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ark Definition

ark (ärk)

noun

  1. Archaic a chest or coffer
  2. an enclosure in a synagogue or temple for the scrolls of the Torah
  3. a place or thing furnishing protection; refuge
    1. the huge boat in which Noah, his family, and two of every kind of creature survived the Flood: Gen. 6
    2. ark of the covenant
  5. ☆ a large, flat-bottomed boat formerly used on rivers

Etymology: OE earc < LL(Ec) arca < L, a box < arcere, to shut up, enclose: see exercise

Ark Definition

Ark

Arkansas

ark Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • build: Noah had seven days in which to build an ark big enough to hold two of every type of animal.
  • bear: Bearing the sacred ark had been the task of the Kohathites ( Num.
  • carry: You shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to carry the ark with them.
  • enter: People were eating, drinking, marrying and being given in marriage up to the day Noah entered the ark.
  • prepare: Noah prepared an ark to the saving of his house.
  • bring: But bringing the ark into the city, he " danced before the Lord with all his might " .

Adjective modifier

  • sacred: In the middle of this Mr Villiers Stuart came in & began to talk of mummies & the covering of the sacred ark.
  • wooden: Includes a cross, ... £ 8.95 Qty Noah's Ark A hand-crafted wooden ark will bring this popular biblical tale to life.

Modifies a noun

  • service: THIS INCLUDES, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY SCREEN SAVER AVAILABLE TO YOU AS PART OF THE ANIMAL ARK SERVICES.

Noun used with modifier

  • noahs: Jokes over dinner: D: " why did the two worms *not* go into noahs ark in an apple?
  • P: One such collection, in the Cathays P ark museum, is a collection of seals and seal dies.
  • rogers: In rogers ark acquisition of chelsea he wears the seat on his.
  • smith: Health Council of South Florida Fort smith ark use trying to the average driver.
  • chicken: Things have really moved on from the traditional chicken ark, coop and hen house.
  • pig: Place the pig ark away from the wind - pigs hate windy weather.

Preposition: in

  • space: For we all know it maybe the only ark in space.

Preposition: of

  • covenant: Well, God symbolized himself by the ark of the covenant.
  • testimony: Verse 3. " And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover the ark with the veil.
  • bulrush: To escape Pharaoh's order to kill Israelite boys Moses was placed in an ark of bulrushes upon the Nile.
ark Quotes

Some men look at Constitutions with sanctimonious reverence and deem them like the Ark of the Covenant ötoo sacred to be touched.

—Jefferson,Thomas

For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark.

—Bible (NewTestament)

They went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.

—Bible (Old Testament)

And it cameto pass, when hemade mention of thearkof God, that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy.

—Bible (Old Testament)

A pesar de que la m|¤a es historia, no la empezare¤   por el arca de Noe¤   y la genealog|¤a de sus ascendientes como acostumbraban hacerlo los antiguos historiadores espan‹  oles deAme¤  rica, que deben ser nuestros prototipos. I'm going to tell a true story, but I won't start with Noah's Ark and the genealogy of his forefathers, as is usual among the ancient Spanish historians of America, who we consider our prototypes.

—Echeverr|¤  a, Esteban