest
Chinese Mandarin 約櫃 /约柜
- 約櫃 /约柜 (Yuēguì)the sacred container, a gold-plated wooden chest
Danish Pagtens ark
- Pagtens arkthe sacred container, a gold-plated wooden chest
Dutch verbondsark, Ark van het Verbond
- verbondsarkthe sacred container, a gold-plated wooden chest
- Ark van het Verbondthe sacred container, a gold-plated wooden chest
Esperanto Kesto de Interligo, Arkeo de Interligo
- Kesto de Interligothe sacred container, a gold-plated wooden chest
- Arkeo de Interligothe sacred container, a gold-plated wooden chest
Finnish liitonarkki
- liitonarkkithe sacred container, a gold-plated wooden chest
French arche d’alliance
- arche d’alliancethe sacred container, a gold-plated wooden chest
German Bundeslade
- Bundesladethe sacred container, a gold-plated wooden chest
Greek Κιβωτός της Διαθήκης
- Κιβωτός της Διαθήκης (Kivotós tis Diathíkis)the sacred container, a gold-plated wooden chest
Hebrew ארון הברית
- ארון הברית (aron habrit)the sacred container, a gold-plated wooden chest
Hindi वाचा का संदूक़
- वाचा का संदूक़ (vācā kā sandūq)the sacred container, a gold-plated wooden chest
Hungarian frigyláda
- frigyládathe sacred container, a gold-plated wooden chest
Icelandic sáttmálsörkin
- sáttmálsörkinthe sacred container, a gold-plated wooden chest
Indonesian Tabut Perjanjian
- Tabut Perjanjianthe sacred container, a gold-plated wooden chest
Irish Áirc an Chonartha
- Áirc an Chonarthathe sacred container, a gold-plated wooden chest
Italian Arca dell'Alleanza
- Arca dell'Alleanzathe sacred container, a gold-plated wooden chest
Japanese 契約の箱, 聖櫃
- 契約の箱 (Keiyaku no Hako)the sacred container, a gold-plated wooden chest
- 聖櫃 (Seihitsu)the sacred container, a gold-plated wooden chest
- 証の箱 (Ashika no Hako)the sacred container, a gold-plated wooden chest
- 約櫃 (Yakuhitsu)the sacred container, a gold-plated wooden chest
- 掟の箱 (Okite no Hako)the sacred container, a gold-plated wooden chest
Korean 법궤, 성궤
- 법궤 (beopgwe)the sacred container, a gold-plated wooden chest
- 성궤 (seonggwe)the sacred container, a gold-plated wooden chest
- 언약궤 (eonyakgwe)the sacred container, a gold-plated wooden chest
- 계약의 궤 (gyeyagui gwe)the sacred container, a gold-plated wooden chest
Latin Arca foederis
- Arca foederisthe sacred container, a gold-plated wooden chest
Latvian Derības šķirsts
- Derības šķirststhe sacred container, a gold-plated wooden chest
Lithuanian Sandoros skrynia
- Sandoros skryniathe sacred container, a gold-plated wooden chest
Malay Tabut Perjanjian
- Tabut Perjanjianthe sacred container, a gold-plated wooden chest
Norwegian Bokmål paktens ark
- paktens arkthe sacred container, a gold-plated wooden chest
Polish Arka Przymierza
- Arka Przymierzathe sacred container, a gold-plated wooden chest
Portuguese Arca da Aliança
- Arca da Aliançathe sacred container, a gold-plated wooden chest
Romanian Chivotul Legământului
- Chivotul Legământuluithe sacred container, a gold-plated wooden chest
Russian ковче́г заве́та
- ковче́г заве́та (kovčég zavéta)the sacred container, a gold-plated wooden chest
Spanish arca de la Alianza, arca del pacto
- arca de la Alianzathe sacred container, a gold-plated wooden chest
- arca del pactothe sacred container, a gold-plated wooden chest
Swahili Sanduku la Agano
- Sanduku la Aganothe sacred container, a gold-plated wooden chest
Swedish förbundsark
- förbundsarkthe sacred container, a gold-plated wooden chest
Tagalog Kaban ng Tipan
- Kaban ng Tipanthe sacred container, a gold-plated wooden chest
Tamil உடன்படிக்கைப் பெட்டி, உடன்படிக்கைப் பேழை
- உடன்படிக்கைப் பெட்டி (uṭaṉpaṭikkaip peṭṭi)the sacred container, a gold-plated wooden chest
- உடன்படிக்கைப் பேழை (uṭaṉpaṭikkaip pēḻai)the sacred container, a gold-plated wooden chest
Thai หีบแห่งพันธสัญญา, หีบแห่งพระบัญญัติ
- หีบแห่งพันธสัญญาthe sacred container, a gold-plated wooden chest
- หีบแห่งพระบัญญัติthe sacred container, a gold-plated wooden chest
Turkish Ahit Sandığı, Sözleşme Sandığı
- Ahit Sandığıthe sacred container, a gold-plated wooden chest
- Sözleşme Sandığıthe sacred container, a gold-plated wooden chest
- Tâbutu Sekînethe sacred container, a gold-plated wooden chest
Welsh Arch y Cyfamod
- Arch y Cyfamodthe sacred container, a gold-plated wooden chest
Cite this entry
Ark of the Covenant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ark%20of%20the%20Covenant
“Ark of the Covenant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ark%20of%20the%20Covenant. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Ark of the Covenant,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ark%20of%20the%20Covenant.
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