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mercy

Meaning of “mercy”

Compassion or pity shown to the distressed or guilty; kindness that withholds deserved harm.

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First occurrence: Genesis 19:19

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Exodus 25:21
And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 25:21 · retained source text

And thou shalt put the Mercie-seat aboue vpon the Arke, and in the Arke thou shalt put the Testimonie that I shall giue thee.

Exodus 25:22
And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 25:22 · retained source text

And there I wil meet with thee, and I will commune with thee, from aboue the Mercie-seat, from betweene the two Cherubims which are vpon the Arke of the Testimonie, of all things which I will giue thee in commaundement vnto the children of Israel.

1611 marginal noteNumb. 7.89.

Exodus 30:6
And thou shalt put it before the vail that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with thee.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 30:6 · retained source text

And thou shalt put it before the Uaile, that is by the Arke of the Testimonie before the Mercie-seat, that is, ouer the Testimonie where I will meet with thee.

Exodus 31:7
The tabernacle of the congregation, and the ark of the testimony, and the mercy seat that is thereupon, and all the furniture of the tabernacle,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 31:7 · retained source text

The Tabernacle of the Congregation, and the Arke of the Testimony, and the Mercie-seat that is thereupon, & all the furniture of the Tabernacle:

1611 marginal noteHeb. vessels

Exodus 33:19
And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 33:19 · retained source text

And he said, I will make all my goodnesse passe before thee, and I will proclaime the name of the LORD before thee: and will bee gracious to whom I wil be gracious, and wil shew mercie on whom I will shew mercie.

1611 marginal noteRom. 9.15.

Exodus 34:7
Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 34:7 · retained source text

Keeping mercie for thousands, forgiuing iniquitie and transgression and sinne, and that will by no meanes cleere the guiltie, visiting the iniquitie of the fathers vpon the children, and vpon the childrens children, vnto the third and to the fourth generation.

1611 marginal noteExod. 20.5. deut. 5.9. ierem. 32.18.

Exodus 35:12
The ark, and the staves thereof, with the mercy seat, and the vail of the covering,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 35:12 · retained source text

The Arke and the staues thereof, with the Mercy seat, and the Uaile of the couering:

Exodus 37:6
¶ And he made the mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half was the length thereof, and one cubit and a half the breadth thereof.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 37:6 · retained source text

¶ And he made the Mercie seat of pure gold: two cubites and an halfe was the length thereof, and one cubite and an halfe the breadth thereof.

1611 marginal noteChap. 25.17.

Exodus 37:7
And he made two cherubims of gold, beaten out of one piece made he them, on the two ends of the mercy seat;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 37:7 · retained source text

And he made two Cherubims of gold, beaten out of one piece made hee them, on the two endes of the Mercie seate:

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