Bible Dictionary
Coffer
The coffer was a small box placed beside the ark by the Philistines. It held their golden mice and other objects sent as a trespass offering when the ark was returned (1 Samuel 6:8–15).
Definition
A coffer was a small movable box. In the biblical account, it was placed beside the ark by the Philistines and held their golden mice, emerods, and other objects sent as a trespass offering.
Biblical Usage
The Philistines placed the golden objects in the coffer when returning the ark. The coffer is mentioned in the account of the ark’s return in 1 Samuel 6.
Historical Background
The word may describe a box hanging from the side of a cart. It occurs only in the account of the Philistines’ return of the ark.
Scripture References
Historical Bible Dictionaries
Easton's Bible Dictionary
The receptacle or small box placed beside the ark by the Philistines, in which they deposited the golden mice and the emerods as their trespass-offering (1 Sam. 6:8, 11, 15).
Smith's Bible Dictionary
(argaz), a movable box hanging from the side of a cart. (1 Samuel 6:8,11,15) The word is found nowhere else.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>kof'-er ('argaz): A small box such as that in which the Philistines placed their golden mice and other offerings in returning the Ark (1Sa 6:8,11,15).</p>