HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5699
עֲגָלָה
a.ga.lah — cart
cart, wagon
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Cart
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5225
נָכוֹן
na.khon — Nacon
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at 2Sa.6.6; son of: Serug (H8286); father of: Terah (H8646); also called Chidon (NIV: Kidon) at 1Ch.13.9; Also named: ki.don (כִּידֹן "Chidon" H3592) § Nachon = "prepared" the owner of the threshing floor which the ark was passing on the trip to Jerusalem when it started to fall off the cart, Uzzah steadied it, and God smote him dead for touching it
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A vehicle moving on wheels, and usually drawn by oxen (2 Sam. 6:3). The Hebrew word thus rendered, ’agalah (1 Sam. 6:7, 8), is also rendered “wagon” (Gen. 45:19). It is used also to denote a war-chariot (Ps. 46:9). Carts were used for the removal of the ark and its sacred utensils (Num. 7:3, 6). After retaining the ark amongst them for seven months, the Philistines sent it back to the Israelites. On this occasion they set it in a new cart, probably a rude construction, with solid wooden wheels like that still used in Western Asia, which was drawn by two milch cows, which conveyed it straight to Beth-shemesh. A “cart rope,” for the purpose of fastening loads on carts, is used (Isa. 5:18) as a symbol of the power of sinful pleasures or habits over him who indulges them. (See CORD.) In Syria and Palestine wheel-carriages for any other purpose than the conveyance of agricultural produce are almost unknown.
Scripture references
2 Samuel 6:31 Samuel 6:71 Samuel 6:8Genesis 45:19Psalms 46:9Numbers 7:3Numbers 7:6Isaiah 5:18Genesis 45:27Numbers 7:7Numbers 7:82 Samuel 6:6Amos 2:13
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.