mercy seat en · NOUN
Etymology
From mercy + seat, after German Gnadenstuhl, translating Hebrew כַּפֹּרֶת (kappóreth) (= Hellenistic Greek ἱλαστήριον (hilastḗrion) (Septuagint)/Latin propitiatorium (Vulgate)).
Meanings
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(Judaism) 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.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 25:17: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.
1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus, Folio Society, published 2007, page 206:
- Synonym of mourners' bench.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| mercy seats | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (1)
fi armonistuin (lid of the Ark of the Covenant)