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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

Shown in the King James Version (KJV), whichever translation you read in — it is the text these numbers are tagged against.

  • Genesis 17:2
    And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.
  • Genesis 17:4
    As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.
  • Genesis 17:7
    And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
  • Genesis 17:9
    And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.
  • Genesis 17:10
    This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.
  • Genesis 17:11
    And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.
  • Genesis 17:13
    He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.
  • Genesis 17:14
    And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.
  • Genesis 17:19
    And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.
  • Genesis 17:21
    But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.