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בְּרִית H1285

bᵉrîyth

ber-eeth'

from בָּרָה (in the sense of cutting (like בָּרָא)); a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh); confederacy, (con-) feder(-ate), covenant, league.

Brown–Driver–Briggs

בְּרִית 285 n.f. covenant
I between men.
1 treaty, alliance, league
2 constitution, ordinance, between monarch and subjects
3 agreement, pledge
4 alliance of friendship between David and Jonathan
5 alliance of marriage
II between God and man.
1 alliance of friendship
2 covenant, as a divine constitution or ordinance with signs or pledges
III Phrases.
1 covenant making
2 covenant keeping
3 covenant violation

From Brown, Driver, and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), in the public domain.


264 occurrences

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  • Job 31:1
    I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?
  • Job 41:4
    Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?
  • Psalms 25:10
    All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
  • Psalms 25:14
    The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.
  • Psalms 44:17
    All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
  • Psalms 50:5
    Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.
  • Psalms 50:16
    But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?
  • Psalms 55:20
    He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant.
  • Psalms 74:20
    Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.
  • Psalms 78:10
    They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;