1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
ARK (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Arche, adapted from the Lat. area, chest, cf. arcere, to shut up, enclose), a chest, basket or box. The Hebrew word tebah, translated in the A.V. by " ark," is used in the Old Testament (i) of the box made of bulrushes in which Pharaoh's daughter found the infant MOMS ••lux ii. .0, and (2) of the great vessel or ship in which Noah took refuge during the flood (Genesis vi.-ix.). Noah's Ark.— According to the story in Genesis, Noah's ark was large enough to contain h…
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