Strong's H1285

בְּרִית

Language:: Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament)

Definition

a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)

Derivation

from H1262 (בָּרָה) (in the sense of cutting (like H1254 (בָּרָא)));

KJV Translation

In the King James Version, בְּרִית is translated as: confederacy, (con-) feder(-ate), covenant, league..

About Strong's Concordance

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, compiled by James Strong in 1890, assigns a unique number to every Hebrew and Aramaic root word in the Old Testament. The Hebrew dictionary covers all 8,674 root words. This entry is in the public domain.