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Lexicon :: Strong's H3727 - kapōreṯ

Aa
כַּפֹּרֶת
Transliteration
kapōreṯ
Pronunciation
kap-po'-reth
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1023c

Strong’s Definitions

כַּפֹּרֶת kappôreth, kap-po'-reth; from H3722; a lid (used only of the cover of the sacred Ark):—mercy seat.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 27x

The KJV translates Strong's H3727 in the following manner: mercy seat (26x), mercy seatward (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 27x
The KJV translates Strong's H3727 in the following manner: mercy seat (26x), mercy seatward (1x).

  1. mercy-seat, place of atonement

    1. 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

      1. the slab of gold on top of the ark of the covenant which measured 2.5 by 1.5 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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כַּפֹּרֶת kappôreth, kap-po'-reth; from H3722; a lid (used only of the cover of the sacred Ark):—mercy seat.
STRONGS H3727: Abbreviations
†כַּפֹּרֶת noun propitiatory, late technical word from כּפר cover over sin: the older explanation cover, lid has no justification in usage; Greek Version of the LXX ιλαστήριον; only P: Exodus 25:17, 18, 19, 20 (twice in verse); Exodus 25:21, 22; Exodus 26:34; Exodus 30:6; Exodus 31:7; Exodus 35:12; Exodus 37:6, 7, 8, 9 (twice in verse); Exodus 39:35; Exodus 40:20; Leviticus 16:2 (twice in verse); Leviticus 16:13, 14 (twice in verse); Leviticus 16:15 (twice in verse); Numbers 7:89, and 1 Chronicles 28:11; it was a slab of gold 2 1/2 cubits x 1 1/2 cubits placed on top of the ark of the testimony. On it, and a part of it, were two golden cherubim facing each other, whose outstretched wings came together above and constituted the throne of Yahweh. When the high priest entered the Holy of Holies on the day of atonement it was necessary that this highest place of atonement should be enveloped in a cloud of incense. The blood of the sin-offering of the atonement was then sprinkled on the face of and seven times before it. The temple proper, as distinguished from porch etc., was called בֵּית הַכּ׳ 1 Chronicles 28:11.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

25:17; 25:18; 25:19; 25:20; 25:21; 25:22; 26:34; 30:6; 31:7; 35:12; 37:6; 37:7; 37:8; 37:9; 39:35; 40:20

Leviticus

16:2; 16:13; 16:14; 16:15

Numbers

7:89

1 Chronicles

28:11; 28:11

H3727

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3727 matches the Hebrew כַּפֹּרֶת (kapōreṯ),
which occurs 27 times in 22 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:17 - And you are to make a cover of the best gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:18 - And at the two ends of the cover you are to make two winged ones of hammered gold,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:19 - One at one end and one at the other; the winged ones are to be part of the cover.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:20 - And their wings are to be outstretched over the cover, and the winged ones are to be opposite one another, facing the cover.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:21 - And put the cover over the ark, and in the ark the record which I will give you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:22 - And there, between the two winged ones on the cover of the ark, I will come to you, face to face, and make clear to you all the orders I have to give you for the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:34

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:34 - You are to put the cover on the ark of the law, inside the most holy place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:6 - And let it be placed in front of the veil before the ark of the law, before the cover which is over the law, where I will come face to face with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:7 - The Tent of meeting, and the ark of the law, and the cover which is on it, and all the things for the tent,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:12 - The ark with its cover and its rods and the veil hanging before it;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:6 - And he made the cover all of gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:7 - And he made two winged ones, hammered out of one bit of gold, for the two ends of the cover;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:8 - Placing one at one end and one at the other; the winged ones were part of the cover.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:9 - And their wings were stretched out over the cover; the faces of the winged ones were opposite one another and facing the cover.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:35 - The ark of the law, with its rods and its cover;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:20 - And he took the law and put it inside the ark, and put the rods at its side and the cover over it;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:2 - The Lord said to Moses, Say to Aaron, your brother, that he may not come at all times into the holy place inside the veil, before the cover which is on the ark, for fear that death may overtake him; for I will be seen in the cloud on the cover of the ark.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:13 - And let him put the perfume on the fire before the Lord so that the ark may be covered with a cloud of the smoke of the perfume, in order that death may not overtake him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:14 - And let him take some of the blood of the ox, shaking drops of it from his finger on the cover of the ark on the east side, and before it, seven times.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:15 - Then let him put to death the goat of the sin-offering for the people, and take its blood inside the veil and do with it as he did with the blood of the ox, shaking drops of it on and before the cover of the ark.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:89

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:89 - And when Moses went into the Tent of meeting to have talk with him, then the Voice came to his ears from over the cover which was on the ark of witness, from between the two winged ones. And he had talk with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:11 - Then David gave to his son Solomon the design of the doorway of the house of God and of its houses and its store-houses, and the higher rooms and the inner rooms and the place for the mercy-seat;
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