单词 | ark of the covenant |
释义 | > as lemmasArk of the Covenant a. spec. in Jewish History. The wooden coffer containing the tables of the law, kept in the Holiest Place of the Tabernacle. Also called Ark of the Covenant, Ark of Testimony. See also arche n. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > furniture > Ark of the Covenant > [noun] arkc825 shrinec1000 coffera1400 archea1450 cybory1484 c825 Vesp. Ps. cxxxi. 8 Ðu & erc gehalgunge ðinre. c1000 Ags. Ps. cxxxi. 8 Þu earce eart eall-haligra. a1300 E.E. Psalter cxxxi. 8 Þou, and arke of þi halinesse. 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) 1 Sam. vi. 11 Thei putten the arke of God upon the wayn. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xii. 251 Therein An Ark, and in the Ark his Testimony. View more context for this quotation 1853 F. D. Maurice Prophets & Kings Old Test. i. 4 The ark, the symbol of the people's unity, was captured by the Philistines. < as lemmas |
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