Kapporet כַּפֹּרֶת

Kapporet (Hebrew כַּפֹּרֶת, Strong's H3727) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “mercy seat”. It occurs 27 times in 22 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Topics

• Ark of the Covenant

Verses

Every verse with Kapporet, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Exodus

• Exodus 25:17
  And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.And you are to construct a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.
• Exodus 25:18
  And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat.Make two cherubim of hammered gold at the ends of the mercy seat,
• Exodus 25:19
  And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end: even of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubims on the two ends thereof.one cherub on one end and one on the other, all made from one piece of gold.
• Exodus 25:20
  And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be.And the cherubim are to have wings that spread upward, overshadowing the mercy seat. The cherubim are to face each other, looking toward the mercy seat.
• Exodus 25:21
  And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.Set the mercy seat atop the ark, and put the Testimony that I will give you into the ark.
• Exodus 25:22
  And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.And I will meet with you there above the mercy seat, between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the Testimony; I will speak with you about all that I command you regarding the Israelites.
• Exodus 26:34
  And thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy place.Put the mercy seat on the ark of the Testimony in the Most Holy Place.
• Exodus 30:6
  And thou shalt put it before the vail that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with thee.Place the altar in front of the veil that is before the ark of the Testimony—before the mercy seat that is over the Testimony—where I will meet with you.
• Exodus 31:7
  The tabernacle of the congregation, and the ark of the testimony, and the mercy seat that is thereupon, and all the furniture of the tabernacle,the Tent of Meeting, the ark of the Testimony and the mercy seat upon it, and all the other furnishings of the tent—
• Exodus 35:12
  The ark, and the staves thereof, with the mercy seat, and the vail of the covering,the ark with its poles and mercy seat, and the veil to shield it;
• Exodus 37:6
  And he made the mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half was the length thereof, and one cubit and a half the breadth thereof.He constructed a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.
• Exodus 37:7
  And he made two cherubims of gold, beaten out of one piece made he them, on the two ends of the mercy seat;He made two cherubim of hammered gold at the ends of the mercy seat,
• Exodus 37:8
  One cherub on the end on this side, and another cherub on the other end on that side: out of the mercy seat made he the cherubims on the two ends thereof.one cherub on one end and one on the other, all made from one piece of gold.
• Exodus 37:9
  And the cherubims spread out their wings on high, and covered with their wings over the mercy seat, with their faces one to another; even to the mercy seatward were the faces of the cherubims.And the cherubim had wings that spread upward, overshadowing the mercy seat. The cherubim faced each other, looking toward the mercy seat.
• Exodus 39:35
  The ark of the testimony, and the staves thereof, and the mercy seat,the ark of the Testimony with its poles and the mercy seat;
• Exodus 40:20
  And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark:Moses took the Testimony and placed it in the ark, attaching the poles to the ark; and he set the mercy seat atop the ark.

Leviticus

• Leviticus 16:2
  And the Lord said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the vail before the mercy seat, which is upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat.And the LORD said to Moses: “Tell your brother Aaron not to enter freely into the Most Holy Place behind the veil in front of the mercy seat on the ark, or else he will die, because I appear in the cloud above the mercy seat.
• Leviticus 16:13
  And he shall put the incense upon the fire before the Lord, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is upon the testimony, that he die not:He is to put the incense on the fire before the LORD, and the cloud of incense will cover the mercy seat above the Testimony, so that he will not die.
• Leviticus 16:14
  And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy seat eastward; and before the mercy seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times.And he is to take some of the bull’s blood and sprinkle it with his finger on the east side of the mercy seat; then he shall sprinkle some of it with his finger seven times before the mercy seat.
• Leviticus 16:15
  Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the vail, and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat:Aaron shall then slaughter the goat for the sin offering for the people and bring its blood behind the veil, and with its blood he must do as he did with the bull’s blood: He is to sprinkle it against the mercy seat and in front of it.

Numbers

• Numbers 7:89
  And when Moses was gone into the tabernacle of the congregation to speak with him, then he heard the voice of one speaking unto him from off the mercy seat that was upon the ark of testimony, from between the two cherubims: and he spake unto him.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 mercy seat on the ark of the Testimony. Thus the LORD spoke to him.

1 Chronicles

• 1 Chronicles 28:11
  Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper chambers thereof, and of the inner parlours thereof, and of the place of the mercy seat,Then David gave his son Solomon the plans for the portico of the temple, its buildings, storehouses, upper rooms, inner rooms, and the room for the mercy seat.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).