Strong's Hebrew · H1285
H1285 bᵉrîyth
בְּרִית
ber-eeth'
covenant
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bᵉrîyth appears 284 times in Scripture, including Genesis 6:18 and Genesis 9:9. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)
In the King James Version
confederacy, (con-) feder(-ate), covenant, league.
Derivation
from H1262 (בָּרָה) (in the sense of cutting [like H1254 (בָּרָא)]);
Appears 284 times in Scripture
““Behold, I now establish My covenant with you and your descendants after you,”
“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.””
“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.””
“So God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant that I have established between Me and every creature on the earth.””
“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.”
“I have set My rainbow in the clouds, and it will be a sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.”
“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:”
“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.”
“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.”
““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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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
