Definitions for mercy seat
mer·cy seat

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1. mercy seatnoun

   the throne of God

2. mercy seatnoun

   the golden covering of the ark of the covenant

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1. mercy seatnoun

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

2. Etymology: From mercy + seat, after Gnadenstuhl, translating כפורת (= Hellenistic Greek ἱλαστήριον (Septuagint)/Latin propitiatorium (Vulgate)).

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1. Mercy-seatnoun

   The mercy-seat was the covering of the ark of the covenant, in which the tables of the law were deposited: it was of gold, and at its two ends were fixed the two cherubims, of the same metal, which with their wings extended forwards, seemed to form a throne for the majesty of God, who in scripture is represented as sitting between the cherubims, and the ark was his footstool: it was from hence that God gave his oracles to Moses, or to the high-priest that consulted him. Augustin Calmet

   Etymology: mercy and seat.

   Make a mercy-seat of pure gold. Exod. xxv. 17.

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1. Mercy seat

   According to the Hebrew Bible, the kaporet (Hebrew: כַּפֹּרֶת kapōreṯ) or mercy seat was the gold lid placed on the Ark of the Covenant, with two cherubim beaten out of the ends to cover and create the space into which Yahweh was said to appear. This was connected with the rituals of the Day of Atonement. The term also appears in later Jewish sources, and twice in the New Testament, from where it has significance in Christian theology.

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1. Mercy seat

   According to the Bible, the cover or mercy seat was an object which rested upon the Ark of the Covenant, and was connected with the rituals of the Day of Atonement; the term also appears in later Jewish sources, and twice in the New Testament, from where it has significance in Christian theology. The English phrase mercy seat is not a literal translation of the Hebrew term kapporeth, which appears in its place in the Masoretic text, nor of the Greek term hilasterion, which takes the same place in the Septuagint, but instead is the translation by William Tyndale influenced by the German term Gnadenstuhl, from the same narrative position in the Luther Bible; Gnadenstuhl literally means seat of grace, in the sense of location of grace.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of mercy seat in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of mercy seat in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1