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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 - “Make an atonement cover of pure gold—two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:18 - And make two cherubim out of hammered gold at the ends of the cover.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:19 - Make one cherub on one end and the second cherub on the other; make the cherubim of one piece with the cover, at the two ends.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:20 - The cherubim are to have their wings spread upward, overshadowing the cover with them. The cherubim are to face each other, looking toward the cover.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:21 - Place the cover on top of the ark and put in the ark the tablets of the covenant law that I will give you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:22 - There, above the cover between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the covenant law, I will meet with you and give you all my commands for the Israelites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:34

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:34 - Put the atonement cover on the ark of the covenant law in the Most Holy Place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:6 - Put the altar in front of the curtain that shields the ark of the covenant law—before the atonement cover that is over the tablets of the covenant law—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, the ark of the covenant law with the atonement cover on it, and all the other furnishings of the tent—

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:12 - the ark with its poles and the atonement cover and the curtain that shields it;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:6 - He made the atonement cover of pure gold—two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:7 - Then he made two cherubim out of hammered gold at the ends of the cover.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:8 - He made one cherub on one end and the second cherub on the other; at the two ends he made them of one piece with the cover.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:9 - The cherubim had their wings spread upward, overshadowing the cover with them. The cherubim faced each other, looking toward the cover.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:35 - the ark of the covenant law with its poles and the atonement cover;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:20 - He took the tablets of the covenant law and placed them in the ark, attached the poles to the ark and put the atonement cover over it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:2 - The LORD said to Moses: “Tell your brother Aaron that he is not to come whenever he chooses into the Most Holy Place behind the curtain in front of the atonement cover on the ark, or else he will die. For I will appear in the cloud over the atonement cover.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 16:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:13 - He is to put the incense on the fire before the LORD, and the smoke of the incense will conceal the atonement cover above the tablets of the covenant law, so that he will not die.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 16:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:14 - He is to take some of the bull’s blood and with his finger sprinkle it on the front of the atonement cover; then he shall sprinkle some of it with his finger seven times before the atonement cover.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 16:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:15 - “He shall then slaughter the goat for the sin offering for the people and take its blood behind the curtain and do with it as he did with the bull’s blood: He shall sprinkle it on the atonement cover and in front of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:89

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:89 - When Moses entered the tent of meeting to speak with the LORD, he heard the voice speaking to him from between the two cherubim above the atonement cover on the ark of the covenant law. In this way the LORD spoke to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 28:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:11 - Then David gave his son Solomon the plans for the portico of the temple, its buildings, its storerooms, its upper parts, its inner rooms and the place of atonement.
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