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ARK OF NOAH The vessel in which the family of Noah was preserved during the deluge, when all the rest of our race perished for their sins. The ark is called in Hebrew, in the Septuagint, and by Josephus, a chest; and the same word is used in the history of the infant Moses, Exo … Continue reading “Ark of Noah”

Ark of Moses (See ARK.) Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary Ark of Moses Ark of Moses. A small boat or basket made of the papyrus, a reed which grows in the marshes of Egypt. It was covered with bitumen to make it water tight. Fuente: Smith’s Bible Dictionary

Ark of God This is also called ‘ARK OF THE COVENANT,’ ‘ARK OF THE TESTIMONY,’ ‘ARK OF JEHOVAH.’ The sacred chest belonging to the Tabernacle and the Temple. It was made of shittim wood, overlaid within and without with pure gold. It was 2-1/2 cubits long, 1-1/2 cubits in breadth, and the same in height, … Continue reading “Ark of God”

Ark of Bulrushes ark, boolrush-iz (, tebhah; Egyptian tebt; Septuagint , thbis, a chest, a vessel to float). 1. Definitions The Hebrew word here translated ark is used in the Old Testament only of the ark of Noah (Gen 6:14) and of the ark of bulrushes (Exo 2:3), and always in the secondary meaning, a … Continue reading “Ark of Bulrushes”

Ark, Noah’s The Hebrew name to designate Noah’s Ark, the one which occurs again in the history of Moses’ childhood, suggests the idea of a box of large proportions, though the author of Wisdom terms it a vessel (Wisdom 14:6). The same conclusion is reached from the dimensions attributed to it by the Bible narrative: … Continue reading “Ark, Noah’s”

Ark and Dove Names of the vessels in which the first colonists arrived in Maryland, 25 March 1634 , under the leadership of Leonard Calvert, as governor, and the spiritual direction of the Jesuit chaplains Andrew White and John Altham. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Ark The Septuagint and the NT use = a wooden chest or box, as a terminus technicus both for Noahs ark (), and for the ark () of the covenant. 1. An interesting account of the successive phases of modern opinion regarding the former ark will be found in Encyclopaedia Britannica 11 (s.v.). The writer … Continue reading “Ark”

Arje, Judah Ben -Zeviltirch a Jewish rabbi of Carpentras, who lived in the 17th century, wrote A hob Jehudah (Jessnitz, 1719), a Hebrew dictionary in two parts. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Arje, Jacob Judah a Spanish rabbi of the 17th century, who exercised his functions at Hamburg, then at Amsterdam. He wrote, Tabnith fecal (in Spanish, Middelburg, 1642; translated into French in 1643 under the title Portrait du Temple de Soolononz)’:-Tractatus de Cherubinis (Amsterd. 1647), in Latin:-a Spanish version of the Psalms, with the text (ibid. … Continue reading “Arje, Jacob Judah”

Arizona The 48th state to be admitted to the Union, 14 February 1912 . Spanish Franciscans began missionary work among the Moki Indians about 1629 , but massacres during the revolt of 1680 put a temporary end to their activities. One of the first Jesuit missionaries to the Indians of the region was Father Eusebius … Continue reading “Arizona”