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Strong's #1285 - בְּרִית

Transliteration

bᵉrîyth

Phonetics

ber-eeth'

Origin

from (H1262) (in the sense of cutting [like (G1254)])

Parts of Speech

feminine noun

TWOT

282a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

covenant, alliance, pledge
1. between men
  1. treaty, alliance, league (man to man)
  2. constitution, ordinance (monarch to subjects)
  3. agreement, pledge (man to man)
  4. alliance (of friendship)
  5. alliance (of marriage)
2. between God and man
  1. alliance (of friendship)
  2. covenant (divine ordinance with signs or pledges)
(phrases)
1. covenant making
2. covenant keeping
3. covenant violation

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 1242 ‑ διαθήκη (dee‑ath‑ay'‑kay); 1785 ‑ ἐντολή (en‑tol‑ay');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (281)

Genesis 26

Exodus 13

Leviticus 10

Numbers 5

Deuteronomy 27

Joshua 22

Judges 4

1 Samuel 8

2 Samuel 6

1 Kings 13

2 Kings 12

1 Chronicles 13

2 Chronicles 16

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 4

Job 3

Psalms 21

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 12

Jeremiah 24

Ezekiel 18

Daniel 7

Hosea 5

Amos 1

Obadiah 1

Zechariah 2

Malachi 6

BSB (283)

Genesis 27

Exodus 13

Leviticus 10

Numbers 5

Deuteronomy 27

Joshua 22

Judges 4

1 Samuel 8

2 Samuel 6

1 Kings 14

2 Kings 12

1 Chronicles 13

2 Chronicles 17

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 4

Job 3

Psalms 21

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 12

Jeremiah 24

Ezekiel 18

Daniel 7

Hosea 5

Amos 1

Obadiah 1

Zechariah 2

Malachi 6

CSB (268)

Genesis 27

Exodus 13

Leviticus 10

Numbers 5

Deuteronomy 27

Joshua 22

Judges 4

1 Samuel 8

2 Samuel 6

1 Kings 14

2 Kings 12

1 Chronicles 13

2 Chronicles 17

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 4

Job 3

Psalms 21

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 12

Jeremiah 24

Ezekiel 17

Daniel 7

Hosea 5

Amos 1

Obadiah 1

Zechariah 2

Malachi 6

ESV (282)

Genesis 27

Exodus 13

Leviticus 10

Numbers 5

Deuteronomy 27

Joshua 22

Judges 4

1 Samuel 8

2 Samuel 6

1 Kings 14

2 Kings 12

1 Chronicles 13

2 Chronicles 17

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 4

Job 3

Psalms 21

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 12

Jeremiah 23

Ezekiel 18

Daniel 7

Hosea 5

Amos 1

Zechariah 2

Malachi 6

KJV (284)

Genesis 27

Exodus 13

Leviticus 10

Numbers 5

Deuteronomy 27

Joshua 22

Judges 4

1 Samuel 8

2 Samuel 6

1 Kings 14

2 Kings 12

1 Chronicles 13

2 Chronicles 17

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 4

Job 3

Psalms 21

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 12

Jeremiah 24

Ezekiel 18

Daniel 7

Hosea 5

Amos 1

Obadiah 1

Zechariah 2

Malachi 6

LEB (267)

Genesis 26

Exodus 13

Leviticus 10

Numbers 5

Deuteronomy 25

Joshua 20

Judges 4

1 Samuel 6

2 Samuel 2

1 Kings 13

2 Kings 10

1 Chronicles 13

2 Chronicles 17

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 4

Job 3

Psalms 21

Isaiah 12

Jeremiah 24

Ezekiel 18

Daniel 7

Hosea 4

Amos 1

Zechariah 2

Malachi 6

LSB (281)

Genesis 26

Exodus 13

Leviticus 10

Numbers 5

Deuteronomy 27

Joshua 22

Judges 4

1 Samuel 8

2 Samuel 6

1 Kings 14

2 Kings 12

1 Chronicles 13

2 Chronicles 17

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 4

Job 3

Psalms 19

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 12

Jeremiah 24

Ezekiel 18

Daniel 7

Hosea 5

Amos 1

Obadiah 1

Zechariah 2

Malachi 6

N95 (262)

Genesis 26

Exodus 13

Leviticus 10

Numbers 5

Deuteronomy 27

Joshua 22

Judges 4

1 Samuel 8

2 Samuel 6

1 Kings 14

2 Kings 12

1 Chronicles 13

2 Chronicles 17

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 4

Job 3

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 12

Jeremiah 24

Ezekiel 18

Daniel 7

Hosea 5

Amos 1

Obadiah 1

Zechariah 2

Malachi 6

NAS (283)

Genesis 27

Exodus 13

Leviticus 10

Numbers 5

Deuteronomy 27

Joshua 22

Judges 5

1 Samuel 8

2 Samuel 6

1 Kings 14

2 Kings 12

1 Chronicles 13

2 Chronicles 17

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 4

Job 3

Psalms 21

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 12

Jeremiah 24

Ezekiel 18

Daniel 7

Hosea 5

Amos 1

Obadiah 1

Zechariah 2

Malachi 6

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (283)

Genesis 26

Exodus 13

Leviticus 10

Numbers 5

Deuteronomy 27

Joshua 22

Judges 4

1 Samuel 8

2 Samuel 6

1 Kings 14

2 Kings 12

1 Chronicles 13

2 Chronicles 17

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 4

Job 3

Psalms 21

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 12

Jeremiah 24

Ezekiel 18

Daniel 7

Hosea 5

Amos 1

Obadiah 1

Zechariah 2

Malachi 6

ASV (281)

a covenant 42

a covenant with thee 1

a covenant with you 1

a league 2

according to the covenant 1

against the covenant 1

and also my covenant 2

and as for me, this is my covenant 1

and his covenant 1

and my covenant 4

and the covenant 2

and whose covenant 1

and your covenant 1

because of the covenant 1

because they forsook the covenant 1

behold, my covenant 1

besides the covenant 1

but my covenant 1

but not by thy covenant 1

but this is the covenant 1

by a covenant 1

covenant 27

covenant with them 1

covenants 1

fast my covenant 2

for them his covenant 1

for thou shalt be in league 1

from thee, neither shall my covenant 1

him, the covenant 1

his covenant 12

if my covenant 1

in his covenant 1

in thy covenant 1

into a covenant 2

into covenant with him 1

into the covenant 3

it is a covenant 1

my covenant 32

my covenant with you 2

no covenant 3

not according to the covenant 1

not the covenant 1

not this covenant 1

not thy covenant with us 1

of a covenant 1

of a covenant betwixt me and you 1

of his covenant 1

of the covenant 62

of this covenant 6

of thy confederacy 1

of thy covenant 2

that is in league 1

the covenant 15

thee for a covenant 2

them his covenant 1

then may also my covenant 1

this covenant 1

this is my covenant 1

thy covenant 3

thy league 3

to the covenant 1

unto him my covenant 1

unto the covenant 1

unto you his covenant 1

unto you, that my covenant 1

wherein is the covenant 2

which my covenant 1

with thee the covenant 1

with them a covenant 1

with this covenant 1

ye a covenant with us 2

BSB (283)

a covenant 45

a treaty 7

a treaty with you 1

allied with you 1

an alliance 1

and my covenant 5

and the covenant 2

be like the covenant 1

by a covenant 1

by covenant 1

by this covenant 1

by treaty 1

covenant 33

covenants 1

his covenant 19

his covenant to them 1

into a covenant 3

into the covenant 2

into this covenant 1

is my covenant 2

is the covenant 1

let there be a treaty 2

my covenant 35

my covenant with you 1

of my covenant 1

of the covenant 63

of this covenant 1

so that my covenant 1

the covenant 27

the treaty 2

then my covenant 1

to be a covenant 2

to his covenant 1

to my covenant 2

treaty 1

you will have a covenant 1

your covenant 10

your treaty 2

CSB (268)

a covenant 7

a deal 1

a firm covenant 1

a treaty 2

agreement 1

alliance 1

covenant 148

covenant is 1

covenant.' 1

deal 1

his covenant 8

my covenant 6

the covenant 69

the treaty 1

treaty 16

your covenant 4

ESV (282)

covenant 274

covenants 2

league 2

of 1

terms 1

treaty 2

KJV (284)

confederacy 1

confederate 2

covenant 264

league 17

LEB (267)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (281)

covenant 280

covenants 1

N95 (262)

allied 1

covenant 254

covenants 1

league 2

treaty 4

NAS (283)

allied 1

covenant 275

covenants 1

league 2

treaty 4

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (283)

a covenant 41

a covenant with us 2

a covenant with you 2

a treaty 2

according to the covenant 1

against the covenant 1

an alliance against you 1

and also my covenant 2

and his covenant 1

and my covenant 2

and the covenant 1

and whose covenant 1

because of the covenant 1

because they forsook the covenant 1

besides the covenant 1

but my covenant 1

but not by your covenant 1

but this is the covenant 1

by a covenant 1

covenant 29

covenant with them 1

covenants 1

fast my covenant 2

for them his covenant 1

for you shall be allied 1

his covenant 13

if my covenant 1

in his covenant 1

in which is the covenant 2

into a covenant 2

into covenant with him 1

into the covenant 3

it is a covenant 1

let there be a treaty 1

my covenant 34

my covenant with you 2

no covenant 3

not according to the covenant 1

of a covenant 1

of the covenant 61

of the covenant between me and you 1

of this covenant 6

of your alliance 1

of your covenant 2

that is allied 1

the covenant 16

them his covenant 1

then may also my covenant 1

there is a treaty 1

this covenant 2

this is my covenant 1

to him my covenant 1

to the covenant 1

to you his covenant 1

to your covenant 1

which my covenant 1

with them a covenant 1

with this covenant 1

with you the covenant 1

you a covenant 1

you for a covenant 1

your alliance 1

your covenant 5

your covenant with us 1

your treaty 2

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1043) r b (בר BR) AC: Feed CO: Grain AB: ?: The pictograph b is a picture of a tent but also represents the family which resides inside the tent. The r is a picture of a head. Combined these have the meaning of "family of heads". The plant families of grains such as wheat and barley have a cluster of seeds at the top of the stalk called "heads". These grains were used for food for both man and livestock. (eng: barley - a grain; beer - made from grain; boar - as fat; barn - grain storage; pure - as clean with soap with an exchange for the p and b)

A) r b (בר BR) AC: ? CO: Grain AB: ?: Grains grown in fields were used for meal to make flour as well as feed for livestock. The stalks of the grains were burned to make potash for making soap. What is cleaned with soap becomes white or bright.

N^m) r b (בר BR) - I. Grain:Grain, and field, as a place for growing grain. II. Soap:Made from the ashes of the grain stalks. III. Clean:Cleanliness from soap. Also pure as a moral cleanliness. KJV (33): corn, wheat, son, about, clean, pur, choice, clear, purely, son - Strongs: H1248 (בַּר), H1249 (בַּר), H1250 (בָּר), H1251 (בַּר)

ld^m) r f b r b (ברבור BRBWR) - Fowl: Birds fattened on the grains in the field. KJV (1): fowl - Strongs: H1257 (בַּרְבֻּר)

B) r r b (ברר BRR) AC: ? CO: Soap AB: ?: The stalks of the grains were burned to make potash for making soap.

V) r r b (ברר BRR) - I. Clean:The cleaning or polishing of something to make it bright or pure. II. Choice:Something that is clean or pure. KJV (18): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil, Hitpael, Piel) pure, choice, chosen, clean, clearly, manifest, bright, purge out, polished, purge, purified - Strongs: H1305 (בָּרַר)

C) r b a (אבר ABR) AC: Fly CO: Wing AB: ?: The fowl, fed on grain, becomes strong for the long flight.

V) r b a (אבר ABR) - Fly: KJV (1): (vf: Hiphil) fly - Strongs: H82 (אָבַר)

N^m) r b a (אבר ABR) - Wing: KJV (3): wing, winged - Strongs: H83 (אֵבֶר)

N^f1) e r b a (אברה ABRH) - Wing: KJV (4): features, wing - Strongs: H84 (אֶבְרָה)

b^m) r i b a (אביר ABYR) - Strong: The mighty power of a bird in flight. Anything or anyone of great strength, physical or mental. KJV (23): might, bulls, strong, mighty, stouthearted, valiant, angels, chiefest - Strongs: H46 (אָבִיר), H47 (אַבִּיר)

E) a r b (ברא BRA) AC: Fill CO: Fat AB: ?: Grain is fed to the livestock making them fat or full.

V) a r b (ברא BRA) - Fill: The fattening or filling up of something. The filling of the earth in ge1with sun, moon, plants, animals, etc. And the filling of man with life and the image of God. KJV (54): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil, Piel) create, creator, choose, make, cut down, dispatch, done, fat - Strongs: H1254 (בָּרָא)

b^m) a i r b (בריא BRYA) - Fat: KJV (13): fat, rank, firm, fatter, fed, plenteous - Strongs: H1277 (בָּרִיא)

b^f1) e a i r b (בריאה BRYAH) - Fill: KJV (1): new thing - Strongs: H1278 (בְּרִיאָה)

F) r b e (הבר HBR) AC: Divide CO: ? AB: ?: [Unknown connection to root;]

V) r b e (הבר HBR) - Divide: KJV (1): (vf: Paal) astrologer - Strongs: H1895 (הָבַר)

G) r e b (בהר BHR) AC: ? CO: Soap AB: ?: What is cleaned with soap becomes white or bright.

N^f2) t r e b (בהרת BHRT) - Blister: A white spot on the skin and a possible sign of leprosy. KJV (13): bright spot - Strongs: H934 (בַּהֶרֶת)

b^m) r i e b (בהיר BHYR) - Bright: KJV (1): bright - Strongs: H925 (בָּהִיר)

H) e r b (ברה BRH) AC: Eat CO: Meat AB: Covenant: The grain is used as food for man or livestock. Livestock fed grains become fat and are the choicest for slaughter.

V) e r b (ברה BRH) - Eat: KJV (7): (vf: Paal, Hiphil, Piel) eat, choose, give - Strongs: H1262 (בָּרָה)

N^f3) t f r b (ברות BRWT) - Meat: The choicest meats are those from fatted livestock. KJV (1): meat - Strongs: H1267 (בָּרוּת)

N^f4) t i r b (ברית BRYT) - Covenant: A covenant is instituted through a sacrifice of a choice, fatted, animal which is cut into two and the parties of the covenant pass through the pieces. If one party fails to meet the agreements of the covenant then the other may do the same to them. (see Genesis 15:10,17and Jeremiah 34:18-20) KJV (284): covenant, league, confederacy, confederate - Strongs: H1285 (בְּרִית)

f^m) i r b (ברי BRY) - Fat: Livestock that are fed grains become fat. KJV (1): fat - Strongs: H1274 (בְּרִי)

ef^f1) e i r i b (ביריה BYRYH) - Meat: KJV (3): meat - Strongs: H1279 (בִּרְיָה)

J) r f b (בור BWR) AC: ? CO: Soap AB: ?

N^m ) r f b (בור BWR) - Clean: KJV (8): cleanness, pureness, never - Strongs: H1252 (בֹּר), H1253 (בֹּר)

N^f4) t i r f b (בורית BWRYT) - Soap: KJV (2): soap - Strongs: H1287 (בֹּרִית)

M) r i b (ביר BYR) AC: ? CO: Palace AB: ?: [Unknown connection to root;]

N^f1) e r i b (בירה BYRH) - Palace: [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (17): palace - Strongs: H1001 (בִּירָה), H1002 (בִּירָה)

m^f4) t i n r i b (בירנית BYRNYT) - Castle: KJV (2): castle - Strongs: H1003 (בִּירָנִיָּה)

Adopted Roots:

A2743 K b r (Mix)
A2041 Q r b (Thrust, Sword)
A2042 S r b (Cypress)
A2052 R b c (Prevail, Warrior)
A2520 R b o (Cross)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

בְּרִית₂₈₅ noun feminine covenant ("" Aramaic קְיָם, διαθήκη; constitutio) — ׳ב Genesis 9:13 199t.; suffix בְּרִיתִי Genesis 6:18 50t.; בְּרִיתְךָ Deuteronomy 33:9; בְּרִיתֶ֑ךָ Psalm 44:18 11t.; בְּרִיתְכֶם Isaiah 28:18; בְּרִיתֵךְ Ezekiel 16:61; בְּרִיתוֺ Exodus 2:24 18t.; — pact, compact, covenant.

I. between men.

1 trety, alliance, league: Abraham and Amorites Genesis 14:13; Edom and its allies Obadiah 7; with Philistines Genesis 21:27,32 (E) Genesis 26:28 (J); Jacob and Laban Genesis 31:44 (J); Joshua and Gibeonites Joshua 9:6,7,11,15,16 (J); Israel and Canaanites Exodus 23:32; Exodus 34:12,15 (JE) Deuteronomy 7:2; Judges 2:2; Ammonites and Jabesh 1 Samuel 11:1; Solomon and Hiram 1 Kings 5:26; Ahab and Benhadad 1 Kings 20:34; Syria and Israel 1 Kings 15:19 2 Chronicles 16:3; Nebuchadnezzar and Zedekiah Ezekiel 17:13-19; nations against Israel Psalm 83:6; nations with Egypt Ezekiel 30:5; Ephraim and Assyria Hosea 12:2; Judah and Israel Ezekiel 16:61; Judah and Tyre Amos 1:9; Assyria and Judah Isaiah 33:8; נגיד ברית a prince in league (with him) Daniel 11:22 (so He Ew; Hi Meinh Bev reference to high priest Onias III, & translate prince of covenant, compare AV RV); figurative, with death Isaiah 28:15,18; with stones of the field Job 5:23.

2 constitution, ordinance, between monarch and subjects: David and Abner 2 Samuel 3:12,13,21; David and the elders of Israel 2 Samuel 5:3 = 1 Chronicles 11:3; Zedekiah and his people Jeremiah 34:8-18; hostile prince and Israelites Daniel 9:27.

3 agreement, pledge: Jehoiada and captains 2 Kings 11:4 2 Chronicles 23:1; with onself Job 31:1; with Leviathan to be a servant Job 40:28; between man and man Hosea 10:4 compare בעל ברית Judges 8:33; Judges 9:4 = אל ברית Judges 9:46.

4 alliance of friendship between David and Jonathan 1 Samuel 18:3; 1 Samuel 20:8; 1 Samuel 23:18 compare Psalm 55:21.

5 alliance of marriage Proverbs 2:17; Malachi 2:14. — In all cases כרת ברית is the technical phrase for making covenant except Jeremiah 34:10 באו בברית; Daniel 9:27 הגביר ברית לְ. Various prepositions are used, most often לְ Exodus 23:32 +, but also עִם Genesis 26:28 +, אֵת 2 Samuel 3:12 +, בֵּין 2 Chronicles 16:3.

II. between God and man.

1 alliance of friendship ("" סוֺד) Psalm 25:14.

2 covenant, as a divine constitution or ordinance with signs or pledges (see אוֺת).

a. with Noah Genesis 9:9-17 (P) Isaiah 54:10; Jeremiah 33:20,25; a divine promise that there would be no other deluge.

b. with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob Genesis 15:18 (J) Genesis 17:2-21Exodus 2:24; Exodus 6:4,5; Leviticus 26:42 (P) 2 Kings 13:23; 1 Chronicles 16:15 = Psalm 105:8; Psalm 105:10; Nehemiah 9:8; Jeremiah 34:18; a promise to multiply their seed, give them the land of Canaan, and make them a blessing to the nations.

c. with Israel at Sinai = Horeb, with a covenant sacrifice Exodus 19:5; Exodus 24:7,8 (E) Exodus 34:10,27,28 (J) Exodus 31:16; Leviticus 2:13 (P) Leviticus 24:8; Leviticus 26:9,15,25,44,45 (H) Deuteronomy 4:13; renewed in plains of Moab Deuteronomy 28:69; with blessings and curses Deuteronomy 29:20; frequently referred to in other books 2 Chronicles 34:32; Psalm 25:10; Psalm 44:18; Psalm 50:5; Psalm 50:16; Psalm 74:20; Psalm 78:10; Psalm 78:37; Psalm 103:18; Psalm 106:45; Psalm 111:5; Psalm 111:9; Isaiah 56:4,6; Jeremiah 1:2,3,6,8,10; Jeremiah 14:21; Jeremiah 22:9; Jeremiah 31:32; Ezekiel 16:8,59,60; Ezekiel 44:7; Daniel 9:4; Daniel 11:28,30,32; Hosea 6:7; Hosea 8:1; Zechariah 9:11; Zechariah 11:10; a divine constitution given to Israel with promises on condition of obedience and penalties for disobendience, in the form of tables of the covenant Deuteronomy 9:9,11,15, inscribed with the ten words, placed in ׅ׳ארון ברית(י the ark of the covenant Numbers 10:33 40t. (see ארון; in 1 Samuel 4:3,4 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 4:5 omits ברית after ארוןᵐ5 We Dr); set forth in דברי הברית words of the covenant Exodus 34:28 (J) Deuteronomy 28:69; Deuteronomy 29:8; 2 Kings 23:3 (= 2 Chronicles 34:31) Jeremiah 11:2-8; written in ספר הברית the book of the covenant Exodus 24:7 (E compare Exodus 34:27 J) 2 Kings 23:2,21 (compare 2 Chronicles 34:30).

d. with Phinehas Numbers 25:12,13 (P), a constitution, establishing an everlasting priesthood in his line; compare ברית הכהנים Nehemiah 13:29 & ברית הלוי Malachi 2:4,8.

e. with Joshua and Israel Joshua 24:25 (E), an ordinance or constitutional agreement to serve Yahweh only.

f. with David Psalm 89:4; Psalm 89:29; Psalm 89:34; Psalm 89:39; Psalm 132:12; Jeremiah 33:21 (compare 2 Samuel 7 = 1 Chronicles 17); a divine promise to the seed of David of an everlasting kingdom, the relation of sonship, and the superintendence of the temple (compare Psalm 2..)

g. Jehoiada and the people 2 Kings 11:17 2 Chronicles 23:3, a constitutional agreement to be the people of Yahweh.

h. Hezekiah and the people 2 Chronicles 29:10, a constitutional agreement to reform the worship.

i. Josiah and the people 2 Kings 23:3, a constitutional agreement to obey the book of the covenant.

j. Ezra and the people Ezra 10:3, a constitutional agreement to put away foreign wives and observe the Law.

k. the prophetic covenant, a divine promise through a series of prophets to establish a new constitution ברית חדשׁה Jeremiah 31:31, with new institutions and precepts Isaiah 42:6; Isaiah 49:8; Isaiah 55:3; Isaiah 59:21; Isaiah 61:8; Jeremiah 31:31,33; Jeremiah 32:40; Jeremiah 50:5; Ezekiel 16:60,62; Ezekiel 20:37; Ezekiel 34:25; Ezekiel 37:26; Hosea 2:20. In Isa² the Messianic servant is ברית עם Isaiah 42:6; Isaiah 49:8, compare מלאך הברית Malachi 3:1.

III. Phrases.

1 covenant making: כרת ברית Genesis 15:18; Exodus 34:10,27 (J) Joshua 24:25 (E) Deuteronomy 5:2,3; Deuteronomy 28:69; Deuteronomy 29:13; Deuteronomy 29:24; 1 Kings 5:26; 2 Kings 11:17; 2 Kings 17:35,38; 2 Kings 23:3; 2 Chronicles 21:7; 23:3,16; 29:10; 34:30; Ezra 10:3; Nehemiah 9:8; Psalm 50:5; Psalm 89:4; Isaiah 55:3; Isaiah 61:8; Jeremiah 11:10; Jeremiah 31:31,32,33; Jeremiah 32:40; Jeremiah 34:13; Ezekiel 34:25; Ezekiel 37:26; Hosea 2:20; הקים ברית establish a covenant Genesis 6:18; Genesis 9:9,11,17; Genesis 17:7,19,21; Exodus 6:4 (P) Ezekiel 16:60,62, but confirm covenant Leviticus 26:9 (?;H) Deuteronomy 8:18; נתן ברית Genesis 17:2; Numbers 25:12 (P); שׂם ברית 2 Samuel 23:5 (poetry); עבר בברית Deuteronomy 29:11; בא בברית 2 Chronicles 15:12; Ezekiel 16:8; צוה ברית Psalm 111:9; נשׂא בריתעל פי Psalm 50:16. (compare further on these Dr^{J Ph xi. 1882,210 ff.})

2 covenant keeping: on the part of man שׁמר ברית 1 Kings 11:11; Nehemiah 1:5; Nehemiah 9:32; Psalm 78:10; Psalm 103:18; Psalm 132:12; Daniel 9:4, נצר ברית Deuteronomy 33:9; Psalm 25:10, מחזיקיםבברית Isaiah 56:4,6; on the part of God זכר ברית Genesis 9:15,16; Exodus 2:24; Exodus 6:5 (all P), Leviticus 26:42 (3t. in verse) (H; on suffix compare Di Ges^{§ 128}, 1 R b) Leviticus 26:45 (H) Psalm 105:8; Psalm 106:45; Psalm 111:5; 1 Chronicles 16:15; Ezekiel 16:15,60. Thus we have נאמנת Psalm 89:29; ברית עולם Genesis 9:16; Genesis 17:7,13,18,19; Exodus 31:16; Leviticus 24:8; Numbers 18:19; Numbers 25:13 (P) 2 Samuel 23:5 (poetry) 1 Chronicles 16:17 (= Psalm 105:10) Isaiah 24:5; Isaiah 55:3; Isaiah 61:8; Jeremiah 32:40; Jeremiah 50:5; Ezekiel 16:60; Ezekiel 37:26; ברית מלח Leviticus 2:13; 2 Chronicles 13:5; 21:7 (a cov't. with sacrificial meal and salt; on cov't. with salt in Arabia compare We^{Skizzen iii. 124}); ברית שׁלום Numbers 25:12 (P) Isaiah 54:10; Ezekiel 34:25; Ezekiel 37:26; הברית והחסד Deuteronomy 7:9,12; 1 Kings 8:23 (= 2 Chronicles 6:14) Nehemiah 1:5; Nehemiah 9:32; Daniel 9:4; ברית קדשׁ Daniel 11:28,30; מסרת הברית Ezekiel 20:37.

3 covenant violation: עבר ברית Deuteronomy 17:2; Joshua 7:11,15; Joshua 23:16 (D) Judges 2:20; 2 Kings 18:12; Hosea 6:7; Hosea 8:1; הפר ברית Genesis 17:14; Leviticus 26:15,44 (H) Deuteronomy 31:16,20 (J) Judges 2:1; Isaiah 24:5 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 11:10; Jeremiah 14:21; Jeremiah 31:32; Jeremiah 33:20,21; Ezekiel 16:59; Ezekiel 17:18,19; Ezekiel 44:7; Zechariah 11:10; עזב ברית 1 Kings 19:10,14; Jeremiah 22:9; Daniel 11:30; מאס ברית 2 Kings 17:15; נאר ברית Psalm 89:39; חלל ברית Psalm 89:34; Malachi 2:10; שׁקר בברית Psalm 44:18; שׁכח ברית Deuteronomy 4:23,31; Jeremiah 50:5.

בְּרוֺשׁ, בְּרוֺת see below ברשׁ.

בָּרוּת see below I. ברה.

בֵּרוֺ֫תָה, בֵּרֹתי see below באר.

ברז (? compare Aramaic כרז bore, pierce, or Arabic , appear).

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

בְּרִית f.

(1) a covenant, so called from the idea of cutting (see the root No. 1), since it was the custom in making solemn covenants to pass between the divided parts of victims (see the root כָּרַת [“and Genesis 15:9, etc.”]). [“But the idea suggested by Lee (Heb. Lex. h. v.) deserves attention, viz. that בְּרִית is strictly nothing more than an eating together, banquet, from בָּרָה No. 2, since among Orientals, to eat together is almost the same as to make a covenant of friendship. The Hebrews too were accustomed to eat together when entering into a covenant, see Genesis 31:54 and in this way we obtain an explanation of בְּרִית מֶלַח covenant (an eating?) of salt; see מֶלַח.” Ges. add.] It is used of a covenant entered into between nations, Joshua 9:6, seq.; between individuals and friends, 1 Samuel 18:3, 23:18 of a marriage covenant, Malachi 2:14 בַּעֲלֵי בְּרִית פ׳ Genesis 14:13, and אַנְשֵׁי בְּרִית פ׳ Obadiah 1:7, those joined by league to any one. אֵל בְּרִית Judges 9:46, i.q. בַּעַל בְּרִית verse Judges 9:4, “God of covenant,” see בַּעַל No. 5,. In speaking of the making of a covenant, the verbs כָּרַת, הֵקִים, נָתַן, שׂוּם are used, 2 Samuel 23:5 בּוֹא בְּ, עָבַר בְּ Deuteronomy 29:11, which see; of its violation, הֵפֵר, חִלֵּל, עָזַב, שִׁקֵּר בְּ. The covenant of any one is the covenant entered into with him, Leviticus 26:45; Deuteronomy 4:31 בְּרִית יְהֹוָה “a covenant entered into with Jehovah,” Deuteronomy 4:23, 29:24, etc. Specially and most frequently used of the covenant and league made between God and Abraham (Genesis 15:18), confirmed by Moses (Exodus 24:7, Exodus 24:8 [This is another covenant]; 34:27 Deuteronomy 5:2), to be renewed and amended after the exile, by the intervention of prophets (Isaiah 42:6, 49:8 ) and the Messiah (Malachi 3:1 comp. Jeremiah 31:33). [Gesenius has utterly confused the old covenant with the new.] The land promised and given to the people by this covenant is called אֶרֶץ הַבְּרִית Ezekiel 30:5 and the people itself[?] בְּרִית קֹדֶשׁ “(the people) of the holy covenant,” Daniel 11:28, 30 Daniel 11:30 מַלְאַךְ הַבִּרִית “the messenger, μεσίτης, of the (new) covenant,” i.e. Messiah, Malachi 3:1.

(2) In other places it is the condition of this covenant, namely

(a) the promise of God, Isaiah 59:21 and very often

(b) the precepts of God which Israel had to keep, i.e. the divine law, i.q. תּוֹרָה. Hence לוּחוֹת הַבְּרִית Deuteronomy 9:9, 15 אֲרוֹן בְּרִית יְהֹוָה and אֲרוֹן הַבְּרִית the ark in which the law or the tables of the law were kept (see אָרוֹן ). דִּבְרֵי הַבְּרִית “the words of the law,” -Jer. 11:28 ; 34:18 Exodus 34:28 דִּבְרֵי הַבְּרִית עֲשֶׂרֶת הַדְּבָרִים “the precepts of the law, ten precepts;” סֵפֶר הַבְּרִית “the book of the law,” used both of its earliest beginnings, Exodus 24:7 and of the whole collection of laws, 2 Kings 23:2, 21 2 Kings 23:21; 2 Chronicles 34:30.

As to a covenant of salt, see under מֶלַח.

(3) Sometimes ellipt.

(a) i.q. מַלְאַךְ בְּרִית messenger, herald, declarer and μεσίτης of the new covenant, or of a new law and religion, Isaiah 42:6, 49:8 compare Malachi 2:8.

(b) i.q. אוֹת בְּרִית “sign of the covenant,” used or circumcision, Genesis 17:10, 13 Genesis 17:13 compare 11 Genesis 17:11.

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List of Word Forms

בְ֝רִית֗וֹ בְ֭רִית בְּ֭רִית בְּרִ֑ית בְּרִ֔ית בְּרִ֖ית בְּרִ֗ית בְּרִ֛ית בְּרִ֜ית בְּרִ֣ית בְּרִ֤ית בְּרִ֥ית בְּרִ֨ית בְּרִֽיתְךָ֖ בְּרִֽיתְךָ֗ בְּרִֽיתְךָ֙ בְּרִֽיתְכֶם֙ בְּרִֽית־ בְּרִֽית׃ בְּרִית֑וֹ בְּרִית֒ בְּרִית֔וֹ בְּרִית֖וֹ בְּרִית֗וֹ בְּרִית֙ בְּרִית֛וֹ בְּרִית֩ בְּרִיתִ֑י בְּרִיתִ֔י בְּרִיתִ֕י בְּרִיתִ֖י בְּרִיתִ֗י בְּרִיתִ֛י בְּרִיתִ֜י בְּרִיתִ֞י בְּרִיתִ֣י בְּרִיתִ֣י ׀ בְּרִיתִ֤י בְּרִיתִ֥י בְּרִיתִ֧י בְּרִיתִ֨י בְּרִיתִֽי׃ בְּרִיתִי֙ בְּרִיתִי֮ בְּרִיתֵ֗ךְ בְּרִיתֶֽךָ׃ בְּרִיתֽוֹ׃ בְּרִית־ בְּרִיתוֹ֙ בְּרִתִ֔י בְרִ֑ית בְרִ֔ית בְרִ֖ית בְרִ֨ית בְרִֽיתְךָ֙ בְרִֽית׃ בְרִית֑וֹ בְרִית֙ בְרִיתִ֔י בְרִיתִ֖י בְרִיתִ֛י בְרִיתִ֣י בְרִיתֶ֑ךָ בְרִיתֶ֔ךָ בְרִית־ בִּבְרִ֛ית בִּבְרִ֣ית בִּבְרִיתִֽי׃ בִּבְרִיתֶֽךָ׃ בִּבְרִיתֽוֹ׃ בִבְרִ֜ית בַּבְּרִ֣ית בַּבְּרִֽית׃ בַבְּרִ֔ית בַבְּרִ֗ית בַבְּרִֽית׃ בברית בברית׃ בבריתו׃ בבריתי׃ בבריתך׃ ברית ברית־ ברית׃ בריתו בריתו׃ בריתי בריתי׃ בריתך בריתך׃ בריתכם ברתי הַבְּרִ֑ית הַבְּרִ֔ית הַבְּרִ֖ית הַבְּרִ֗ית הַבְּרִ֜ית הַבְּרִ֡ית הַבְּרִ֣ית הַבְּרִ֣ית ׀ הַבְּרִ֥ית הַבְּרִֽית׃ הַבְּרִית֙ הַבְּרִית֮ הַבְּרִית־ הברית הברית־ הברית׃ וְהַבְּרִ֛ית וּ֝בְרִית֗וֹ וּ֝בְרִיתִ֗י וּבְרִ֤ית וּבְרִ֥ית וּבְרִֽיתְךָ֖ וּבְרִית֙ וּבְרִיתִ֖י וברית ובריתו ובריתי ובריתך והברית כִּבְרִ֥ית כַבְּרִ֗ית כברית לִבְרִ֣ית לִבְרִ֥ית לַבְּרִ֑ית לברית מִבְּרִיתֵֽךְ׃ מבריתך׃ bab·bə·rîṯ ḇab·bə·rîṯ babbeRit babbərîṯ ḇabbərîṯ bə·rî·ṯe·ḵā bə·rî·ṯə·ḵā ḇə·rî·ṯe·ḵā ḇə·rî·ṯə·ḵā bə·rî·ṯə·ḵem bə·rî·ṯêḵ bə·ri·ṯî bə·rî·ṯî ḇə·rî·ṯî bə·rî·ṯōw ḇə·rî·ṯōw bə·rîṯ ḇə·rîṯ bə·rîṯ- ḇə·rîṯ- beRit bərîṯ ḇərîṯ bərîṯ- ḇərîṯ- beriTech beriteCha beriteChem bərîṯêḵ bərîṯeḵā bərîṯəḵā ḇərîṯeḵā ḇərîṯəḵā bərîṯəḵem beriTi bəriṯî bərîṯî ḇərîṯî beriTo bərîṯōw ḇərîṯōw biḇ·rî·ṯe·ḵā biḇ·rî·ṯî biḇ·rî·ṯōw biḇ·rîṯ ḇiḇ·rîṯ biḇrîṯ ḇiḇrîṯ biḇrîṯeḵā biḇrîṯî biḇrîṯōw bivRit bivriTecha bivriTi bivriTo chabbeRit hab·bə·rîṯ hab·bə·rîṯ- habbeRit habbərîṯ habbərîṯ- ḵab·bə·rîṯ ḵabbərîṯ kiḇ·rîṯ kiḇrîṯ kivRit lab·bə·rîṯ labbeRit labbərîṯ liḇ·rîṯ liḇrîṯ livRit mib·bə·rî·ṯêḵ mibberiTech mibbərîṯêḵ ū·ḇə·rî·ṯə·ḵā ū·ḇə·rî·ṯî ū·ḇə·rî·ṯōw ū·ḇə·rîṯ ūḇərîṯ ūḇərîṯəḵā ūḇərîṯî ūḇərîṯōw uveRit uveriteCha uveriTi uveriTo vabbeRit vehabbeRit verit veriteCha veriTi veriTo vivRit wə·hab·bə·rîṯ wəhabbərîṯ