בְּרִית
covenant
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
State
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
Gender
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
Grammatical forms
- Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Construct 167 times (59%)
- Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Absolute 117 times (41%)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 284 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
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Genesis 24 verses
- Genesis 6:18 בְּרִיתִ֖/י n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs But I will establish my covenant with you. You shall come into the ark, you, your sons, your wife, and your sons' wives with you.
- Genesis 9:9 בְּרִיתִ֖/י n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs "As for me, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your offspring after you,
- Genesis 9:11 בְּרִיתִ/י֙ n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs I will establish my covenant with you; neither will all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of the flood; neither will there any more be a flood to destroy the earth."
- Genesis 9:12 הַ/בְּרִית֙ ptcl def.art + n c fs God said, "This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:
- Genesis 9:13 בְּרִ֔ית n c fs I set my rainbow in the cloud, and it will be for a sign of a covenant between me and the earth.
- Genesis 9:15 בְּרִיתִ֗/י n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs and I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh, and the waters will no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
- Genesis 9:16 בְּרִ֣ית n c fs cs The rainbow will be in the cloud. I will look at it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth."
- Genesis 9:17 הַ/בְּרִית֙ ptcl def.art + n c fs God said to Noah, "This is the token of the covenant which I have established between me and all flesh that is on the earth."
- Genesis 14:13 בְרִית n c fs cs One who had escaped came and told Abram, the Hebrew. Now he lived by the oaks of Mamre, the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner; and these were allies of Abram.
- Genesis 15:18 בְּרִ֣ית n c fs In that day Yahweh made a covenant with Abram, saying, "To your seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates:
- Genesis 17:2 בְרִיתִ֖/י n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly."
- Genesis 17:4 בְרִיתִ֖/י n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs "As for me, behold, my covenant is with you. You will be the father of a multitude of nations.
- Genesis 17:7 בְּרִיתִ֜/י לִ/בְרִ֣ית n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs prep + n c fs cs I will establish my covenant between me and you and your seed after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to you and to your seed after you.
- Genesis 17:9 בְּרִיתִ֣/י n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs God said to Abraham, "As for you, you will keep my covenant, you and your seed after you throughout their generations.
- Genesis 17:10 בְּרִיתִ֞/י n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your seed after you. Every male among you shall be circumcised.
- Genesis 17:11 בְּרִ֔ית n c fs You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin. It will be a token of a covenant between me and you.
- Genesis 17:13 בְרִיתִ֛/י לִ/בְרִ֥ית n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs prep + n c fs cs He who is born in your house, and he who is bought with your money, must be circumcised. My covenant will be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.
- Genesis 17:14 בְּרִיתִ֖/י n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs The uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that soul shall be cut off from his people. He has broken my covenant."
- Genesis 17:19 בְּרִיתִ֥/י לִ/בְרִ֥ית n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs prep + n c fs cs God said, "No, but Sarah, your wife, will bear you a son. You shall call his name Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his seed after him.
- Genesis 17:21 בְּרִיתִ֖/י n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs But my covenant I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time in the next year."
- Genesis 21:27 בְּרִֽית n c fs Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them to Abimelech. Those two made a covenant.
- Genesis 21:32 בְרִ֖ית n c fs So they made a covenant at Beersheba. Abimelech rose up with Phicol, the captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.
- Genesis 26:28 בְרִ֖ית n c fs They said, "We saw plainly that Yahweh was with you. We said, 'Let there now be an oath between us, even between us and you, and let us make a covenant with you,
- Genesis 31:44 בְרִ֖ית n c fs Now come, let us make a covenant, you and I; and let it be for a witness between me and you."
Exodus 13 verses
- Exodus 2:24 בְּרִית֔/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
- Exodus 6:4 בְּרִיתִ/י֙ n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their travels, in which they lived as aliens.
- Exodus 6:5 בְּרִיתִֽ/י n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs Moreover I have heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage, and I have remembered my covenant.
- Exodus 19:5 בְּרִיתִ֑/י n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice, and keep my covenant, then you shall be my own possession from among all peoples; for all the earth is mine;
- Exodus 23:32 בְּרִֽית n c fs You shall make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.
- Exodus 24:7 הַ/בְּרִ֔ית ptcl def.art + n c fs He took the book of the covenant and read it in the hearing of the people, and they said, "All that Yahweh has spoken will we do, and be obedient."
- Exodus 24:8 הַ/בְּרִית֙ ptcl def.art + n c fs Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, "Look, this is the blood of the covenant, which Yahweh has made with you concerning all these words."
- Exodus 31:16 בְּרִ֥ית n c fs cs Therefore the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.
- Exodus 34:10 בְּרִית֒ n c fs He said, "Behold, I make a covenant: before all your people I will do marvels, such as have not been worked in all the earth, nor in any nation; and all the people among which you are shall see the work of Yahweh; for it is an awesome thing that I do with you.
- Exodus 34:12 בְּרִית֙ n c fs Be careful, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, lest it be for a snare in the midst of you:
- Exodus 34:15 בְּרִ֖ית n c fs Don't make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, lest they play the prostitute after their gods, and sacrifice to their gods, and one call you and you eat of his sacrifice;
- Exodus 34:27 בְּרִ֖ית n c fs Yahweh said to Moses, "Write you these words: for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel."
- Exodus 34:28 הַ/בְּרִ֔ית ptcl def.art + n c fs He was there with Yahweh forty days and forty nights; he neither ate bread, nor drank water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
Leviticus 8 verses
- Leviticus 2:13 בְּרִ֣ית n c fs cs Every offering of your meal offering you shall season with salt; neither shall you allow the salt of the covenant of your God to be lacking from your meal offering. With all your offerings you shall offer salt.
- Leviticus 24:8 בְּרִ֥ית n c fs cs Every Sabbath day he shall set it in order before Yahweh continually. It is on the behalf of the children of Israel an everlasting covenant.
- Leviticus 26:9 בְּרִיתִ֖/י n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs "'I will have respect for you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and will establish my covenant with you.
- Leviticus 26:15 בְּרִיתִֽ/י n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs and if you shall reject my statutes, and if your soul abhors my ordinances, so that you will not do all my commandments, but break my covenant;
- Leviticus 26:25 בְּרִ֔ית n c fs I will bring a sword upon you, that will execute the vengeance of the covenant; and you will be gathered together within your cities: and I will send the pestilence among you; and you will be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
- Leviticus 26:42 בְּרִיתִ֣/י בְּרִיתִ֨/י בְּרִיתִ֧/י n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs then I will remember my covenant with Jacob; and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham; and I will remember the land.
- Leviticus 26:44 בְּרִיתִ֖/י n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs Yet for all that, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject them, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them; for I am Yahweh their God;
- Leviticus 26:45 בְּרִ֣ית n c fs cs but I will for their sake remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations, that I might be their God. I am Yahweh.'"
Numbers 5 verses
- Numbers 10:33 בְּרִית n c fs cs They set forward from the Mount of Yahweh three days' journey; and the ark of the covenant of Yahweh went before them three days' journey, to seek out a resting-place for them.
- Numbers 14:44 בְּרִית n c fs cs But they presumed to go up to the top of the mountain: nevertheless the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, and Moses, didn't depart out of the camp.
- Numbers 18:19 בְּרִית֩ n c fs cs All the heave-offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer to Yahweh, have I given you, and your sons and your daughters with you, as a portion forever: it is a covenant of salt forever before Yahweh to you and to your seed with you.
- Numbers 25:12 בְּרִיתִ֖/י n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs Therefore say, Behold, I give to him my covenant of peace:
- Numbers 25:13 בְּרִ֖ית n c fs cs and it shall be to him, and to his seed after him, the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was jealous for his God, and made atonement for the children of Israel.
Deuteronomy 26 verses
- Deuteronomy 4:13 בְּרִית֗/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms He declared to you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even the ten commandments; and he wrote them on two tables of stone.
- Deuteronomy 4:23 בְּרִ֤ית n c fs cs Take heed to yourselves, lest you forget the covenant of Yahweh your God, which he made with you, and make you an engraved image in the form of anything which Yahweh your God has forbidden you.
- Deuteronomy 4:31 בְּרִ֣ית n c fs cs for Yahweh your God is a merciful God; he will not fail you, neither destroy you, nor forget the covenant of your fathers which he swore to them.
- Deuteronomy 5:2 בְּרִ֖ית n c fs Yahweh our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.
- Deuteronomy 5:3 הַ/בְּרִ֣ית ptcl def.art + n c fs Yahweh didn't make this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day.
- Deuteronomy 7:2 בְּרִ֖ית n c fs and when Yahweh your God shall deliver them up before you, and you shall strike them; then you shall utterly destroy them: you shall make no covenant with them, nor show mercy to them;
- Deuteronomy 7:9 הַ/בְּרִ֣ית ptcl def.art + n c fs Know therefore that Yahweh your God, he is God, the faithful God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness with them who love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations,
- Deuteronomy 7:12 הַ/בְּרִית֙ ptcl def.art + n c fs It shall happen, because you listen to these ordinances, and keep and do them, that Yahweh your God will keep with you the covenant and the loving kindness which he swore to your fathers:
- Deuteronomy 8:18 בְּרִית֛/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms But you shall remember Yahweh your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth; that he may establish his covenant which he swore to your fathers, as at this day.
- Deuteronomy 9:9 הַ/בְּרִ֔ית ptcl def.art + n c fs When I was gone up onto the mountain to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which Yahweh made with you, then I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights; I did neither eat bread nor drink water.
- Deuteronomy 9:11 הַ/בְּרִֽית ptcl def.art + n c fs It came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that Yahweh gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant.
- Deuteronomy 9:15 הַ/בְּרִ֔ית ptcl def.art + n c fs So I turned and came down from the mountain, and the mountain was burning with fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands.
- Deuteronomy 10:8 בְּרִית n c fs cs At that time Yahweh set apart the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, to stand before Yahweh to minister to him, and to bless in his name, to this day.
- Deuteronomy 17:2 בְּרִיתֽ/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms If there be found in the midst of you, within any of your gates which Yahweh your God gives you, man or woman, who does that which is evil in the sight of Yahweh your God, in transgressing his covenant,
- Deuteronomy 29:1 הַ/בְּרִ֜ית הַ/בְּרִ֔ית ptcl def.art + n c fs ptcl def.art + n c fs These are the words of the covenant which Yahweh commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, besides the covenant which he made with them in Horeb.
- Deuteronomy 29:9 הַ/בְּרִ֣ית ptcl def.art + n c fs Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that you may prosper in all that you do.
- Deuteronomy 29:12 בִּ/בְרִ֛ית prep + n c fs cs that you may enter into the covenant of Yahweh your God, and into his oath, which Yahweh your God makes with you this day;
- Deuteronomy 29:14 הַ/בְּרִ֣ית ptcl def.art + n c fs Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath,
- Deuteronomy 29:21 הַ/בְּרִ֔ית ptcl def.art + n c fs Yahweh will set him apart to evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that is written in this book of the law.
- Deuteronomy 29:25 בְּרִ֥ית n c fs cs Then men shall say, Because they forsook the covenant of Yahweh, the God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt,
- Deuteronomy 31:9 בְּרִ֣ית n c fs cs Moses wrote this law, and delivered it to the priests the sons of Levi, who bore the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, and to all the elders of Israel.
- Deuteronomy 31:16 בְּרִיתִ֔/י n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs Yahweh said to Moses, Behold, you shall sleep with your fathers; and this people will rise up, and play the prostitute after the strange gods of the land, where they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.
- Deuteronomy 31:20 בְּרִיתִֽ/י n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs For when I shall have brought them into the land which I swore to their fathers, flowing with milk and honey, and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and grown fat; then will they turn to other gods, and serve them, and despise me, and break my covenant.
- Deuteronomy 31:25 בְּרִית n c fs cs that Moses commanded the Levites, who bore the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, saying,
- Deuteronomy 31:26 בְּרִית n c fs cs Take this book of the law, and put it by the side of the ark of the covenant of Yahweh your God, that it may be there for a witness against you.
- Deuteronomy 33:9 וּ/בְרִֽיתְ/ךָ֖ conj + n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms Who said of his father, and of his mother, I have not seen him; Neither did he acknowledge his brothers, Nor knew he his own children: For they have observed your word, Keep your covenant.
Joshua 21 verses
- Joshua 3:3 בְּרִית n c fs cs and they commanded the people, saying, When you see the ark of the covenant of Yahweh your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then you shall remove from your place, and go after it.
- Joshua 3:6 הַ/בְּרִ֔ית הַ/בְּרִ֔ית ptcl def.art + n c fs ptcl def.art + n c fs Joshua spoke to the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the people. They took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people.
- Joshua 3:8 הַ/בְּרִ֖ית ptcl def.art + n c fs You shall command the priests who bear the ark of the covenant, saying, When you are come to the brink of the waters of the Jordan, you shall stand still in the Jordan.
- Joshua 3:11 הַ/בְּרִ֔ית ptcl def.art + n c fs Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passes over before you into the Jordan.
- Joshua 3:14 הַ/בְּרִ֖ית ptcl def.art + n c fs It happened, when the people removed from their tents, to pass over the Jordan, the priests who bore the ark of the covenant being before the people;
- Joshua 3:17 בְּרִית n c fs cs The priests who bore the ark of the covenant of Yahweh stood firm on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan; and all Israel passed over on dry ground, until all the nation were passed clean over the Jordan.
- Joshua 4:7 בְּרִית n c fs cs then you shall tell them, Because the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of Yahweh; when it passed over the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be for a memorial to the children of Israel forever.
- Joshua 4:9 הַ/בְּרִ֑ית ptcl def.art + n c fs Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of the Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests who bore the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there to this day.
- Joshua 4:18 בְּרִית n c fs cs It happened, when the priests who bore the ark of the covenant of Yahweh were come up out of the midst of the Jordan, and the soles of the priests' feet were lifted up to the dry ground, that the waters of the Jordan returned to their place, and went over all its banks, as before.
- Joshua 6:6 הַ/בְּרִ֑ית ptcl def.art + n c fs Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said to them, Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of Yahweh.
- Joshua 6:8 בְּרִ֣ית n c fs cs It was so, that when Joshua had spoken to the people, the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns before Yahweh passed on, and blew the trumpets: and the ark of the covenant of Yahweh followed them.
- Joshua 7:11 בְּרִיתִ֔/י n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs Israel has sinned; yes, they have even transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: yes, they have even taken of the devoted thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also; and they have even put it among their own stuff.
- Joshua 7:15 בְּרִ֣ית n c fs cs It shall be, that he who is taken with the devoted thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he has; because he has transgressed the covenant of Yahweh, and because he has done folly in Israel.
- Joshua 8:33 בְּרִית n c fs cs All Israel, and their elders and officers, and their judges, stood on this side of the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, who bore the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, as well the foreigner as the native; half of them in front of Mount Gerizim, and half of them in front of Mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of Yahweh had commanded at the first, that they should bless the people of Israel.
- Joshua 9:6 בְרִֽית n c fs They went to Joshua to the camp at Gilgal, and said to him, and to the men of Israel, We are come from a far country: now therefore make you a covenant with us.
- Joshua 9:7 בְרִֽית n c fs The men of Israel said to the Hivites, What if you dwell among us; and how shall we make a covenant with you?
- Joshua 9:11 בְרִֽית n c fs Our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spoke to us, saying, Take provision in your hand for the journey, and go to meet them, and tell them, We are your servants: and now make you a covenant with us.
- Joshua 9:15 בְּרִ֖ית n c fs Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation swore to them.
- Joshua 9:16 בְּרִ֑ית n c fs It happened at the end of three days after they had made a covenant with them, that they heard that they were their neighbors, and that they lived among them.
- Joshua 23:16 בְּרִ֨ית n c fs cs When you disobey the covenant of Yahweh your God, which he commanded you, and go and serve other gods, and bow down yourselves to them; then will the anger of Yahweh be kindled against you, and you shall perish quickly from off the good land which he has given to you.
- Joshua 24:25 בְּרִ֛ית n c fs So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
Judges 4 verses
- Judges 2:1 בְּרִיתִ֛/י n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs The angel of Yahweh came up from Gilgal to Bochim. He said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you to the land which I swore to your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you:
- Judges 2:2 בְרִית֙ n c fs and you shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land; you shall break down their altars. But you have not listened to my voice: why have you done this?
- Judges 2:20 בְּרִיתִ/י֙ n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs The anger of Yahweh was kindled against Israel; and he said, Because this nation have transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not listened to my voice;
- Judges 20:27 בְּרִ֣ית n c fs cs The children of Israel asked of Yahweh (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,
1 Samuel 7 verses
- 1 Samuel 4:3 בְּרִ֣ית n c fs cs When the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Why has Yahweh struck us today before the Philistines? Let us get the ark of the covenant of Yahweh out of Shiloh to us, that it may come among us, and save us out of the hand of our enemies.
- 1 Samuel 4:4 בְּרִית בְּרִ֣ית n c fs cs n c fs cs So the people sent to Shiloh; and they brought from there the ark of the covenant of Yahweh of Hosts, who sits [above] the cherubim: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.
- 1 Samuel 4:5 בְּרִית n c fs cs When the ark of the covenant of Yahweh came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again.
- 1 Samuel 11:1 בְרִ֖ית n c fs Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabesh Gilead: and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve you.
- 1 Samuel 18:3 בְּרִ֑ית n c fs Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
- 1 Samuel 20:8 בִּ/בְרִ֣ית prep + n c fs cs Therefore deal kindly with your servant; for you have brought your servant into a covenant of Yahweh with you: but if there be in me iniquity, kill me yourself; for why should you bring me to your father?
- 1 Samuel 23:18 בְּרִ֖ית n c fs They two made a covenant before Yahweh: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.
2 Samuel 6 verses
- 2 Samuel 3:12 בְרִֽיתְ/ךָ֙ n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? saying [also], Make your league with me, and, behold, my hand shall be with you, to bring about all Israel to you.
- 2 Samuel 3:13 בְּרִ֑ית n c fs He said, Well; I will make a league with you; but one thing I require of you: that is, you shall not see my face, except you first bring Michal, Saul's daughter, when you come to see my face.
- 2 Samuel 3:21 בְּרִ֔ית n c fs Abner said to David, I will arise and go, and will gather all Israel to my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with you, and that you may reign over all that your soul desires. David sent Abner away; and he went in peace.
- 2 Samuel 5:3 בְּרִ֛ית n c fs So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a covenant with them in Hebron before Yahweh: and they anointed David king over Israel.
- 2 Samuel 15:24 בְּרִ֣ית n c fs cs Behold, Zadok also [came], and all the Levites with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God; and they set down the ark of God; and Abiathar went up, until all the people had done passing out of the city.
- 2 Samuel 23:5 בְרִ֨ית n c fs cs Most assuredly my house is not so with God; Yet he has made with me an everlasting covenant, Ordered in all things, and sure: For it is all my salvation, and all [my] desire, Although he doesn't make it grow.
1 Kings 12 verses
- 1 Kings 3:15 בְּרִית n c fs cs Solomon awoke; and, behold, it was a dream: and he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, and offered up burnt offerings, and offered peace-offerings, and made a feast to all his servants.
- 1 Kings 5:12 בְרִ֖ית n c fs Yahweh gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him; and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon; and they two made a league together.
- 1 Kings 6:19 בְּרִ֥ית n c fs cs He prepared an oracle in the midst of the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of Yahweh.
- 1 Kings 8:1 בְּרִית n c fs cs Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the princes of the fathers' [houses] of the children of Israel, to king Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Yahweh out of the city of David, which is Zion.
- 1 Kings 8:6 בְּרִית n c fs cs The priests brought in the ark of the covenant of Yahweh to its place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubim.
- 1 Kings 8:21 בְּרִ֣ית n c fs cs There have I set a place for the ark, in which is the covenant of Yahweh, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.
- 1 Kings 8:23 הַ/בְּרִית֙ ptcl def.art + n c fs and he said, Yahweh, the God of Israel, there is no God like you, in heaven above, or on earth beneath; who keep covenant and loving kindness with your servants, who walk before you with all their heart;
- 1 Kings 11:11 בְּרִיתִ֣/י n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs Therefore Yahweh said to Solomon, Because this is done of you, and you have not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded you, I will surely tear the kingdom from you, and will give it to your servant.
- 1 Kings 15:19 בְּרִית֙ בְּרִֽיתְ/ךָ֙ n c fs n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms [There is] a league between me and you, between my father and your father: behold, I have sent to you a present of silver and gold; go, break your league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.
- 1 Kings 19:10 בְרִֽיתְ/ךָ֙ n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms He said, I have been very jealous for Yahweh, the God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and slain your prophets with the sword: and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
- 1 Kings 19:14 בְרִֽיתְ/ךָ֙ n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms He said, I have been very jealous for Yahweh, the God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and slain your prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
- 1 Kings 20:34 בַּ/בְּרִ֣ית בְרִ֖ית prep det + n c fs n c fs [Ben Hadad] said to him, The cities which my father took from your father I will restore; and you shall make streets for you in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. I, [said Ahab], will let you go with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and let him go.
2 Kings 10 verses
- 2 Kings 11:4 בְּרִ֜ית n c fs In the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the captains over hundreds of the Carites and of the guard, and brought them to him into the house of Yahweh; and he made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of Yahweh, and shown them the king's son.
- 2 Kings 11:17 הַ/בְּרִ֗ית ptcl def.art + n c fs Jehoiada made a covenant between Yahweh and the king and the people, that they should be Yahweh's people; between the king also and the people.
- 2 Kings 13:23 בְּרִית֔/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms But Yahweh was gracious to them, and had compassion on them, and had respect to them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as yet.
- 2 Kings 17:15 בְּרִית/וֹ֙ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms They rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified to them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and [went] after the nations that were round about them, concerning whom Yahweh had charged those who they should not do like them.
- 2 Kings 17:35 בְּרִ֔ית n c fs with whom Yahweh had made a covenant, and charged them, saying, You shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them:
- 2 Kings 17:38 וְ/הַ/בְּרִ֛ית conj + ptcl def.art + n c fs and the covenant that I have made with you you shall not forget; neither shall you fear other gods:
- 2 Kings 18:12 בְּרִית֔/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms because they didn't obey the voice of Yahweh their God, but transgressed his covenant, even all that Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded, and would not hear it, nor do it.
- 2 Kings 23:2 הַ/בְּרִ֔ית ptcl def.art + n c fs The king went up to the house of Yahweh, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of Yahweh.
- 2 Kings 23:3 הַ/בְּרִ֣ית הַ/בְּרִ֣ית בַּ/בְּרִֽית ptcl def.art + n c fs ptcl def.art + n c fs prep det + n c fs The king stood by the pillar, and made a covenant before Yahweh, to walk after Yahweh, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all [his] heart, and all [his] soul, to confirm the words of this covenant that were written in this book: and all the people stood to the covenant.
- 2 Kings 23:21 הַ/בְּרִ֖ית ptcl def.art + n c fs The king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the Passover to Yahweh your God, as it is written in this book of the covenant.
1 Chronicles 13 verses
- 1 Chronicles 11:3 בְּרִ֛ית n c fs So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before Yahweh; and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of Yahweh by Samuel.
- 1 Chronicles 15:25 בְּרִית n c fs cs So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of Yahweh out of the house of Obed-edom with joy.
- 1 Chronicles 15:26 בְּרִית n c fs cs It happened, when God helped the Levites who bore the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, that they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.
- 1 Chronicles 15:28 בְּרִית n c fs cs Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of Yahweh with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, sounding aloud with psalteries and harps.
- 1 Chronicles 15:29 בְּרִ֣ית n c fs cs It happened, as the ark of the covenant of Yahweh came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out at the window, and saw king David dancing and playing; and she despised him in her heart.
- 1 Chronicles 16:6 בְּרִית n c fs cs and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually, before the ark of the covenant of God.
- 1 Chronicles 16:15 בְּרִית֔/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms Remember his covenant forever, The word which he commanded to a thousand generations,
- 1 Chronicles 16:17 בְּרִ֥ית n c fs cs Confirmed the same to Jacob for a statute, To Israel for an everlasting covenant,
- 1 Chronicles 16:37 בְּרִית n c fs So he left there, before the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, Asaph and his brothers, to minister before the ark continually, as every day's work required;
- 1 Chronicles 17:1 בְּרִית n c fs cs It happened, when David lived in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Behold, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of Yahweh [dwells] under curtains.
- 1 Chronicles 22:19 בְּרִית n c fs cs Now set your heart and your soul to seek after Yahweh your God; arise therefore, and build the sanctuary of Yahweh God, to bring the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of Yahweh.
- 1 Chronicles 28:2 בְּרִית n c fs cs Then David the king stood up on his feet, and said, Hear me, my brothers, and my people: as for me, it was in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, and for the footstool of our God; and I had made ready for the building.
- 1 Chronicles 28:18 בְּרִית n c fs cs and for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the pattern of the chariot, [even] the cherubim, that spread out [their wings], and covered the ark of the covenant of Yahweh.
2 Chronicles 15 verses
- 2 Chronicles 5:2 בְּרִית n c fs cs Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the princes of the fathers' [houses] of the children of Israel, to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Yahweh out of the city of David, which is Zion.
- 2 Chronicles 5:7 בְּרִית n c fs cs The priests brought in the ark of the covenant of Yahweh to its place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubim.
- 2 Chronicles 6:11 בְּרִ֣ית n c fs cs There have I set the ark, in which is the covenant of Yahweh, which he made with the children of Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 6:14 הַ/בְּרִית֙ ptcl def.art + n c fs and he said, Yahweh, the God of Israel, there is no God like you, in heaven, or on earth; who keep covenant and loving kindness with your servants, who walk before you with all their heart;
- 2 Chronicles 13:5 בְּרִ֥ית n c fs cs Ought you not to know that Yahweh, the God of Israel, gave the kingdom over Israel to David forever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?
- 2 Chronicles 15:12 בַ/בְּרִ֔ית prep det + n c fs They entered into the covenant to seek Yahweh, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul;
- 2 Chronicles 16:3 בְּרִית֙ בְּרִֽיתְ/ךָ֗ n c fs n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms [There is] a league between me and you, as [there was] between my father and your father: behold, I have sent you silver and gold; go, break your league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.
- 2 Chronicles 21:7 הַ/בְּרִ֔ית ptcl def.art + n c fs However Yahweh would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a lamp to him and to his children always.
- 2 Chronicles 23:1 בַ/בְּרִֽית prep det + n c fs 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.
- 2 Chronicles 23:3 בְּרִ֛ית n c fs All the assembly made a covenant with the king in the house of God. He said to them, Behold, the king's son shall reign, as Yahweh has spoken concerning the sons of David.
- 2 Chronicles 23:16 בְּרִ֔ית n c fs Jehoiada made a covenant between himself, and all the people, and the king, that they should be Yahweh's people.
- 2 Chronicles 29:10 בְּרִ֔ית n c fs Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with Yahweh, the God of Israel, that his fierce anger may turn away from us.
- 2 Chronicles 34:30 הַ/בְּרִ֔ית ptcl def.art + n c fs The king went up to the house of Yahweh, and all the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people, both 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 Yahweh.
- 2 Chronicles 34:31 הַ/בְּרִית֮ הַ/בְּרִ֔ית ptcl def.art + n c fs ptcl def.art + n c fs The king stood in his place, and made a covenant before Yahweh, to walk after Yahweh, 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 that were written in this book.
- 2 Chronicles 34:32 כִּ/בְרִ֥ית prep + n c fs cs He caused all who were found in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand [to it]. The inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.
Ezra 1 verse
Nehemiah 4 verses
- Nehemiah 1:5 הַ/בְּרִית֙ ptcl def.art + n c fs and said, I beg you, Yahweh, the God of heaven, the great and awesome God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness with those who love him and keep his commandments:
- Nehemiah 9:8 הַ/בְּרִ֗ית ptcl def.art + n c fs and found his heart faithful before you, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite, and the Girgashite, to give it to his seed, and have performed your words; for you are righteous.
- Nehemiah 9:32 הַ/בְּרִ֣ית ptcl def.art + n c fs Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who keep covenant and loving kindness, don't let all the travail seem little before you, that has come on us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all your people, since the time of the kings of Assyria to this day.
- Nehemiah 13:29 וּ/בְרִ֥ית conj + n c fs cs Remember them, my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.
Job 3 verses
- Job 5:23 בְרִיתֶ֑/ךָ n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms For you shall be in league with the stones of the field. The animals of the field shall be at peace with you.
- Job 31:1 בְּ֭רִית n c fs "I made a covenant with my eyes, How then should I look lustfully at a young woman?
- Job 41:4 בְּרִ֣ית n c fs Will he make a covenant with you, That you should take him for a servant forever?
Psalms 21 verses
- Psalms 25:10 בְ֝רִית֗/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms All the paths of Yahweh are loving kindness and truth To such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
- Psalms 25:14 וּ֝/בְרִית֗/וֹ conj + n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms The friendship of Yahweh is with those who fear him. He will show them his covenant.
- Psalms 44:17 בִּ/בְרִיתֶֽ/ךָ prep + n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms All this has come on us, Yet have we not forgotten you, Neither have we been false to your covenant.
- Psalms 50:5 בְרִיתִ֣/י n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs "Gather my saints together to me, Those who have made a covenant with me by sacrifice."
- Psalms 50:16 בְרִיתִ֣/י n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs But to the wicked God says, "What right do you have to declare my statutes, That you have taken my covenant on your lips,
- Psalms 55:20 בְּרִיתֽ/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms He raises his hands against his friends. He has violated his covenant.
- Psalms 74:20 לַ/בְּרִ֑ית prep det + n c fs Honor your covenant, For haunts of violence fill the dark places of the earth.
- Psalms 78:10 בְּרִ֣ית n c fs cs They didn't keep God's covenant, And refused to walk in his law.
- Psalms 78:37 בִּ/בְרִיתֽ/וֹ prep + n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms For their heart was not right with him, Neither were they faithful in his covenant.
- Psalms 83:5 בְּרִ֣ית n c fs For they have conspired together with one mind. They form an alliance against you.
- Psalms 89:3 בְ֭רִית n c fs "I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David, my servant,
- Psalms 89:28 וּ֝/בְרִיתִ֗/י conj + n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs I will keep my loving kindness for him forevermore. My covenant will stand firm with him.
- Psalms 89:34 בְּרִיתִ֑/י n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs I will not break my covenant, Nor alter what my lips have uttered.
- Psalms 89:39 בְּרִ֣ית n c fs cs You have renounced the covenant of your servant. You have defiled his crown in the dust.
- Psalms 103:18 בְרִית֑/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms To those who keep his covenant, To those who remember to obey his precepts.
- Psalms 105:8 בְּרִית֑/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms He has remembered his covenant forever, The word which he commanded to a thousand generations,
- Psalms 105:10 בְּרִ֣ית n c fs cs And confirmed the same to Jacob for a statute; To Israel for an everlasting covenant,
- Psalms 106:45 בְּרִית֑/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms He remembered for them his covenant, And repented according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.
- Psalms 111:5 בְּרִיתֽ/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms He has given food to those who fear him. He always remembers his covenant.
- Psalms 111:9 בְּרִית֑/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms He has sent redemption to his people. He has ordained his covenant forever. His name is holy and awesome!
- Psalms 132:12 בְּרִיתִ/י֮ n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs If your children will keep my covenant, My testimony that I will teach them, Their children also will sit on your throne forevermore."
Proverbs 1 verse
Isaiah 12 verses
- Isaiah 24:5 בְּרִ֥ית n c fs cs The earth also is polluted under the inhabitants of it; because they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, broken the everlasting covenant.
- Isaiah 28:15 בְרִית֙ n c fs Because you have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come to us; for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
- Isaiah 28:18 בְּרִֽיתְ/כֶם֙ n c fs cs + sfx pers 2mp Your covenant with death shall be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then you shall be trodden down by it.
- Isaiah 33:8 בְּרִית֙ n c fs The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceases: [the enemy] has broken the covenant, he has despised the cities, he doesn't regard man.
- Isaiah 42:6 לִ/בְרִ֥ית prep + n c fs cs I, Yahweh, have called you in righteousness, and will hold your hand, and will keep you, and give you for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;
- Isaiah 49:8 לִ/בְרִ֣ית prep + n c fs cs Thus says Yahweh, In an acceptable time have I answered you, and in a day of salvation have I helped you; and I will preserve you, and give you for a covenant of the people, to raise up the land, to make them inherit the desolate heritage:
About this entry
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ברית — transliterated bᵉrîyth — is a Hebrew noun carrying the sense “covenant.” Alongside “covenant” the lexicon also lists “alliance” and “pledge” — part of its full sense range. Spanning 264 verses in 27 books, it ranks among the common words of the Hebrew Bible. Its earliest occurrence is Genesis 6:18. Sharing its root, it stands alongside ברה, ברות and ברי. Each statement above links to its evidence; the full detail follows below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H1285 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 264
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 264 distinct verses.
- 27 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 27 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #175
- by frequency
- Top 250 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 175 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 264 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- Deuteronomy 26 verses 10%
- Genesis 24 verses 9%
- Joshua 21 verses 8%
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 264 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 124 verses · 47%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 76 verses · 29%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 64 verses · 24%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
BDB lists this Strong’s number as 2 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: Covenant 246×, League 11×, According to the covenant 2×
- American Standard Version†: Covenant 209×, League 4×, Ark of the covenant 3×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Covenant 254×, Treaty 16×, Be a covenant 2×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Covenant 192×, Covenant of 65×, The 5×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H1285 across 283† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 14 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 1 further occurrence.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H1285 across 283† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 55 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H1285 across 283† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 9 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 1 further occurrence.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H1285 across 281† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 8 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
23 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 23 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- I. between men.
- 1. treaty, alliance, league: Abraham and Amorites Gn 14:13; Edom and its allies Ob 7; with Philistines Gn 21:27, 32 (E) 26:28 (J); Jacob and Laban Gn 31:44 (J); Joshua and Gibeonites Jos 9:6, 7, 11, 15, 16 (J); Israel and Canaanites Ex 23:32; 34:12, 15 (JE) Dt 7:2 Ju 2:2; Ammonites and Jabesh 1 S 11:1; Solomon and Hiram 1 K 5:26; Ahab and Benhadad 1 K 20:34; Syria and Israel 1 K 15:19 = 2 Ch 16:3; Nebuchadnezzar and Zedekiah Ez 17:13–19; nations against Israel ψ 83:6; nations with Egypt Ez 30:5; Ephraim and Assyria Ho 12:2; Judah and Israel Ez 16:61; Judah and Tyre Am 1:9; Assyria and Judah Is 33:8; נגיד ברית a prince in league (with him) Dn 11:22 (so He Ew; Hi Meinh Bev ref. to h. p. Onias III & translate prince of cov’t, cf. AV RV); fig., with death Is 28:15, 18; with stones of the field Jb 5:23. e.g. Genesis 14:13
- 2. constitution, ordinance, between monarch and subjects: David and Abner 2 S 3:12, 13, 21; David and the elders of Israel 2 S 5:3 = 1 Ch 11:3; Zedekiah and his people Je 34:8–18; hostile prince and Israelites Dn 9:27. e.g. 2 Samuel 3:12
- 3. agreement, pledge: Jehoiada and captains 2 K 11:4 = 2 Ch 23:1; with oneself Jb 31:1; with Leviathan to be a servant Jb 40:28; between man and man Ho 10:4 cf. בעל ברית Ju 8:33; 9:4 = אל ברית Ju 9:46. e.g. 2 Kings 11:4
- 4. alliance of friendship between David and Jonathan 1 S 18:3; 20:8; 23:18 cf. ψ 55:21. e.g. 1 Samuel 18:3
- 5. alliance of marriage Pr 2:17 Mal 2:14.—In all cases כרת ברית is the technical phrase for making covenant except Je 34:10 באו בברית; Dn 9:27 הגביר ברית לְ. Various preps. are used, most often לְ Ex 23:32 +, but also עִם Gn 26:28 +, אֵת 2 S 3:12 +, בֵּין 2 Ch 16:3. e.g. Proverbs 2:17
- II. between God and man.
- 1. alliance of friendship (‖ סוֹד) ψ 25:14. e.g. Psalms 25:14
- 2. covenant, as a divine constitution or ordinance with signs or pledges (vid. אוֹת).
- a. with Noah Gn 9:9–17 (P) Is 54:10 Je 33:20, 25; a divine promise that there would be no other deluge. e.g. Genesis 9:9
- b. with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob Gn 15:18 (J) 17:2–21 Ex 2:24; 6:4, 5; Lv 26:42 (P) 2 K 13:23; 1 Ch 16:15 = ψ 105:8, 10, Ne 9:8 Je 34:18; a promise to multiply their seed, give them the land of Canaan, and make them a blessing to the nations. e.g. Genesis 15:18
- c. with Israel at Sinai = Horeb, with a covenant sacrifice Ex 19:5; 24:7, 8 (E) 34:10, 27, 28 (J) 31:16; Lv 2:13 (P) 24:8; 26:9, 15, 25, 44, 45 (H) Dt 4:13; renewed in plains of Moab Dt 28:69; with blessings and curses Dt 29:20; frequently referred to in other books 2 Ch 34:32 ψ 25:10; 44:18; 50:5, 16; 74:20; 78:10, 37; 103:18; 106:45; 111:5, 9 Is 56:4, 6; Je 1:2, 3, 6, 8, 10; 14:21; 22:9; 31:32; Ez 16:8, 59, 60; 44:7; Dn 9:4; 11:28, 30, 32; Ho 6:7; 8:1 Zc 9:11; 11:10; a divine constitution given to Israel with promises on condition of obedience and penalties for disobedience, in the form of tables of the covenant Dt 9:9, 11, 15, inscribed with the ten words, placed in (י׳) ארון ברית the ark of the covenant Nu 10:33 + 40 times (vid. ארון; in 1 S 4:3, 4(×2), 5 om. ברית after ארון 𝔊 We Dr); set forth in דברי הברית words of the covenant Ex 34:28 (J) Dt 28:69; 29:8; 2 K 23:3 (= 2 Ch 34:31) Je 11:2–8, written in ספר הברית the book of the covenant Ex 24:7 (E, cf. 34:27 J) 2 K 23:2, 21 (cf. 2 Ch 34:30). e.g. Exodus 19:5
- d. with Phinehas Nu 25:12, 13 (P), a constitution, establishing an everlasting priesthood in his line; cf. ברית הכהנים Ne 13:29 & ברית הלוי Mal 2:4, 8. e.g. Numbers 25:12
- e. with Joshua and Israel Jos 24:25 (E), an ordinance or constitutional agreement to serve Yahweh only. e.g. Joshua 24:25
- f. with David ψ 89:4, 29, 34, 39; 132:12; Je 33:21 (cf. 2 S 7 = 1 Ch 17); a divine promise to the seed of David of an everlasting kingdom, the relation of sonship, and the superintendence of the temple (cf. ψ 2). e.g. Psalms 89:4
- g. Jehoiada and the people 2 K 11:17 = 2 Ch 23:3, a constitutional agreement to be the people of Yahweh. e.g. 2 Kings 11:17
- h. Hezekiah and the people 2 Ch 29:10, a constitutional agreement to reform the worship. e.g. 2 Chronicles 29:10
- i. Josiah and the people 2 K 23:3, a constitutional agreement to obey the book of the covenant. e.g. 2 Kings 23:3
- j. Ezra and the people Ezr 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 Je 31:31, with new institutions and precepts Is 42:6, 49:8; 55:3; 59:21; 61:8 Je 31:31, 33; 32:40; 50:5; Ez 16:60, 62; 20:37; 34:25; 37:26; Ho 2:20. In Is 2 the Messianic servant is ברית עם Is 42:6; 49:8, cf. מלאך הברית Mal 3:1. e.g. Ezra 10:3
- III. Phrases.
- 1. covenant making: כרת ברית Gn 15:18; Ex 34:10, 27 (J) Jos 24:25 (E) Dt 5:2, 3; 28:69; 29:13, 24; 1 K 5:26; 2 K 11:17; 17:35, 38; 23:3 2 Ch 21:7; 23:3, 16; 29:10; 34:30 Ezr 10:3; Ne 9:8; ψ 50:5; 89:4; Is 55:3; 61:8; Je 11:10; 31:31, 32, 33; 32:40; 34:13 Ez 34:25; 37:26; Hos 2:20; הקים ברית establish a covenant Gn 6:18; 9:9, 11, 17; 17:7, 19, 21; Ex 6:4 (P) Ez 16:60, 62, confirm covenant Lv 26:9 (?; H) Dt 8:18; נתן ברית Gn 17:2 (cf. 9:12) Nu 25:12 (P); שׂם ברית 2 S 23:5; עבר בברית Dt 29:11; בא בברית 2 Ch 15:12; Ez 16:8; צוה ברית ψ 111:9; נשׂא ברית על פי ψ 50:16. (Cf. further on these DrJ Ph. xi. 1882, 210 ff.) e.g. Genesis 15:18
- 2. covenant keeping: on the part of man שׁמר ברית 1 K 11:11 Ne 1:5; 9:32 ψ 78:10; 103:18; 132:12 Dn 9:4, נצר ברית Dt 33:9 ψ 25:10, מחזיקים בברית Is 56:4, 6; on the part of God זכר ברית Gn 9:15, 16 Ex 2:24; 6:5 (all P), Lv 26:42(×3) (H; on sf. cf. Di Ges§ 128, 1 R b) v 45 (H) ψ 105:8; 106:45; 111:5 1 Ch 16:15 Ez 16:60. Thus we have נאמנת ψ 89:29; ברית עולם Gn 9:16; 17:7, 13, 18, 19 Ex 31:16 Lv 24:8 Nu 18:19; 25:13 (P) 2 S 23:5 (poet.) 1 Ch 16:17 (= ψ 105:10) Is 24:5; 55:3; 61:8 Je 32:40; 50:5 Ez 16:60; 37:26; ברית מלח Lv 2:13 2 Ch 13:5; 21:7 (a cov’t. with sacrificial meal and salt; on cov’t. with salt in Arabia cf. WeSkizzen iii. 124); ברית שׁלום Nu 25:12 (P) Is 54:10 Ez 34:25; 37:26; הברית והחסד Dt 7:9, 12 1 K 8:23 (= 2 Ch 6:14) Ne 1:5; 9:32; Dn 9:4; ברית קדשׁ Dn 11:28, 30; מסרת הברית Ez 20:27. e.g. 1 Kings 11:11
- 3. covenant violation: עבר ברית Dt 17:2; Jos 7:11, 15; 23:16 (D) Ju 2:20; 2 K 18:12; Ho 6:7; 8:1; הפר ברית Gn 17:14; Lv 26:15, 44 (H) Dt 31:16, 20 (J) Ju 2:1; Is 24:5(×2) Je 11:10; 14:21; 31:32; 33:20, 21; Ez 16:59; 17:18, 19; 44:7; Zc 11:10; עזב ב׳ Dt 29:24 1 K 19:10, 14; Je 22:9 Dn 11:30; מאס ברית 2 K 17:15; נאר ברית ψ 89:39; חלל ברית ψ 89:34 Mal 2:10 (cf. v 4); שׁקר בב׳ ψ 44:18; שׁכח ברית Dt 4:23, 21; Je 50:5. e.g. Deuteronomy 17:2
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Word origin
I. n.f. covenant (‖ Aramaic קְיָם, διαθήκη; constitutio)—ב׳ Gn 9:13 + 199 times; sf. בְּרִיתִי Gn 6:18 + 50 times; בְּרִיתְךָ Dt 33:9; בְּרִיתֶ֑ךָ ψ 44:18 + 11 times; בְּרִיתְכֶם Is 28:18; בְּרִיתֵךְ Ez 16:61; בְּרִיתוֹ Ex 2:24 + 18 times;—pact, compact, covenant.
II. v. sub ii. ברה; also ii. אֵל 3, בַּעַל 4.
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Derived from ברה (bârâh) (H1262) — to eat.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
בְּרִית
- prop. circle, ring, chain, hence oath (of fidelity), solemn injunction; covenant treatise. [כרת ב׳ to cut a ring out; to make a covenant; בא בב׳ to enter into the ring, to promise fidelity; הפר ב׳ to break the ring, to break one’s oath &c.] Sabb. 137ᵇ; בריתו של אברהם אבינו (sign of) the covenant of Abraham, circumcision. Ab. III, 11; a. fr. Y. Peah VIII, 21ᵃ מפני ב׳ של א"א on account of the covenant of Abraham (for the sake of human dignity). Num. R. s. 18, a. fr. ב׳ כרותה לשפתים a law is made for the lips, i.e. words are ominous (ref. to לא נעלה, Num. XVI, 12). Gen. R. s. 34, v. אָוִיר; a. fr.—הַבְּ׳ וכ׳ by the covenant (an oath), indeed. Tosef. Ḥall. I, 6 ב׳ וכ׳ (Var. הב׳); Pes. 38ᵇ indeed, those are the very words &c.; (some explain) indeed?, are those the very &c. (is it a tradition for which no reason needs to be given)?; Y. Peah V, 19ᵇ bot. הב׳.—Pl. בְּרִיתוֹת. Ber. 48ᵇ sq. שלש ב׳ three covenants (three times the word b’rith, Deut. XXVIII, 69; XXIX, 8). Tosef. Sot. VIII, 10; 11 ב׳ Var. (ed. Zuck. כְּרִיתוֹת); Sot. 37ᵇ; a. fr. e.g. Numbers 16:12
בֵּרִית
- a ring, band, v. בֵּירִית. [Y. M. Kat. I, 80ᵇ top, v. כְּרִית.]
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
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The 60 most common forms are shown; 40 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
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Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 246 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 264 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 6:18
- Exodus 2:24
- Leviticus 2:13
- Numbers 10:33
- Deuteronomy 4:13
- Joshua 3:3
- Judges 2:1
- 1 Samuel 4:3
- 2 Samuel 3:12
- 1 Kings 3:15
- 2 Kings 11:4
- 1 Chronicles 11:3
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
