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H1285

ברית

ברית
barayath

Feminine noun · From ברה (H1262) (in the sense of cutting [like ברא (H1254)])

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.

Outline

  1. 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)
  2. (phrases)
    1. covenant making
    2. covenant keeping
    3. covenant violation

Usages (4/6)

2 Chronicles 5:7

And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims:

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2 Chronicles 6:11

And in it have I put the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD, that he made with the children of Israel.

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2 Chronicles 6:14

And said, O LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee in the heaven, nor in the earth; which keepest covenant, and shewest mercy unto thy servants, that walk before thee with all their hearts:

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2 Chronicles 13:5

Ought ye not to know that the LORD God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?

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2 Chronicles 15:12

And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;

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2 Chronicles 16:3

There is a league between me and thee, as there was between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent thee silver and gold; go, break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.

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2 Chronicles 21:7

Howbeit the LORD would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a light to him and to his sons for ever.

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2 Chronicles 23:1

And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant with him.

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2 Chronicles 23:3

And all the congregation made a covenant with the king in the house of God. And he said unto them, Behold, the king’s son shall reign, as the LORD hath said of the sons of David.

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2 Chronicles 23:16

And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, that they should be the LORD’s people.

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2 Chronicles 29:10

Now it is in mine heart to make a covenant with the LORD God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us.

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2 Chronicles 34:30

And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people, great and small: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of the LORD.

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2 Chronicles 34:31

And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant which are written in this book.

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2 Chronicles 34:32

And he caused all that were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand to it. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.

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Ezra 10:3

Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.

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Nehemiah 1:5

And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments:

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Nehemiah 9:8

And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it, I say, to his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous:

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Nehemiah 9:32

Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day.

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Nehemiah 13:29

Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.

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Job 5:23

For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.

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Isaiah 11:8-9

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Job 31:1

I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?

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Job 41:4

Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?

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Psalms 25:10

All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.

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Psalms 25:14

The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.

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Amos 3:7

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Psalms 44:17

All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.

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Psalms 50:5

Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.

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Psalms 148:14

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Psalms 50:16

But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?

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Isaiah 26:10

Esau

Genesis 25:25 Job 13:4 Psalms 10:2 Psalms 49:11 Psalms 55:21 Psalms 58:3 Isaiah 14:4 Isaiah 33:1 Jeremiah 49:16 Ezekiel 25:12-14 Ezekiel 28:14 Ezekiel 35:15 Daniel 4:17 Joel 3:19 Amos 1:11 Obadiah 1:1 Habakkuk 2:4 Habakkuk 2:12 Habakkuk 2:15 Malachi 1:3 Malachi 1:4 Ecclesiasticus 14:9 Ecclesiasticus 19:22 John 10:10 Hebrews 12:16 Revelation 6:4

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Psalms 55:20

He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant.

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Psalms 74:20

Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.

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Psalms 78:10

They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;

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Psalms 78:37

For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.

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Psalms 83:5

For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:

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Psalms 89:3

I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,

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Psalms 89:28

My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.

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Psalms 89:34

My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.

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Malachi 3:6 Isaiah 55:11

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Psalms 89:39

Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.

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Psalms 103:18

To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.

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Psalms 105:8

He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.

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Psalms 105:10

And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant:

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Psalms 106:45

And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.

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Psalms 111:5

He hath given meat unto them that fear him: he will ever be mindful of his covenant.

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Psalms 111:9

He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant for ever: holy and reverend is his name.

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Psalms 132:12

If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for evermore.

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Proverbs 2:17

Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.

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Isaiah 24:5

The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.

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Psalms 82:5 Revelation 11:18

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Isaiah 28:15

Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:

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Isaiah 28:18

And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.

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Isaiah 33:8

The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.

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Isaiah 42:6

I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;

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Isaiah 49:8

Thus saith the LORD, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages;

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