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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.

  • Jeremiah 11:8
    Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but walked every one in the imagination of their evil heart: therefore I will bring upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do; but they did them not.
  • Jeremiah 11:10
    They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, which refused to hear my words; and they went after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.
  • Jeremiah 14:21
    Do not abhor us, for thy name's sake, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.
  • Jeremiah 22:9
    Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.
  • Jeremiah 31:31
    Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
  • Jeremiah 31:32
    Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD:
  • Jeremiah 31:33
    But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
  • Jeremiah 32:40
    And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.
  • Jeremiah 33:20
    Thus saith the LORD; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season;
  • Jeremiah 33:21
    Then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne; and with the Levites the priests, my ministers.