GreekG2787Noun (Feminine)

κιβωτός

kibōtos

6Occurrences
G2787Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a box, i.e. the sacred ark and that of Noah

of uncertain derivation;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
a wooden box or chest: of Noah's ark,; of the ark of the covenant.
LXX: (תֵּבָה), elsewhere, very freq., as (10), for אָרוֹן

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

G:N-F

Full Description

Greek Noun, Feminine

Occurrences

κιβωτός appears 6 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Hebrews
2
1 Peter
1
Luke
1
Matthew
1
Revelation
1

Key Passages

1 Peter 3:20BSB

who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built.In the ark a few people, only eight souls, were saved through water.

Hebrews 11:7BSB

By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

Hebrews 9:4BSB

containing the golden altar of incense and the gold-covered ark of the covenant. Inside the ark were the gold jar of manna, Aaron’s staff that had budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant.

Luke 17:27BSB

People were eating and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.

Matthew 24:38BSB

For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark.

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