כַּפֹּרֶת

kapporet

kah-po-RET

mercy seat, covering

Where it comes from

From kaphar, to cover. It is the lid of the ark — the law inside, the covering on top, and the meeting happening above it. Tyndale coined mercy seat for it in English, and the King James kept his word.

Every place it appears

Strong's H3727. It stands in 22 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. See them →

Exodus 25:17

And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

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