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chest

Meaning of “chest”

A box of wood or other material, in which goods are kept or transported.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
6 occurrences5 verses2 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: 2 Kings 12:9

Complete exact-word concordance

Every verse containing “chest”

KJV PCE
2 Kings 12:9
But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh into the house of the Lord: and the priests that kept the door put therein all the money that was brought into the house of the Lord.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Kings 12:9 · retained source text

But Iehoiada the priest tooke a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the Altar, on the right side, as one commeth into the house of the LORD, and the priests that kept the doore, put therein all the money that was brought into the house of the LORD.

1611 marginal noteHeb. threshold.

2 Kings 12:10
And it was so, when they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king’s scribe and the high priest came up, and they put up in bags, and told the money that was found in the house of the Lord.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Kings 12:10 · retained source text

And it was so when they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the kings scribe, and the high priest came vp, and they put vp in bags and told the money that was found in the house of the LORD.

1611 marginal noteOr, secretarie.

1611 marginal noteHeb. bound vp.

2 Chronicles 24:8
And at the king’s commandment they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of the house of the Lord.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 24:8 · retained source text

And at the kings commandement they made a chest, and set it without, at the gate of the house of the LORD.

2 Chronicles 24:10
And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and cast into the chest, until they had made an end.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 24:10 · retained source text

And all the Princes and all the people reioyced, and brought in, and cast into the chest, vntill they had made an ende.

2 Chronicles 24:11
Now it came to pass, that at what time the chest was brought unto the king’s office by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king’s scribe and the high priest’s officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to his place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 24:11 · retained source text

Now it came to passe that at what time the chest was brought vnto the kings office, by the hand of the Leuites: and when they sawe that there was much money: the kings Scribe, and the high priests officer, came and emptied the chest, and tooke it, and caried it to his place againe. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.

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Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

A box of wood or other material, in which goods are kept or transported.

Webster 1828 facsimile, volume 1, leaf 384