mercy seat
Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word mercy seat. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word mercy seat, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say mercy seat in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word mercy seat you have here. The definition of the word mercy seat will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofmercy seat, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
English
Etymology
From mercy + seat, after German Gnadenstuhl, translating Hebrew כַּפֹּרֶת (kappóreth) (= Hellenistic Greek ἱλαστήριον (hilastḗrion) (Septuagint)/Latin propitiatorium (Vulgate)).
Noun
mercy seat (plural mercy seats)
- (Judaism, Christianity) The lid of the Ark of the Covenant, on which God is said to have been enthroned; taken to represent the throne in heaven.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , →OCLC, Exodus 25:17:
- 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.
- 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus, Folio Society, published 2007, page 206:
- 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.
- Synonym of mourners' bench
Translations
lid of the Ark of the Covenant
|