Strong’s H712 · Hebrew
אַרְגָּז
ʼargâz
ar-gawz'
Definition
a box (as a pannier)
Etymology
perhaps from H7264 (רָגַז) (in the sense of being suspended),
Where the KJV renders it
- coffer
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