Mercy @ compassion for the miserable. Its object is misery. By the atoning sacrifice of Christ a way is open for the exercise of mercy towards the sons of men, in harmony with the demands of truth and righteousness Genesis:19:19; Exodus:20:6Exodus:34:6-7; Psalms:85:10Psalms:86:15-16). In Christ mercy and truth meet together. Mercy is also a Christian grace Matthew:5:7Matthew:18:33-35).
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 Exodus:25:17Exodus:30:6Exodus:31:7 ). It is compared to the throne of grace Hebrews:9:5; Ephesians:2:6). The holy of holies is called the "place of the mercy-seat" ( 1Chronicles:28:11: Leviticus:16:2). It has been conjectured that the censer (thumiaterion, meaning "anything having regard to or employed in the burning of incense") mentioned in Hebrews: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 Leviticus:16:11-16; comp. Numbers:7:89 and Exodus:25:22).
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