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Confederate; Confederacy
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kon -fed´ẽr -ā̇t , kon -fed´ẽr -a -si : "Confederate" as an adjective in the sense of united or leagued is twice the translation of בּרית , berı̄th "covenant," in several instances translated "league" (Genesis 14:13 , ה , ba‛al berı̄th , "lord or master of a covenant," "an ally," "these were confederate with Abram"; compare Psalm 83:5; once of נוּח , nūaḥ , "to rest," "Syria is confederate with Ephraim" (Isaiah 7:2 , the Revised Version, margin "resteth on Ephraim"; also 1 Macc 10:47).
As a noun "confederate" occurs in 1 Macc 10:16, súmmachos , "confederates" (1 Macc 8:20, 24, 31; 14:40; 15:17).
Confederacy , as a "league," occurs as the translation of berı̄th , "the men of thy confederacy" (Obadiah 1:7 ); as a conspiracy it occurs in Isaiah 8:12 twice, as translation of ḳesher from ḳāshar , "to bind": "Say ye not, a confederate." Compare 2 Samuel 15:12; 2 Kings 12:20 , etc.
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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Confederate; Confederacy'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/isb/c/confederate-confederacy.html. 1915.
