Strong's Hebrew · H1285

בְּרִית

bᵉrîyth · ber-eeth'

confederacy, (con-) feder(-ate), covenant, league.

Definition

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

Derivation

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

Appears 284 times in Scripture

Genesis 9:9

“Behold, I now establish My covenant with you and your descendants after you,

Genesis 9:16

And whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of every kind that is on the earth.”

Genesis 9:11

And I establish My covenant with you: Never again will all life be cut off by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.”

Genesis 9:17

So God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant that I have established between Me and every creature on the earth.”

Genesis 9:15

I will remember My covenant between Me and you and every living creature of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.

Genesis 9:13

I have set My rainbow in the clouds, and it will be a sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.

Genesis 9:12

And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between Me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come:

Genesis 14:13

Then an escapee came and reported this to Abram the Hebrew. Now Abram was living near the Oaks of Mamre the Amorite, a brother of Eshcol and Aner, all of whom were bound by treaty to Abram.

Genesis 6:18

But I will establish My covenant with you, and you will enter the ark—you and your sons and your wife and your sons’ wives with you.

Genesis 26:28

“We can plainly see that the LORD has been with you,” they replied. “We recommend that there should now be an oath between us and you. Let us make a covenant with you

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