Ark of the Covenant

Ark of the Covenant

English

Proper noun

Ark of the Covenant

1. (Judaism, Christianity, Islam) The sacred container, a gold-plated wooden chest, of the two tablets of law (the Ten Commandments) given to Moses by the Hebrew God.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, 2 Chronicles 5:2:

     ¶ 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.

Translations

the sacred container, a gold-plated wooden chest

Aghwan: 𐕜𐔰𐕗𐔰𐕎𐔲𐔼 𐔳𐔰𐔲𐕒𐕡𐕘𐕒𐔺 (ṭaṗangi daguġoy) Arabic: تَابُوت اَلْعَهْد‎ m (tābūt al-ʿahd) Catalan: Arca de l'Aliança f Chinese: Cantonese: 約櫃, 约柜 (joek3 gwai6) Mandarin: 約櫃／约柜 (zh) (Yuēguì) Danish: Pagtens ark c Dutch: verbondsark m or f, Ark van het Verbond ? Esperanto: Kesto de Interligo, Arkeo de Interligo Faroese: sáttmálaørkin f Finnish: liitonarkki (fi) French: arche d’alliance (fr) f German: Bundeslade (de) f Greek: Κιβωτός της Διαθήκης f (Kivotós tis Diathíkis) Hebrew: ארון הברית‎ m (aron habrit) Hungarian: frigyláda (hu) Icelandic: sáttmálsörkin f Ido: archo di kontrato (io) Indonesian: Tabut Perjanjian Irish: Áirc an Chonartha f Italian: Arca dell'Alleanza f Japanese: 契約の箱 (けいやくのはこ, Keiyaku no Hako), 聖櫃 (せいひつ, Seihitsu), 証の箱 (あかしのはこ, Ashika no Hako), 約櫃 (やくひつ, Yakuhitsu), 掟の箱 (おきてのはこ, Okite no Hako) Kazakh: Келісім сандығы (Kelısım sandyğy) Korean: 법궤 (beopgwe), 성궤 (seonggwe), 언약궤 (eonyakgwe), 계약의 궤 (gyeyagui gwe) Latin: Arca foederis f Malay: Tabut Perjanjian Malayalam: സാക്ഷ്യപേടകം (sākṣyapēṭakaṃ) Manx: Arg y Chonaant f, Arg yn Eanish f Norwegian: Bokmål: paktens ark m Nynorsk: paktarka f Polish: Arka Przymierza (pl) f Portuguese: Arca da Aliança f Pukapukan: āluna Rarotongan: 'āruna Russian: ковче́г заве́та m (kovčég zavéta) Spanish: arca de la Alianza f, arca del pacto f Swedish: förbundsark c Tagalog: Kaban ng Tipan Tamil: உடன்படிக்கைப் பெட்டி (uṭaṉpaṭikkaip peṭṭi), உடன்படிக்கைப் பேழை (uṭaṉpaṭikkaip pēḻai) Thai: หีบแห่งพันธสัญญา, หีบแห่งพระบัญญัติ Welsh: Arch y Cyfamod f

Further reading

• Ark of the Covenant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia