Strong's Concordance

Hebrew-Aramaic
H1285

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Original: בּרית

Transliteration: beriyth (berı̂yth)

Phonetic: ber-eeth'

BDB 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

Origin: from H1262 (in the sense of cutting [like H1254])

TWOT entry: 282a

Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine

Strong's Definition: From H1262 (in the sense of cutting (like H1254)); a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh): - confederacy, [con-]feder[-ate], covenant, league.

Occurrences in the (KJV) King James Version:

All Occurrences (283x)

A Covenant (40x)

A League (9x)

According To The Covenant (1x)

Against The Covenant (1x)

And Also My Covenant (2x)

And His Covenant (1x)

And My Covenant (4x)

And The Covenant (2x)

And Whose Covenant (1x)

And Your Covenant (1x)

Because Of The Covenant (1x)

Behold, My Covenant (1x)

Beside The Covenant (1x)

But My Covenant (1x)

But Not By Thy Covenant (1x)

By A Covenant (1x)

Confederate (1x)

Covenant (27x)

For Them His Covenant (1x)

For Thou Shalt Be In League (1x)

From Thee, Neither Shall The Covenant (1x)

His Covenant (10x)

If My Covenant (1x)

In His Covenant (1x)

In Thy Covenant (1x)

Into A Covenant (3x)

Into Covenant (2x)

Into The Covenant (1x)

May Also My Covenant (1x)

My Covenant (36x)

No Covenant (2x)

No League (1x)

Not According To The Covenant (1x)

Not The Covenant (1x)

Not This Covenant (1x)

Not Thy Covenant (1x)

Of A Covenant (1x)

Of His Covenant (3x)

Of My Covenant (2x)

Of The Covenant (61x)

Of This Covenant (7x)

Of Thy Confederacy (1x)

Of Thy Covenant (2x)

That Is In League (1x)

The Covenant (22x)

Thee For A Covenant (2x)

Them His Covenant (1x)

This Covenant (1x)

Thy Covenant (3x)

Thy League (3x)

To The Covenant (1x)

Unto Him My Covenant (1x)

Unto The Covenant (1x)

Unto Thee The Covenant (1x)

Unto You His Covenant (1x)

Unto You, That My Covenant (1x)

Which My Covenant (1x)

With Them A Covenant (1x)

With This Covenant (1x)

Ye A League (2x)

All Occurrences

Ezekiel 17:13

And hath taken of the king’s seed, and made a covenant with him, and hath taken an oath of him: he hath also taken the mighty of the land:(d)

Ezekiel 17:14

That the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping of his covenant it might stand.(e)

Ezekiel 17:15

But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such things? or shall he break the covenant, and be delivered?

Ezekiel 17:16

As I live, saith the Lord God , surely in the place where the king dwelleth that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he brake, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die.

Ezekiel 17:18

Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had given his hand, and hath done all these things, he shall not escape.

Ezekiel 17:19

Therefore thus saith the Lord God ; As I live, surely mine oath that he hath despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, even it will I recompense upon his own head.

Ezekiel 20:37

And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant:(f)

Ezekiel 30:5

Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, and Chub, and the men of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.(b)

(c)

Ezekiel 34:25

And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.

Ezekiel 37:26

Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.

Ezekiel 44:7

In that ye have brought into my sanctuary strangers, uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to pollute it, even my house, when ye offer my bread, the fat and the blood, and they have broken my covenant because of all your abominations.(c)

Daniel 9:4

And I prayed unto the Lord my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments;

Daniel 9:27

And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.(s)

(t)

(u)

Daniel 11:22

And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant.

Daniel 11:28

Then shall he return into his land with great riches; and his heart shall be against the holy covenant; and he shall do exploits, and return to his own land.

Daniel 11:30

For the ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he shall be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return, and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant.

Daniel 11:32

And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.(y)

Hosea 2:18

And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely.

Hosea 6:7

But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.(c)

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.(a)

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:(f)

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.(b)

(c)

(d)

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.(c)

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.

Malachi 2:8

But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the Lord of hosts.(d)

Malachi 2:10

Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?

Malachi 2:14

Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the Lord hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.

Malachi 3:1

Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts.

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Brown-Driver-Brigg's Information

All of the original Hebrew and Aramaic words are arranged by the numbering system from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible. In some cases more than one form of the word — such as the masculine and feminine forms of a noun — may be listed.

Each entry is a Hebrew word, unless it is designated as Aramaic. Immediately after each word is given its equivalent in English letters, according to a system of transliteration. Then follows the phonetic. Next follows the Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definitions given in English.

Then ensues a reference to the same word as found in Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament (TWOT), by R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, Jr., and Bruce K. Waltke. This section makes an association between the unique number used by TWOT with the Strong's number.

Thayers Information

All of the original Greek words are arranged by the numbering system from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible. The Strong's numbering system arranges most Greek words by their alphabetical order. This renders reference easy without recourse to the Greek characters. In some cases more than one form of the word - such as the masculine, feminine, and neuter forms of a noun - may be listed.

Immediately after each word is given its exact equivalent in English letters, according to the system of transliteration laid down in the scheme here following. Then follows the phonetic. Next follows the Thayer's Definitions given in English.

Then ensues a reference to the same word as found in the ten-volume Theological Dictionary of the New Testament (TDNT), edited by Gerhard Kittel. Both volume and page numbers cite where the word may be found.

The presence of an asterisk indicates that the corresponding entry in the Theological Dictionary of the New Testament may appear in a different form than that displayed in Thayers' Greek Definitions.

Strong's Hebrew and Greek Dictionaries Information

Dictionaries of Hebrew and Greek Words taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance by James Strong, S.T.D., LL.D., 1890.

Strong's Concor­dance

Hebrew-Aramaic H1285

Brown-Driver-Brigg's Information

Thayers Information

Strong's Hebrew and Greek Dictionaries Information

Strong's Concordance

Hebrew-Aramaic
H1285