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בְּרִית

bᵉrîyth · H1285 · Hebrew · 284 occurrences

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Meanings

  1. covenant or alliance

    A solemn agreement between two or more parties (persons, groups, nations, deities) with stipulations, blessings, and curses

    Examples

    Genesis 6:18 “But I will establish My covenant with you; and you shall enter the ark—you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives with you.

    Genesis 9:9 “Now behold, I Myself am establishing My covenant with you, and with your descendants after you;

    Genesis 9:11 “I establish My covenant with you; and all flesh shall never again be eliminated by the waters of a flood, nor shall there again be a flood to destroy the earth.”

How it’s used In 10 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

169 occurrences in 24 groups

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

40 occurrences in 13 groups

Named alongside itApposition

8 occurrences in 8 groups

What it doesIt is the subject

8 occurrences in 5 groups

What is done to itIt is the object

143 occurrences in 19 groups

Second object ofSecond object

2 occurrences in 2 groups

What it is said to bePredicate

9 occurrences in 6 groups

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

2 occurrences in 2 groups

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

25 occurrences in 6 groups

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

79 occurrences in 21 groups

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 1 word
διαθήκη diathḗkē · G1242 · to make a covenant, to covenant together, making of a covenant
Greek διαθήκη is the standard Septuagint rendering of Hebrew בְּרִית across the full semantic range of covenant, treaty, and formal agreement contexts, representing direct translation equivalence rather than mere conceptual overlap.
Semantic domains 1 entry
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בְּרִית denotes a covenant or solemn binding agreement, as in Genesis 6:18's "I will establish My covenant with you" (בְּרִיתִי), naming the formal, sworn relationship God establishes with Noah.
Word family 5 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

בָּרָה bârâh · H1262 · to eat, to give food · 7×בְּרִיתbᵉrîyth · H1285בִּרְיָה biryâh · H1279 · food · 3×בָּרוּת bârûwth · H1267 · food · 1×בְּרִי bᵉrîy · H1274 · fat, plump, thick · 0×
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H1285. berith בְּרִית285 noun feminine covenant (|| Aramaic קְיָם, διαθήκη; constitutio)…
H1285. berith
בְּרִית285 noun feminine covenant (|| Aramaic קְיָם, διαθήκη; constitutio) — ׳ב Gen 9:13 199t.; suffix בְּרִיתִי Gen 6:18 50t.; בְּרִיתְךָ Deu 33:9; בְּרִיתֶ֑ךָ Psa 44:18 Psa 44:11t.; בְּרִיתְכֶם Isa 28:18; בְּרִיתֵךְ Eze 16:61; בְּרִיתוֺ Exo 2:24 Exo 2:18t.; — pact, compact, covenant.
I. between men.
1 trety, alliance, league: Abraham and Amorites Gen 14:13; Edom and its allies Obadiah 7; with Philistines Gen 21:27, Gen 21:32 (E) Gen 26:28 (J); Jacob and Laban Gen 31:44 (J); Joshua and Gibeonites Jos 9:6-7, Jos 9:11, Jos 9:15, Jos 9:16 (J); Israel and Canaanites Exo 23:32; Exo 34:12, Exo 34:15 (JE) Deu 7:2; Jdg 2:2; Ammonites and Jabesh 1Sa 11:1; Solomon and Hiram 1 Kings 5:26; Ahab and Benhadad 1Ki 20:34; Syria and Israel 1Ki 15:19 2Ch 16:3; Nebuchadnezzar and Zedekiah Eze 17:13-19; nations against Israel Psa 83:6; nations with Egypt Eze 30:5; Ephraim and Assyria Hos 12:2; Judah and Israel Eze 16:61; Judah and Tyre Amo 1:9; Assyria and Judah Isa 33:8; ברית נגיד a prince in league (with him) Dan 11:22 (so He Ew; Hi Meinh Bev reference to high priest Onias III, & translate prince of covenant, compare AV RV); figurative, with death Isa 28:15, Isa 28:18; with stones of the field Job 5:23.
2 constitution, ordinance, between monarch and subjects: David and Abner 2Sa 3:12-13, 2Sa 3:21; David and the elders of Israel 2Sa 5:3 = 1Ch 11:3; Zedekiah and his people Jer 34:8-18; hostile prince and Israelites Dan 9:27.
3 agreement, pledge: Jehoiada and captains 2Ki 11:4 2Ch 23:1; with onself Job 31:1; with Leviathan to be a servant Job 40:28; between man and man Hos 10:4 compare ברית בעל Jdg 8:33; Jdg 9:4 = ברית אל Jdg 9:46.
4 alliance of friendship between David and Jonathan 1Sa 18:3; 1Sa 20:8; 1Sa 23:18 compare Psa 55:21.
5 alliance of marriage Pro 2:17; Mal 2:14. — In all cases ברית כרת is the technical phrase for making covenant except Jer 34:10 בברית באו; Dan 9:27 לְ ברית הגביר. Various prepositions are used, most often לְ Exo 23:32 +, but also עִם Gen 26:28 +, אֵת 2Sa 3:12 +, בֵּין2Ch 16:3.
II. between God and man.
1 alliance of friendship (|| סוֺד) Psa 25:14.
2 covenant, as a divine constitution or ordinance with signs or pledges (see אוֺת).
a. with Noah Gen 9:9-17 (P) Isa 54:10; Jer 33:20, Jer 33:25; a divine promise that there would be no other deluge.
b. with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob Gen 15:18 (J) Gen 17:2-21 Exo 2:24; Exo 6:4-5, Lev 26:42 (P) 2Ki 13:23; 1Ch 16:15 = Psa 105:8; Psa 105:10; Neh 9:8; Jer 34:18; a promise to multiply their seed, give them the land of Canaan, and make them a blessing to the nations.
c. with Israel at Sinai = Horeb, with a covenant sacrifice Exo 19:5; Exo 24:7-8, (E) Exo 34:10, Exo 34:27, Exo 34:28 (J) Exo 31:16; Lev 2:13 (P) Lev 24:8; Lev 26:9, Lev 26:15, Lev 26:25, Lev 26:44, Lev 26:45 (H) Deu 4:13; renewed in plains of Moab Deuteronomy 28:69; with blessings and curses Deu 29:20; frequently referred to in other books 2Ch 34:32; Psa 25:10; Psa 44:18; Psa 50:5; Psa 50:16; Psa 74:20; Psa 78:10; Psa 78:37; Psa 103:18; Psa 106:45; Psa 111:5; Psa 111:9; Isa 56:4, Isa 56:6; Jer 1:2-3, Jer 1:6, Jer 1:8, Jer 1:10; Jer 14:21; Jer 22:9; Jer 31:32; Eze 16:8, Eze 16:59, Eze 16:60; Eze 44:7; Dan 9:4; Dan 11:28, Dan 11:30, Dan 11:32; Hos 6:7; Hos 8:1; Zec 9:11; Zec 11:10; a divine constitution given to Israel with promises on condition of obedience and penalties for disobendience, in the form of tables of the covenant Deu 9:9, Deu 9:11, Deu 9:15, inscribed with the ten words, placed in ברית(י ׅ׳ארון the ark of the covenant Num 10:33 40t. (see ארון; in 1Sa 4:3-4, (twice in verse); 1Sa 4:5 omits ברית after ᵐ5 ארון We Dr); set forth in הברית דברי words of the covenant Exo 34:28 (J) Deuteronomy 28:69; Deu 29:8; 2Ki 23:3 (= 2Ch 34:31) Jer 11:2-8; written in הברית ספר the book of the covenant Exo 24:7 (E compare Exo 34:27 J) 2Ki 23:2, 2Ki 23:21 (compare 2Ch 34:30).
d. with Phinehas Num 25:12-13, (P), a constitution, establishing an everlasting priesthood in his line; compare הכהנים ברית Neh 13:29 & הלוי ברית Mal 2:4, Mal 2:8.
e. with Joshua and Israel Jos 24:25 (E), an ordinance or constitutional agreement to serve Yahweh only.
f. with David Psa 89:4; Psa 89:29; Psa 89:34; Psa 89:39; Psa 132:12; Jer 33:21 (compare 2 Samuel 7 = 1 Chronicles 17); a divine promise to the seed of David of an everlasting kingdom, the relation of sonship, and the superintendence of the temple (compare Psalms 2..)
g. Jehoiada and the people 2Ki 11:17 2Ch 23:3, a constitutional agreement to be the people of Yahweh.
h. Hezekiah and the people2Ch 29:10, a constitutional agreement to reform the worship.
i. Josiah and the people 2Ki 23:3, a constitutional agreement to obey the book of the covenant.
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 חדשׁה ברית Jer 31:31, with new institutions and precepts Isa 42:6; Isa 49:8; Isa 55:3; Isa 59:21; Isa 61:8; Jer 31:31, Jer 31:33; Jer 32:40; Jer 50:5; Eze 16:60, Eze 16:62; Eze 20:37; Eze 34:25; Eze 37:26; Hos 2:20. In Isa2 the Messianic servant is עם ברית Isa 42:6; Isa 49:8, compare הברית מלאך Mal 3:1.
III. Phrases.
1 covenant making: ברית כרת Gen 15:18; Exo 34:10, Exo 34:27 (J) Jos 24:25 (E) Deu 5:2-3, Deuteronomy 28:69; Deu 29:13; Deu 29:24; 1 Kings 5:26; 2Ki 11:17; 2Ki 17:35, 2Ki 17:38; 2Ki 23:3; 2Ch 21:7; 2Ch 23:3, 2Ch 23:16; 2Ch 29:10; 2Ch 34:30; Ezr 10:3; Neh 9:8; Psa 50:5; Psa 89:4; Isa 55:3; Isa 61:8; Jer 11:10; Jer 31:31-32, Jer 31:33; Jer 32:40; Jer 34:13; Eze 34:25; Eze 37:26; Hos 2:20; ברית הקים establish a covenant Gen 6:18; Gen 9:9, Gen 9:11, Gen 9:17; Gen 17:7, Gen 17:19, Gen 17:21; Exo 6:4 (P) Eze 16:60, Eze 16:62, but confirm covenant Lev 26:9 (?;H) Deu 8:18; ברית נתן Gen 17:2; Num 25:12 (P); ברית שׂם 2Sa 23:5 (poetry); בברית עבר Deu 29:11; בברית בא2Ch 15:12; Eze 16:8; ברית צוה Psa 111:9; פי על ברית נשׂא Psa 50:16. (compare further on these DrJ Ph xi. 1882, 210 ff.)
2 covenant keeping: on the part of man ברית שׁמר 1Ki 11:11; Neh 1:5; Neh 9:32; Psa 78:10; Psa 103:18; Psa 132:12; Dan 9:4, ברית נצר Deu 33:9; Psa 25:10, בברית מחזיקים Isa 56:4, Isa 56:6; on the part of God ברית זכר Gen 9:15-16, Exo 2:24; Exo 6:5 (all P), Lev 26:42 (3 t. in verse) (H; on suffix compare Di Ges§ 128, 1 R b) Lev 26:45 (H) Psa 105:8; Psa 106:45; Psa 111:5; 1Ch 16:15; Eze 16:15, Eze 16:60. Thus we have נאמנת Psa 89:29; עולם ברית Gen 9:16; Gen 17:7, Gen 17:13, Gen 17:18, Gen 17:19; Exo 31:16; Lev 24:8; Num 18:19; Num 25:13 (P) 2Sa 23:5 (poetry) 1Ch 16:17 (= Psa 105:10) Isa 24:5; Isa 55:3; Isa 61:8; Jer 32:40; Jer 50:5; Eze 16:60; Eze 37:26; מלח ברית Lev 2:13; 2Ch 13:5; 2Ch 21:7 (a cov't. with sacrificial meal and salt; on cov't. with salt in Arabia compare WeSkizzen iii. 124); שׁלום ברית Num 25:12 (P) Isa 54:10; Eze 34:25; Eze 37:26; והחסד הברית Deu 7:9, Deu 7:12; 1Ki 8:23 (= 2Ch 6:14) Neh 1:5; Neh 9:32; Dan 9:4; קדשׁ ברית Dan 11:28, Dan 11:30; הברית מסרת Eze 20:37.
3 covenant violation: ברית עבר Deu 17:2; Jos 7:11, Jos 7:15; Jos 23:16 (D) Jdg 2:20; 2Ki 18:12; Hos 6:7; Hos 8:1; ברית הפר Gen 17:14; Lev 26:15, Lev 26:44 (H) Deu 31:16, Deu 31:20 (J) Jdg 2:1; Isa 24:5 (twice in verse); Jer 11:10; Jer 14:21; Jer 31:32; Jer 33:20-21, Eze 16:59; Eze 17:18-19, Eze 44:7; Zec 11:10; ברית עזב 1Ki 19:10, 1Ki 19:14; Jer 22:9; Dan 11:30; ברית מאס 2Ki 17:15; ברית נאר Psa 89:39; ברית חלל Psa 89:34; Mal 2:10; בברית שׁקר Psa 44:18; ברית שׁכח Deu 4:23, Deu 4:31; Jer 50:5.
בְּרוֺת בְּרוֺשׁ, see below ברשׁ.
בָּרוּת see below I. ברה.
בֵּרֹתי בֵּרוֺ֫תָה, see below באר.
ברז (? compare Aramaic כרז bore, pierce, or Arabic , appear).

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

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