כַּפֹּרֶת kapporet
Hebrew word for “mercy seat” · Strong’s H3727 · used 27 times in 22 verses
Meaning
1) mercy-seat, place of atonement;
How it is translated
Glosses given for kapporet in context, with how often each is used:
- atonement cover 27
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exodus | 18 | 1.1 | |
| Leviticus | 7 | 0.6 | |
| Numbers | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Chronicles | 1 | 0.1 |
Chapters where it is used most
Exodus 25 (6), Exodus 37 (4), Leviticus 16 (4), Exodus 26 (1), Exodus 30 (1), Exodus 31 (1), Exodus 35 (1), Exodus 39 (1), Exodus 40 (1), Numbers 7 (1)
Forms
- הכפרת 25
- כפרת 2
Words used with it
Words that share verses with kapporet more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- עֵדוּת edut “testimony” 9
- אֲרוֹן aron “ark” 10
- כְּרוּב keruv “cherub” 8
- פָּרֹכֶת porekhet “curtain” 4
- קָצָה qatsah “end” 4
- שְׁנַיִם shenayim “two” 6
- מַעַל maal “above” 4
- זָהָב zahav “gold” 4
- מִקְשָׁה miqshah “beating” 2
- בַּד bad “alone” 3
- נָזָה nazah “to sprinkle” 2
- סָכַךְ sakhakh “to cover” 2
Key verses
The verses using kapporet that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- 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.
- 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.
- 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…
- 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…
- 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.
- 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:
- 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…
- 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:
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
See all 22 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.