בְּרִיתbᵉrîyth
pact, compact, covenant
Pronunciation: ber-eeth' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1285
Meanings
I. between men
1. treaty, alliance, league (Genesis 14:13; Obadiah 1:7; Genesis 21:27)
2. constitution, ordinance, >between monarch and subjects (2 Samuel 3:12; 2 Samuel 3:13; 2 Samuel 3:21)
3. agreement, pledge (2 Kings 11:4; 2 Chronicles 23:1; Job 31:1)
4. alliance, of friendship between David and Jonathan (1 Samuel 18:3; 1 Samuel 20:8; 1 Samuel 23:18)
5. alliance, of marriage (Proverbs 2:17; Malachi 2:14; Jeremiah 34:10)
II. between God and man
1. alliance, of friendship (Psalms 25:14)
2. covenant, as a divine constitution or ordinance with signs or pledges
a. with Noah (Genesis 9:9-17; Isaiah 54:10; Jeremiah 33:20)
b. with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob (Genesis 15:18; Genesis 17:2-21; Exodus 2:24)
c. with Israel at Sinai, words of the covenant (Exodus 19:5; Exodus 24:7; Exodus 24:8)
d. with Phinehas (Numbers 25:12; Numbers 25:13; Nehemiah 13:29)
e. with Joshua and Israel (Joshua 24:25)
f. with David (Psalms 89:4; Psalms 89:29; Psalms 89:34)
g. Jehoiada and the people (2 Kings 11:17; 2 Chronicles 23:3)
h. Hezekiah and the people (2 Chronicles 29:10)
i. Josiah and the people (2 Kings 23:3)
j. Ezra and the people (Ezra 10:3)
k. the prophetic covenant (Jeremiah 31:31; Isaiah 42:6; Isaiah 49:8)
III. Phrases
1. covenant making (Genesis 15:18; Exodus 34:10; Exodus 34:27)
2. covenant keeping (1 Kings 11:11; Nehemiah 1:5; Nehemiah 9:32)
3. covenant violation (Deuteronomy 17:2; Joshua 7:11; Joshua 7:15)
Same root
- בָּרָהbârâh · H1262to select; to feed; to render clear
- בָּרָאbârâʼ · H1254(absolutely) to create; (qualified) to cut down (a wood), select, feed (as formative processes)
- בַּעַל בְּרִיתBaʻal Bᵉrîyth · H1170Baal-Berith, a special deity of the Shechemites
- בְּרִיתBᵉrîyth · H1286Berith, a Shechemitish deity
Where it appears
Appears 284 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 6:18 But I will confirm my covenant with you. So enter the boat—you and your wife and your sons and their wives.
- Genesis 9:9 “I hereby confirm my covenant with you and your descendants,
- Genesis 9:11 Yes, I am confirming my covenant with you. Never again will floodwaters kill all living creatures; never again will a flood destroy the earth.”
- Genesis 9:12 Then God said, “I am giving you a sign of my covenant with you and with all living creatures, for all generations to come.
- Genesis 9:13 I have placed my rainbow in the clouds. It is the sign of my covenant with you and with all the earth.
- Genesis 9:15 and I will remember my covenant with you and with all living creatures. Never again will the floodwaters destroy all life.
See every passage
- Genesis 6:18, 9:9, 9:11, 9:12, 9:13, 9:15, 9:16, 9:17, 14:13, 15:18, 17:2, 17:4, 17:7, 17:9, 17:10, 17:11, 17:13, 17:14, 17:19, 17:21, 21:27, 21:32, 26:28, 31:44
- Exodus 2:24, 6:4, 6:5, 19:5, 23:32, 24:7, 24:8, 31:16, 34:10, 34:12, 34:15, 34:27, 34:28
- Leviticus 2:13, 24:8, 26:9, 26:15, 26:25, 26:42, 26:44, 26:45
- Numbers 10:33, 14:44, 18:19, 25:12, 25:13
- Deuteronomy 4:13, 4:23, 4:31, 5:2, 5:3, 7:2, 7:9, 7:12, 8:18, 9:9, 9:11, 9:15, 10:8, 17:2, 29:1, 29:9, 29:12, 29:14, 29:21, 29:25, 31:9, 31:16, 31:20, 31:25, 31:26, 33:9
- Joshua 3:3, 3:6, 3:8, 3:11, 3:14, 3:17, 4:7, 4:9, 4:18, 6:6, 6:8, 7:11, 7:15, 8:33, 9:6, 9:7, 9:11, 9:15, 9:16, 23:16, 24:25
- Judges 2:1, 2:2, 2:20, 20:27
- 1 Samuel 4:3, 4:4, 4:5, 11:1, 18:3, 20:8, 23:18
- 2 Samuel 3:12, 3:13, 3:21, 5:3, 15:24, 23:5
- 1 Kings 3:15, 5:12, 6:19, 8:1, 8:6, 8:21, 8:23, 11:11, 15:19, 19:10, 19:14, 20:34
- 2 Kings 11:4, 11:17, 13:23, 17:15, 17:35, 17:38, 18:12, 23:2, 23:3, 23:21
- 1 Chronicles 11:3, 15:25, 15:26, 15:28, 15:29, 16:6, 16:15, 16:17, 16:37, 17:1, 22:19, 28:2, 28:18
- 2 Chronicles 5:2, 5:7, 6:11, 6:14, 13:5, 15:12, 16:3, 21:7, 23:1, 23:3, 23:16, 29:10, 34:30, 34:31, 34:32
- Ezra 10:3
- Nehemiah 1:5, 9:8, 9:32, 13:29
- Job 5:23, 31:1, 41:4
- Psalms 25:10, 25:14, 44:17, 50:5, 50:16, 55:20, 74:20, 78:10, 78:37, 83:5, 89:3, 89:28, 89:34, 89:39, 103:18, 105:8, 105:10, 106:45, 111:5, 111:9, 132:12
- Proverbs 2:17
- Isaiah 24:5, 28:15, 28:18, 33:8, 42:6, 49:8, 54:10, 55:3, 56:4, 56:6, 59:21, 61:8
- Jeremiah 3:16, 11:2, 11:3, 11:6, 11:8, 11:10, 14:21, 22:9, 31:31, 31:32, 31:33, 32:40, 33:20, 33:21, 33:25, 34:8, 34:10, 34:13, 34:15, 34:18, 50:5
- Ezekiel 16:8, 16:59, 16:60, 16:61, 16:62, 17:13, 17:14, 17:15, 17:16, 17:18, 17:19, 20:37, 30:5, 34:25, 37:26, 44:7
- Daniel 9:4, 9:27, 11:22, 11:28, 11:30, 11:32
- Hosea 2:18, 6:7, 8:1, 10:4, 12:1
- Amos 1:9
- Obadiah 1:7
- Zechariah 9:11, 11:10
- Malachi 2:4, 2:5, 2:8, 2:10, 2:14, 3:1
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