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mercy seat

noun

Etymology

From mercy + seat, after German Gnadenstuhl, translating Hebrew כַּפֹּרֶת (kappóreth) (= Hellenistic Greek ἱλαστήριον (hilastḗrion) (Septuagint)/Latin propitiatorium (Vulgate)).

  1. derived from Gnadenstuhl

Definitions

  1. The lid of the Ark of the Covenant, on which God is said to have been enthroned

    The lid of the Ark of the Covenant, on which God is said to have been enthroned; taken to represent the throne in heaven.

    • And thou shalt make a Mercieseat of pure gold: two cubites and a halfe shalbe the length thereof, and a cubite and a halfe the breadth thereof.
    • The greatest mystery of Religion is expressed by adumbration, and in the noblest part of Jewish Types, we finde the Cherubims shadowing the Mercy-seat.

  2. Synonym of mourners' bench.

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