The Definition of the word Mercy-seat

Mercy-seat

(Heb. kapporeth, a covering;" LXX. and N.T., hilasterion;" "Vulg., propitiatorium), the covering or lid of the ark of the" "covenant (q.v.). It was of acacia wood, overlaid with gold, or" "perhaps rather a plate of solid gold, 2 1/2 cubits long and 1" 1/2 broad (Ex. 25:17; 30:6; 31:7). It is compared to the throne of grace (Heb. 9:5; Eph. 2:6). The holy of holies is called the place of the mercy-seat (1 Chr. 28:11: Lev. 16:2). "It has been conjectured that the censer (thumiaterion, meaning anything having regard to or employed in the burning of "incense") mentioned in Heb. 9:4 was the "mercy-seat," at which" the incense was burned by the high priest on the great day of "atonement, and upon or toward which the blood of the goat was" sprinkled (Lev. 16:11-16; comp. Num. 7:89 and Ex. 25:22).