CHEST

Chest. Chest
(Heb. ’aron, generally rendered “ark”), the coffer into which the contributions for the repair of the temple were put (2 Kings 12:9, 10; 2 Chr. 24:8, 10, 11). In Gen. 50:26 it is rendered “coffin.” In Ezek. 27:24 a different Hebrew word, genazim (plur.), is used. It there means “treasure-chests.”

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CHEST. → For money 2Ki 12:9; 2Ch 24:8-11

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chest. Chest, n. a large box, the breast; v.t. to lay up

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Chest (chĕst), n. [[OE. chest, chist, AS. cest, cist, cyst, L. cista, fr. Gr. κίστη. Cf. Cist, Cistern.]] 1. 1. A large box of wood, or other material, having, like a trunk, a lid, but no covering of skin, leather, or cloth.
Heaps of money crowded in the chest. Dryden. 2. 2. A coffin.
He is now dead and mailed in his cheste. Chaucer. 3. 3. The part of the body inclosed by the ribs and breastbone; the thorax.
4. 4. (Com.) A case in which certain goods, as tea, opium, etc., are transported; hence, the quantity which such a case contains.
5. 5. (Mech.) A tight receptacle or box, usually for holding gas, steam, liquids, etc.; as, the steam chest of an engine; the wind chest of an organ.
Bomb chest, See under Bomb. — Chest of drawers, a case or movable frame containing drawers.