כַּפֹּרֶת
kap.po.ret
“mercy seat”
Definition
a lid (used only of the cover of the sacred Ark)
from H3722 (כָּפַר);
- mercy-seat, place of atonement 1a) the golden plate of propitiation on which the High Priest sprinkled the seat 7 times on the Day of Atonement symbolically reconciling Jehovah and His chosen people 1a1) the slab of gold on top of the ark of the covenant which measured by cubits; on it and part of it were the two golden cherubim facing each other whose outstretched wings came together above and constituted the throne of God
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Feminine)
H:N-F
H:N-F
Occurrences
כַּפֹּרֶת appears 22 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Then David gave his son Solomon the plans for the portico of the temple, its buildings, storehouses, upper rooms, inner rooms, and the room for the mercy seat.
And the cherubim are to have wings that spread upward, overshadowing the mercy seat. The cherubim are to face each other, looking toward the mercy seat.
Place the altar in front of the veil that is before the ark of the Testimony —before the mercy seat that is over the Testimony—where I will meet with you.
He made two cherubim of hammered gold at the ends of the mercy seat,
Moses took the Testimony and placed it in the ark, attaching the poles to the ark; and he set the mercy seat atop the ark.
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