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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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  • Hosea 6:7
    But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.
  • Hosea 8:1
    Set the trumpet to thy mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.
  • Hosea 10:4
    They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.
  • Hosea 12:1
    Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.
  • Amos 1:9
    Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Tyrus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom, and remembered not the brotherly covenant:
  • Obadiah 1:7
    All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee even to the border: the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, and prevailed against thee; they that eat thy bread have laid a wound under thee: there is none understanding in him.
  • Zechariah 9:11
    As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.
  • Zechariah 11:10
    And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people.
  • Malachi 2:4
    And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.
  • Malachi 2:5
    My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name.