"mercy seat" meaning in English

See mercy seat in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: mercy seats [plural]
Etymology: From mercy + seat, after German Gnadenstuhl, translating Hebrew כַּפֹּרֶת (kappóreth) (= Hellenistic Greek ἱλαστήριον (hilastḗrion) (Septuagint)/Latin propitiatorium (Vulgate)). Etymology templates: {{m|en|mercy}} mercy, {{m|en|seat}} seat, {{uder|en|de|Gnadenstuhl}} German Gnadenstuhl, {{uder|en|he|כפורת|כַּפֹּרֶת|sc=Hebr|tr=kappóreth}} Hebrew כַּפֹּרֶת (kappóreth), {{m|grc|ἱλαστήριον}} ἱλαστήριον (hilastḗrion), {{m|la|propitiatorium}} propitiatorium Head templates: {{en-noun}} mercy seat (plural mercy seats)
  1. (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. Tags: Judaism Categories (topical): Christianity, Judaism Translations (lid of the Ark of the Covenant): armonistuin (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-mercy_seat-en-noun-ArAFeUAr Topics: Christianity Disambiguation of 'lid of the Ark of the Covenant': 99 1
  2. Synonym of mourners' bench Synonyms: mourners' bench [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-mercy_seat-en-noun-nCqa~Rfx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 72 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 34 66

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for mercy seat meaning in English (3.1kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "mercy"
      },
      "expansion": "mercy",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "seat"
      },
      "expansion": "seat",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "de",
        "3": "Gnadenstuhl"
      },
      "expansion": "German Gnadenstuhl",
      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "he",
        "3": "כפורת",
        "4": "כַּפֹּרֶת",
        "sc": "Hebr",
        "tr": "kappóreth"
      },
      "expansion": "Hebrew כַּפֹּרֶת (kappóreth)",
      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ἱλαστήριον"
      },
      "expansion": "ἱλαστήριον (hilastḗrion)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "propitiatorium"
      },
      "expansion": "propitiatorium",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From mercy + seat, after German Gnadenstuhl, translating Hebrew כַּפֹּרֶת (kappóreth) (= Hellenistic Greek ἱλαστήριον (hilastḗrion) (Septuagint)/Latin propitiatorium (Vulgate)).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mercy seats",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "mercy seat (plural mercy seats)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Christianity",
          "orig": "en:Christianity",
          "parents": [
            "Abrahamism",
            "Religion",
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Judaism",
          "orig": "en:Judaism",
          "parents": [
            "Abrahamism",
            "Religion",
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus, Folio Society, published 2007, page 206",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The lid of the Ark of the Covenant, on which God is said to have been enthroned; taken to represent the throne in heaven."
      ],
      "id": "en-mercy_seat-en-noun-ArAFeUAr",
      "links": [
        [
          "Judaism",
          "Judaism"
        ],
        [
          "Christianity",
          "Christianity"
        ],
        [
          "lid",
          "lid"
        ],
        [
          "Ark of the Covenant",
          "Ark of the Covenant"
        ],
        [
          "throne",
          "throne"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(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."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Judaism"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "Christianity"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "lid of the Ark of the Covenant",
          "word": "armonistuin"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "28 72",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "34 66",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English undefined derivations",
          "parents": [
            "Undefined derivations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of mourners' bench"
      ],
      "id": "en-mercy_seat-en-noun-nCqa~Rfx",
      "links": [
        [
          "mourners' bench",
          "mourners' bench#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "mourners' bench"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "mercy seat"
  ],
  "word": "mercy seat"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from German",
    "English terms derived from Hebrew",
    "English undefined derivations"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "mercy"
      },
      "expansion": "mercy",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "seat"
      },
      "expansion": "seat",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "de",
        "3": "Gnadenstuhl"
      },
      "expansion": "German Gnadenstuhl",
      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "he",
        "3": "כפורת",
        "4": "כַּפֹּרֶת",
        "sc": "Hebr",
        "tr": "kappóreth"
      },
      "expansion": "Hebrew כַּפֹּרֶת (kappóreth)",
      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ἱλαστήριον"
      },
      "expansion": "ἱλαστήριον (hilastḗrion)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "propitiatorium"
      },
      "expansion": "propitiatorium",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From mercy + seat, after German Gnadenstuhl, translating Hebrew כַּפֹּרֶת (kappóreth) (= Hellenistic Greek ἱλαστήριον (hilastḗrion) (Septuagint)/Latin propitiatorium (Vulgate)).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mercy seats",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "mercy seat (plural mercy seats)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "en:Christianity",
        "en:Judaism"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus, Folio Society, published 2007, page 206",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The lid of the Ark of the Covenant, on which God is said to have been enthroned; taken to represent the throne in heaven."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Judaism",
          "Judaism"
        ],
        [
          "Christianity",
          "Christianity"
        ],
        [
          "lid",
          "lid"
        ],
        [
          "Ark of the Covenant",
          "Ark of the Covenant"
        ],
        [
          "throne",
          "throne"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(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."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Judaism"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "Christianity"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of mourners' bench"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mourners' bench",
          "mourners' bench#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "mourners' bench"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "lid of the Ark of the Covenant",
      "word": "armonistuin"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "mercy seat"
  ],
  "word": "mercy seat"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.