3727. kapporeth

Lexicon

kapporeth: Mercy Seat

Original Word: כַּפֹּרֶת
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: kapporeth
Pronunciation: kap-PO-reth
Phonetic Spelling: (kap-po'-reth)
KJV: mercy seat
NASB: mercy seat
Word Origin: [from H3722 (כָּפַר - To cover)]

1. a lid (used only of the cover of the sacred Ark)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

mercy seat

From kaphar; a lid (used only of the cover of the sacred Ark) -- mercy seat.

see HEBREW kaphar

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from the same as kopher
Definition
propitiatory
NASB Translation
mercy seat (27).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

כַּמֹּרֶת noun propitiatory, late technical word from כּפר cover over sin: the older explanation cover, lid has no justification in usage; ᵐ5 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 22-Jancubits x 1 2-Jancubits 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.

II. כפר (√ of following).

Forms and Transliterations

הַכַּפֹּ֑רֶת הַכַּפֹּ֔רֶת הַכַּפֹּ֖רֶת הַכַּפֹּ֗רֶת הַכַּפֹּ֙רֶת֙ הַכַּפֹּ֛רֶת הַכַּפֹּ֜רֶת הַכַּפֹּֽרֶת׃ הכפרת הכפרת׃ כַּפֹּ֖רֶת כַפֹּ֖רֶת כפרת chapPoret hak·kap·pō·reṯ hakkapPoret hakkappōreṯ kap·pō·reṯ ḵap·pō·reṯ kapPoret kappōreṯ ḵappōreṯ

Englishman's Concordance

Exodus 25:17
HEB: וְעָשִׂ֥יתָ כַפֹּ֖רֶת זָהָ֣ב טָה֑וֹר
NAS: You shall make a mercy seat of pure
KJV: And thou shalt make a mercy seat [of] pure
INT: shall make A mercy gold of pure

Exodus 25:18
HEB: מִשְּׁנֵ֖י קְצ֥וֹת הַכַּפֹּֽרֶת׃
NAS: at the two ends of the mercy seat.
KJV: ends of the mercy seat.
INT: the two ends of the mercy

Exodus 25:19
HEB: מִזֶּ֑ה מִן־ הַכַּפֹּ֛רֶת תַּעֲשׂ֥וּ אֶת־
NAS: the cherubim [of one piece] with the mercy seat at its two
KJV: end: [even] of the mercy seat shall ye make
INT: one with the mercy shall make the cherubim

Exodus 25:20
HEB: בְּכַנְפֵיהֶם֙ עַל־ הַכַּפֹּ֔רֶת וּפְנֵיהֶ֖ם אִ֣ישׁ
NAS: covering the mercy seat
KJV: covering the mercy seat with their wings,
INT: their wings and the mercy the faces one

Exodus 25:20
HEB: אָחִ֑יו אֶל־ הַכַּפֹּ֔רֶת יִהְי֖וּ פְּנֵ֥י
NAS: the mercy seat with their wings
KJV: to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces
INT: another are to be toward seat shall have the faces

Exodus 25:21
HEB: וְנָתַתָּ֧ אֶת־ הַכַּפֹּ֛רֶת עַל־ הָאָרֹ֖ן
NAS: You shall put the mercy seat on top
KJV: And thou shalt put the mercy seat above
INT: shall put the mercy of the ark

Exodus 25:22
HEB: אִתְּךָ֜ מֵעַ֣ל הַכַּפֹּ֗רֶת מִבֵּין֙ שְׁנֵ֣י
NAS: with you; and from above the mercy seat, from between
KJV: with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between
INT: will speak above the mercy between the two

Exodus 26:34
HEB: וְנָתַתָּ֙ אֶת־ הַכַּפֹּ֔רֶת עַ֖ל אֲר֣וֹן
NAS: You shall put the mercy seat on the ark
KJV: And thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the ark
INT: shall put the mercy on the ark

Exodus 30:6
HEB: הָעֵדֻ֑ת לִפְנֵ֣י הַכַּפֹּ֗רֶת אֲשֶׁר֙ עַל־
NAS: in front of the mercy seat that is over
KJV: before the mercy seat that [is] over the testimony,
INT: of the testimony front of the mercy is over

Exodus 31:7
HEB: לָֽעֵדֻ֔ת וְאֶת־ הַכַּפֹּ֖רֶת אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָלָ֑יו
NAS: of testimony, and the mercy seat upon it, and all
KJV: of the testimony, and the mercy seat that [is] thereupon, and all the furniture
INT: and the ark of testimony and the mercy after and

Exodus 35:12
HEB: בַּדָּ֖יו אֶת־ הַכַּפֹּ֑רֶת וְאֵ֖ת פָּרֹ֥כֶת
NAS: and its poles, the mercy seat, and the curtain
KJV: and the staves thereof, [with] the mercy seat, and the vail
INT: the ark poles the mercy and the curtain of the screen

Exodus 37:6
HEB: וַיַּ֥עַשׂ כַּפֹּ֖רֶת זָהָ֣ב טָה֑וֹר
NAS: He made a mercy seat of pure gold,
KJV: And he made the mercy seat [of] pure
INT: made A mercy gold of pure

Exodus 37:7
HEB: מִשְּׁנֵ֖י קְצ֥וֹת הַכַּפֹּֽרֶת׃
NAS: at the two ends of the mercy seat;
KJV: ends of the mercy seat;
INT: the two ends of the mercy

Exodus 37:8
HEB: מִזֶּ֑ה מִן־ הַכַּפֹּ֛רֶת עָשָׂ֥ה אֶת־
NAS: the cherubim [of one piece] with the mercy seat at the two
KJV: on the [other] end on that side: out of the mercy seat made
INT: the other with the mercy made the cherubim

Exodus 37:9
HEB: בְּכַנְפֵיהֶם֙ עַל־ הַכַּפֹּ֔רֶת וּפְנֵיהֶ֖ם אִ֣ישׁ
NAS: covering the mercy seat
KJV: with their wings over the mercy seat, with their faces
INT: their wings and the mercy their faces each

Exodus 37:9
HEB: אָחִ֑יו אֶל־ הַכַּפֹּ֔רֶת הָי֖וּ פְּנֵ֥י
NAS: the mercy seat with their wings,
KJV: to another; [even] to the mercy seatward were the faces
INT: other were toward seat had the faces

Exodus 39:35
HEB: בַּדָּ֑יו וְאֵ֖ת הַכַּפֹּֽרֶת׃
NAS: and its poles and the mercy seat;
KJV: and the staves thereof, and the mercy seat,
INT: of the testimony poles and the mercy

Exodus 40:20
HEB: וַיִּתֵּ֧ן אֶת־ הַכַּפֹּ֛רֶת עַל־ הָאָרֹ֖ן
NAS: and put the mercy seat on top
KJV: and put the mercy seat above
INT: the ark and put the mercy of the ark

Leviticus 16:2
HEB: אֶל־ פְּנֵ֨י הַכַּפֹּ֜רֶת אֲשֶׁ֤ר עַל־
NAS: the veil, before the mercy seat which
KJV: before the mercy seat, which [is] upon the ark;
INT: about before the mercy which over

Leviticus 16:2
HEB: אֵרָאֶ֖ה עַל־ הַכַּפֹּֽרֶת׃
NAS: the mercy seat which
KJV: in the cloud upon the mercy seat.
INT: will appear over seat

Leviticus 16:13
HEB: הַקְּטֹ֗רֶת אֶת־ הַכַּפֹּ֛רֶת אֲשֶׁ֥ר עַל־
NAS: may cover the mercy seat that is on [the ark of] the testimony,
KJV: may cover the mercy seat that [is] upon the testimony,
INT: the cloud of incense the mercy that is on

Leviticus 16:14
HEB: עַל־ פְּנֵ֥י הַכַּפֹּ֖רֶת קֵ֑דְמָה וְלִפְנֵ֣י
NAS: [it] with his finger on the mercy seat
KJV: [it] with his finger upon the mercy seat eastward;
INT: in front the mercy the east front

Leviticus 16:14
HEB: קֵ֑דְמָה וְלִפְנֵ֣י הַכַּפֹּ֗רֶת יַזֶּ֧ה שֶֽׁבַע־
NAS: on the mercy seat on the east
KJV: and before the mercy seat shall he sprinkle
INT: the east front seat shall sprinkle seven

Leviticus 16:15
HEB: אֹת֛וֹ עַל־ הַכַּפֹּ֖רֶת וְלִפְנֵ֥י הַכַּפֹּֽרֶת׃
NAS: and sprinkle it on the mercy seat
KJV: and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, and before
INT: and sprinkle on the mercy front seat

Leviticus 16:15
HEB: הַכַּפֹּ֖רֶת וְלִפְנֵ֥י הַכַּפֹּֽרֶת׃
NAS: it on the mercy seat and in front
KJV: and before the mercy seat:
INT: the mercy front seat

27 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 3727
27 Occurrences

ḵap·pō·reṯ — 1 Occ.
hak·kap·pō·reṯ — 25 Occ.
kap·pō·reṯ — 1 Occ.