mercy seat

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The lid of the Ark of the Covenant, on which God is said to have been enthroned; taken to represent the throne in heaven. Judaism
    — 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.
  2. Synonym of mourners' bench.

词形变化

mercy seats plural

词源

From mercy + seat, after German Gnadenstuhl, translating Hebrew כַּפֹּרֶת (kappóreth) (= Hellenistic Greek ἱλαστήριον (hilastḗrion) (Septuagint)/Latin propitiatorium (Vulgate)).
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