HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H712
אַרְגַּז
ar.gaz — box
box, chest, coffer
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Coffer
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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GREEK · G21304
φάτνωσις
phatnōsis — ceiling in coffers
ceiling in coffers
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The receptacle or small box placed beside the ark by the Philistines, in which they deposited the golden mice and the emerods as their trespass-offering (1 Sam. 6:8, 11, 15).
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.