Biblical Hebrew H3727 noun feminine 27 occurrences

כַּפֹּרֶת

Transliteration: kapporet (kappōret)

Pronunciation: /kap-PO-ret/

“mercy seat, propitiatory cover”

Propitiatory cover, mercy seat; solid gold slab atop Ark where atoning blood was sprinkled on Yom Kippur, achieving propitiation.

Lexical & Etymological Analysis

From כָּפַר (H3722) to atone, cover.

mercy seat

Cross-Testament Bridge

How this lemma bridges Old Testament Hebrew and New Testament Koine Greek through the Septuagint (LXX) translation tradition.

LXX conceptual translation: כַּפֹּרֶת (mercy seat, propitiatory cover) -> ἱλαστήριον (propitiatory)

Direct Cross-Language Equivalents:

G2435 ἱλαστήριον (hilasterion — “propitiatory”)

Foundational passages where כַּפֹּרֶת (kapporet) carries significant theological or narrative weight.