The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ark \Ark\ ([aum]rk), n. [OE. ark, arke, arche, AS. arc, earc, earce, fr. L. arca, fr. arcere to inclose, keep off; akin to Gr. 'arkei^n to keep off.]
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A chest, or coffer. [Obs.]
Bearing that precious relic in an ark.
--Spenser. (Jewish Hist.) The oblong chest of acacia wood, overlaid with gold, which supported the mercy seat with its golden cherubs, and occupied the most sacred place in the sanctuary. In it Moses placed the two tables of stone containing the ten commandments. Called also the Ark of the Covenant.
The large, chestlike vessel in which Noah and his family were preserved during the Deluge.
--Gen. vi. Hence: Any place of refuge.A large flatboat used on Western American rivers to transport produce to market.
Wikipedia
The Ark of the Covenant ( ʾĀrôn Habbərît, modern pron. Aron haBrit), also known as the Ark of the Testimony, is a gold-covered wooden chest described in the Book of Exodus as containing the two stone tablets of the Ten Commandments. According to various texts within the Hebrew Bible, it also contained Aaron's rod and a pot of manna.
The biblical account relates that, approximately one year after the Israelites' exodus from Egypt, the Ark was created according to the pattern given to Moses by God when the Israelites were encamped at the foot of biblical Mount Sinai. Thereafter, the gold-plated acacia chest was carried by its staves while en route by the Levites approximately 2,000 cubits (approximately ) in advance of the people when on the march or before the Israelite army, the host of fighting men. When carried, the Ark was always hidden under a large veil made of skins and blue cloth, always carefully concealed, even from the eyes of the priests and the Levites who carried it. God was said to have spoken with Moses "from between the two cherubim" on the Ark's cover. When at rest the tabernacle was set up and the holy Ark was placed under the veil of the covering the staves of it crossing the middle side bars to hold it up off the ground.
Ark of the Covenant is an American Christian metalcore band from Connecticut. The band started making music in 2009, and their members are lead vocalist, Alexander Vincelette, lead guitarist, Jacob Johnson, bassist, Daniel Graves, and drummer, Michael Hnath. The band released an extended play, Separation, in 2011 with Strike First Records. Their first studio album, Self Harvest, was released by Facedown Records, in 2013.
Usage examples of "ark of the covenant".
The details of the construction of the Ark of the Covenant can be read in the Bible in their entirety.
Not gold, but certainly something tangible, such as the Ark of the Covenant.
Though they might easily have been there, along with the lost Ark of the Covenant and the Great Pyramid of Giza.
How could the greatest teacher in all of Israel speak of the Ark of the Covenant in such a way?
Solomon, the wisest of the kings of Israel, was seven years building his magnificent temple to the praise of Thy Name, and for eight days celebrated the feast of its dedication, offered a thousand peace offerings, and solemnly brought up the Ark of the Covenant to the place prepared for it, with the sound of trumpets and great joy, and I, unhappy and poorest of mankind, how shall I bring Thee into my house, who scarce know how to spend half an hour in devotion?
It is a sort of opera played in the streets by the public authorities, with triumphant chariots, altars, censers, an Ark of the Covenant, funeral urns, classic banners and other trappings!
But then the enemy brought forth their fetish object, the thing they called the Ark of the Covenant.
I can swear to you by the Ark of the Covenant that the ones you seek are not here.