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Lexicon :: Strong's H3727 - kapōreṯ

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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 Box Exo 25:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:17 - “You shall make a mercy seat[fn] of pure gold. Two cubits and a half shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:18 - And you shall make two cherubim of gold; of hammered work shall you make them, on the two ends of the mercy seat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:19 - Make one cherub on the one end, and one cherub on the other end. Of one piece with the mercy seat shall you make the cherubim on its two ends.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:20 - The cherubim shall spread out their wings above, overshadowing the mercy seat with their wings, their faces one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubim be.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:21 - And you shall put the mercy seat on the top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the testimony that I shall give you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:22 - There I will meet with you, and from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim that are on the ark of the testimony, I will speak with you about all that I will give you in commandment for the people of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:34

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:34 - You shall put the mercy seat on the ark of the testimony in the Most Holy Place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:6 - And you shall put it in front of the veil that is above the ark of the testimony, in front of the mercy seat that is above the testimony, where I will meet with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 31:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:7 - the tent of meeting, and the ark of the testimony, and the mercy seat that is on it, and all the furnishings of the tent,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:12 - the ark with its poles, the mercy seat, and the veil of the screen;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:6 - And he made a mercy seat of pure gold. Two cubits and a half was its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:7 - And he made two cherubim of gold. He made them of hammered work on the two ends of the mercy seat,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:8 - one cherub on the one end, and one cherub on the other end. Of one piece with the mercy seat he made the cherubim on its two ends.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:9 - The cherubim spread out their wings above, overshadowing the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces one to another; toward the mercy seat were the faces of the cherubim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:35 - the ark of the testimony with its poles and the mercy seat;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:20 - He took the testimony and put it into the ark, and put the poles on the ark and set the mercy seat above on the ark.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:2 - and the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron your brother not to come at any time into the Holy Place inside the veil, before the mercy seat that is on the ark, so that he may not die. For I will appear in the cloud over the mercy seat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 16:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:13 - and put the incense on the fire before the LORD, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is over the testimony, so that he does not die.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 16:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:14 - And he shall take some of the blood of the bull and sprinkle it with his finger on the front of the mercy seat on the east side, and in front of the mercy seat he shall sprinkle some of the blood with his finger seven times.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 16:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:15 - “Then he shall kill the goat of the sin offering that is for the people and bring its blood inside the veil and do with its blood as he did with the blood of the bull, sprinkling it over the mercy seat and in front of the mercy seat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:89

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:89 - And when Moses went into the tent of meeting to speak with the LORD, he heard the voice speaking to him from above the mercy seat that was on the ark of the testimony, from between the two cherubim; and it spoke to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 28:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:11 - Then David gave Solomon his son the plan of the vestibule of the temple,[fn] and of its houses, its treasuries, its upper rooms, and its inner chambers, and of the room for the mercy seat;
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