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H1285 בְּרִית (bᵉrîyth) ber-eeth'
Hebrew
Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)
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Quick Definition

covenant

Strong's Definition

a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)

Derivation: from H1262 (בָּרָה) (in the sense of cutting (like H1254 (בָּרָא)));

KJV Usage: confederacy, (con-) feder(-ate), covenant, league.

TWOT Reference: 282a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) covenant, alliance, pledge
1a) between men
1a1) treaty, alliance, league (man to man)
1a2) constitution, ordinance (monarch to subjects)
1a3) agreement, pledge (man to man)
1a4) alliance (of friendship)
1a5) alliance (of marriage)
1b) between God and man
1b1) alliance (of friendship)
1b2) covenant (divine ordinance with signs or pledges)
2) (phrases)
2a) covenant making
2b) covenant keeping
2c) covenant violation

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G1242 G1785

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

1) covenant, alliance, pledge 1a) between men 1a1) treaty, alliance, league (man to man) 1a2) constitution, ordinance (monarch to subjects) 1a3) agreement, pledge (man to man) 1a4) alliance (of friendship) 1a5) alliance (of marriage) 1b) between God and man 1b1) alliance (of friendship) 1b2) covenant (divine ordinance with signs or pledges) 2) (phrases) 2a) covenant making 2b) covenant keeping 2c) covenant violation

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

בְּרִית berý̂yth BDB Definition: 1) covenant, alliance, pledge 1a) between men 1a1) treaty, alliance, league (man to man) 1a2) constitution, ordinance (monarch to subjects) 1a3) agreement, pledge (man to man) 1a4) alliance (of friendship) 1a5) alliance (of marriage) 1b) between God and man 1b1) alliance (of friendship) 1b2) covenant (divine ordinance with signs or pledges) 2) (phrases) 2a) covenant making 2b) covenant keeping 2c) covenant violation Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H1262 (in the sense of cutting [like 1254]) Same Word by TWOT Number: 282a Total KJV Occurrences: 285

Bible Occurrences (264)

6:18 9:9 9:11 9:12 9:13 9:15 9:16 9:17 14:13 15:18 17:2 17:4 17:7 17:9 17:10 17:11 17:13 17:14 17:19 17:21 21:27 21:32 26:28 31:44
2:24 6:4 6:5 19:5 23:32 24:7 24:8 31:16 34:10 34:12 34:15 34:27 34:28
2:13 24:8 26:9 26:15 26:25 26:42 26:44 26:45
10:33 14:44 18:19 25:12 25:13
4:13 4:23 4:31 5:2 5:3 7:2 7:9 7:12 8:18 9:9 9:11 9:15 10:8 17:2 29:1 29:9 29:12 29:14 29:21 29:25 31:9 31:16 31:20 31:25 31:26 33:9
3:3 3:6 3:8 3:11 3:14 3:17 4:7 4:9 4:18 6:6 6:8 7:11 7:15 8:33 9:6 9:7 9:11 9:15 9:16 23:16 24:25
2:1 2:2 2:20 20:27
4:3 4:4 4:5 11:1 18:3 20:8 23:18
3:12 3:13 3:21 5:3 15:24 23:5
3:15 5:12 6:19 8:1 8:6 8:21 8:23 11:11 15:19 19:10 19:14 20:34
11:4 11:17 13:23 17:15 17:35 17:38 18:12 23:2 23:3 23:21
11:3 15:25 15:26 15:28 15:29 16:6 16:15 16:17 16:37 17:1 22:19 28:2 28:18
5:2 5:7 6:11 6:14 13:5 15:12 16:3 21:7 23:1 23:3 23:16 29:10 34:30 34:31 34:32
10:3
1:5 9:8 9:32 13:29
5:23 31:1 41:4
25:10 25:14 44:17 50:5 50:16 55:20 74:20 78:10 78:37 83:5 89:3 89:28 89:34 89:39 103:18 105:8 105:10 106:45 111:5 111:9 132:12
2:17
24:5 28:15 28:18 33:8 42:6 49:8 54:10 55:3 56:4 56:6 59:21 61:8
3:16 11:2 11:3 11:6 11:8 11:10 14:21 22:9 31:31 31:32 31:33 32:40 33:20 33:21 33:25 34:8 34:10 34:13 34:15 34:18 50:5
16:8 16:59 16:60 16:61 16:62 17:13 17:14 17:15 17:16 17:18 17:19 20:37 30:5 34:25 37:26 44:7
9:4 9:27 11:22 11:28 11:30 11:32
2:18 6:7 8:1 10:4 12:1
1:9
1:7
9:11 11:10
2:4 2:5 2:8 2:10 2:14 3:1

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