Strong's Lexicon
berith: Covenant
Original Word:בְּרִית
Part of Speech:Noun Feminine
Transliteration:briyth
Pronunciation:buh-REETH
Phonetic Spelling:(ber-eeth')
Definition:Covenant
Meaning:a compact
Word Origin:Derived from the root בָּרָה (barah), meaning "to cut" or "to bind."
Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: -G1242 (διαθήκη, diathēkē): Often used in the Septuagint and New Testament to translate "berith," referring to the new covenant established through Jesus Christ.
Usage:The term "berith" is primarily used to denote a covenant, which is a solemn agreement or contract between two parties. In the biblical context, it often refers to the divine covenants established by God with humanity, such as the covenants with Noah, Abraham, Moses, and David. These covenants are foundational to the narrative of the Bible, representing God's promises and the required human response.
Cultural and Historical Background:In the ancient Near Eastern context, covenants were common legal agreements that could be made between individuals, tribes, or nations. They were often ratified by a ceremony that included sacrifices, symbolizing the seriousness and binding nature of the agreement. The biblical covenants, however, are unique in that they are initiated by God and often include divine promises and stipulations for human obedience. The concept of covenant is central to understanding the relationship between God and His people throughout the Scriptures.
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Originfrom an unused word
Definitiona covenant
NASB Translationallied (1), allies* (1), covenant (275), covenants (1), El-berith* (1), league (2), treaty (4).
Brown-Driver-Briggs
285 ("" Aramaic , ;
constitutio) —
Genesis 9:13 199t.; suffix
Genesis 6:18 50t.;
Deuteronomy 33:9;
Psalm 44:18 11t.;
Isaiah 28:18;
Ezekiel 16:61;
Exodus 2:24 18t.; —
pact, compact, covenant.
between men.
trety, alliance, league: Abraham and AmoritesGenesis 14:13; Edom and its allies Obadiah 7; with PhilistinesGenesis 21:27,32 (E)Genesis 26:28 (J); Jacob and LabanGenesis 31:44 (J); Joshua and GibeonitesJoshua 9:6,7,11,15,16 (J); Israel and CanaanitesExodus 23:32;Exodus 34:12,15 (JE)Deuteronomy 7:2;Judges 2:2; Ammonites and Jabesh1 Samuel 11:1; Solomon and Hiram1 Kings 5:26; Ahab and Benhadad1 Kings 20:34; Syria and Israel1 Kings 15:19 2Chronicles 16:3; Nebuchadnezzar and ZedekiahEzekiel 17:13-19; nations against IsraelPsalm 83:6; nations with EgyptEzekiel 30:5; Ephraim and AssyriaHosea 12:2; Judah and IsraelEzekiel 16:61; Judah and TyreAmos 1:9; Assyria and JudahIsaiah 33:8;a prince in league (with him)Daniel 11:22 (so He Ew; Hi Meinh Bev reference to high priest Onias III, & translateprince of covenant, compare AV RV); figurative, with deathIsaiah 28:15,18; with stones of the fieldJob 5:23.
constitution, ordinance, between monarch and subjects: David and Abner2 Samuel 3:12,13,21; David and the elders of Israel2 Samuel 5:3 =1 Chronicles 11:3; Zedekiah and his peopleJeremiah 34:8-18; hostile prince and IsraelitesDaniel 9:27.
agreement, pledge: Jehoiada and captains2 Kings 11:4 2Chronicles 23:1; with onselfJob 31:1; with Leviathan to be a servantJob 40:28; between man and manHosea 10:4 compareJudges 8:33;Judges 9:4 =Judges 9:46.
alliance of friendship between David and Jonathan1 Samuel 18:3;1 Samuel 20:8;1 Samuel 23:18 comparePsalm 55:21.
alliance of marriageProverbs 2:17;Malachi 2:14. — In all cases is the technical phrase for making covenant exceptJeremiah 34:10 ;Daniel 9:27 . Various prepositions are used, most oftenExodus 23:32 +, but alsoGenesis 26:28 +,2 Samuel 3:12 +, 2Chronicles 16:3.
between God and man.
alliance of friendship ("" )Psalm 25:14.
covenant, as a divine constitution or ordinance with signs or pledges (see ).
with NoahGenesis 9:9-17 (P)Isaiah 54:10;Jeremiah 33:20,25; a divine promise that there would be no other deluge.
with Abraham, Isaac and JacobGenesis 15:18 (J)Genesis 17:2-21Exodus 2:24;Exodus 6:4,5;Leviticus 26:42 (P)2 Kings 13:23;1 Chronicles 16:15 =Psalm 105:8;Psalm 105:10;Nehemiah 9:8;Jeremiah 34:18; a promise to multiply their seed, give them the land of Canaan, and make them a blessing to the nations.
with Israel at Sinai = Horeb, with a covenant sacrificeExodus 19:5;Exodus 24:7,8 (E)Exodus 34:10,27,28 (J)Exodus 31:16;Leviticus 2:13 (P)Leviticus 24:8;Leviticus 26:9,15,25,44,45 (H)Deuteronomy 4:13; renewed in plains of MoabDeuteronomy 28:69; with blessings and cursesDeuteronomy 29:20; frequently referred to in other books 2Chronicles 34:32;Psalm 25:10;Psalm 44:18;Psalm 50:5;Psalm 50:16;Psalm 74:20;Psalm 78:10;Psalm 78:37;Psalm 103:18;Psalm 106:45;Psalm 111:5;Psalm 111:9;Isaiah 56:4,6;Jeremiah 1:2,3,6,8,10;Jeremiah 14:21;Jeremiah 22:9;Jeremiah 31:32;Ezekiel 16:8,59,60;Ezekiel 44:7;Daniel 9:4;Daniel 11:28,30,32;Hosea 6:7;Hosea 8:1;Zechariah 9:11;Zechariah 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 covenantDeuteronomy 9:9,11,15, inscribed with the ten words, placed in the ark of the covenantNumbers 10:33 40t. (see ; in1 Samuel 4:3,4 (twice in verse);1 Samuel 4:5 omits after We Dr); set forth inwords of the covenantExodus 34:28 (J)Deuteronomy 28:69;Deuteronomy 29:8;2 Kings 23:3 (= 2 Chronicles 34:31)Jeremiah 11:2-8; written inthe book of the covenantExodus 24:7 (E compareExodus 34:27 J)2 Kings 23:2,21 (compare 2 Chronicles 34:30).
with PhinehasNumbers 25:12,13 (P), a constitution, establishing an everlasting priesthood in his line; compareNehemiah 13:29 &Malachi 2:4,8.
with Joshua and IsraelJoshua 24:25 (E), an ordinance or constitutional agreement to serve Yahweh only.
with DavidPsalm 89:4;Psalm 89:29;Psalm 89:34;Psalm 89:39;Psalm 132:12;Jeremiah 33:21 (compare2 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..)
Jehoiada and the people2 Kings 11:17 2Chronicles 23:3, a constitutional agreement to be the people of Yahweh.
Hezekiah and the people2Chronicles 29:10, a constitutional agreement to reform the worship.
Josiah and the people2 Kings 23:3, a constitutional agreement to obey the book of the covenant.
Ezra and the peopleEzra 10:3, a constitutional agreement to put away foreign wives and observe the Law.
the prophetic covenant, a divine promise through a series of prophets to establish a new constitutionJeremiah 31:31, with new institutions and preceptsIsaiah 42:6;Isaiah 49:8;Isaiah 55:3;Isaiah 59:21;Isaiah 61:8;Jeremiah 31:31,33;Jeremiah 32:40;Jeremiah 50:5;Ezekiel 16:60,62;Ezekiel 20:37;Ezekiel 34:25;Ezekiel 37:26;Hosea 2:20. In Isa2 the Messianic servant isIsaiah 42:6;Isaiah 49:8, compareMalachi 3:1.
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covenant making:Genesis 15:18;Exodus 34:10,27 (J)Joshua 24:25 (E)Deuteronomy 5:2,3;Deuteronomy 28:69;Deuteronomy 29:13;Deuteronomy 29:24;1 Kings 5:26;2 Kings 11:17;2 Kings 17:35,38;2 Kings 23:3; 2Chronicles 21:7; 23:3,16; 29:10; 34:30;Ezra 10:3;Nehemiah 9:8;Psalm 50:5;Psalm 89:4;Isaiah 55:3;Isaiah 61:8;Jeremiah 11:10;Jeremiah 31:31,32,33;Jeremiah 32:40;Jeremiah 34:13;Ezekiel 34:25;Ezekiel 37:26;Hosea 2:20;establish a covenantGenesis 6:18;Genesis 9:9,11,17;Genesis 17:7,19,21;Exodus 6:4 (P)Ezekiel 16:60,62, butconfirm covenantLeviticus 26:9 (?;H)Deuteronomy 8:18;Genesis 17:2;Numbers 25:12 (P);2 Samuel 23:5 (poetry);Deuteronomy 29:11; 2Chronicles 15:12;Ezekiel 16:8;Psalm 111:9;Psalm 50:16. (compare further on these DrJ Ph xi. 1882, 210 ff.)
covenant keeping: on the part of man1 Kings 11:11;Nehemiah 1:5;Nehemiah 9:32;Psalm 78:10;Psalm 103:18;Psalm 132:12;Daniel 9:4,Deuteronomy 33:9;Psalm 25:10,Isaiah 56:4,6; on the part of GodGenesis 9:15,16;Exodus 2:24;Exodus 6:5 (all P),Leviticus 26:42 (3 t. in verse) (H; on suffix compare Di Ges§ 128, 1 R b)Leviticus 26:45 (H)Psalm 105:8;Psalm 106:45;Psalm 111:5;1 Chronicles 16:15;Ezekiel 16:15,60. Thus we havePsalm 89:29;Genesis 9:16;Genesis 17:7,13,18,19;Exodus 31:16;Leviticus 24:8;Numbers 18:19;Numbers 25:13 (P)2 Samuel 23:5 (poetry)1 Chronicles 16:17 (=Psalm 105:10)Isaiah 24:5;Isaiah 55:3;Isaiah 61:8;Jeremiah 32:40;Jeremiah 50:5;Ezekiel 16:60;Ezekiel 37:26;Leviticus 2:13; 2Chronicles 13:5; 21:7 (a cov't. with sacrificial meal and salt; on cov't. with salt in Arabia compare WeSkizzen iii. 124);Numbers 25:12 (P)Isaiah 54:10;Ezekiel 34:25;Ezekiel 37:26;Deuteronomy 7:9,12;1 Kings 8:23 (= 2 Chronicles 6:14)Nehemiah 1:5;Nehemiah 9:32;Daniel 9:4;Daniel 11:28,30;Ezekiel 20:37.
covenant violation:Deuteronomy 17:2;Joshua 7:11,15;Joshua 23:16 (D)Judges 2:20;2 Kings 18:12;Hosea 6:7;Hosea 8:1;Genesis 17:14;Leviticus 26:15,44 (H)Deuteronomy 31:16,20 (J)Judges 2:1;Isaiah 24:5 (twice in verse);Jeremiah 11:10;Jeremiah 14:21;Jeremiah 31:32;Jeremiah 33:20,21;Ezekiel 16:59;Ezekiel 17:18,19;Ezekiel 44:7;Zechariah 11:10;1 Kings 19:10,14;Jeremiah 22:9;Daniel 11:30;2 Kings 17:15;Psalm 89:39;Psalm 89:34;Malachi 2:10;Psalm 44:18;Deuteronomy 4:23,31;Jeremiah 50:5.
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
confederacy, confederate, covenant, league
Frombarah (in the sense of cutting (likebara')); a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh) -- confederacy, (con-)feder(-ate), covenant, league.
see HEBREWbarah
see HEBREWbara'
Forms and Transliterations
בְ֝רִית֗וֹ בְ֭רִית בְּ֭רִית בְּרִ֑ית בְּרִ֔ית בְּרִ֖ית בְּרִ֗ית בְּרִ֛ית בְּרִ֜ית בְּרִ֣ית בְּרִ֤ית בְּרִ֥ית בְּרִ֨ית בְּרִֽיתְךָ֖ בְּרִֽיתְךָ֗ בְּרִֽיתְךָ֙ בְּרִֽיתְכֶם֙ בְּרִֽית־ בְּרִֽית׃ בְּרִית֑וֹ בְּרִית֒ בְּרִית֔וֹ בְּרִית֖וֹ בְּרִית֗וֹ בְּרִית֙ בְּרִית֛וֹ בְּרִית֩ בְּרִיתִ֑י בְּרִיתִ֔י בְּרִיתִ֕י בְּרִיתִ֖י בְּרִיתִ֗י בְּרִיתִ֛י בְּרִיתִ֜י בְּרִיתִ֞י בְּרִיתִ֣י בְּרִיתִ֣י ׀ בְּרִיתִ֤י בְּרִיתִ֥י בְּרִיתִ֧י בְּרִיתִ֨י בְּרִיתִֽי׃ בְּרִיתִי֙ בְּרִיתִי֮ בְּרִיתֵ֗ךְ בְּרִיתֶֽךָ׃ בְּרִיתֽוֹ׃ בְּרִית־ בְּרִיתוֹ֙ בְּרִתִ֔י בְרִ֑ית בְרִ֔ית בְרִ֖ית בְרִ֨ית בְרִֽיתְךָ֙ בְרִֽית׃ בְרִית֑וֹ בְרִית֙ בְרִיתִ֔י בְרִיתִ֖י בְרִיתִ֛י בְרִיתִ֣י בְרִיתֶ֑ךָ בְרִיתֶ֔ךָ בְרִית־ בִּבְרִ֛ית בִּבְרִ֣ית בִּבְרִיתִֽי׃ בִּבְרִיתֶֽךָ׃ בִּבְרִיתֽוֹ׃ בִבְרִ֜ית בַּבְּרִ֣ית בַּבְּרִֽית׃ בַבְּרִ֔ית בַבְּרִ֗ית בַבְּרִֽית׃ בברית בברית׃ בבריתו׃ בבריתי׃ בבריתך׃ ברית ברית־ ברית׃ בריתו בריתו׃ בריתי בריתי׃ בריתך בריתך׃ בריתכם ברתי הַבְּרִ֑ית הַבְּרִ֔ית הַבְּרִ֖ית הַבְּרִ֗ית הַבְּרִ֜ית הַבְּרִ֡ית הַבְּרִ֣ית הַבְּרִ֣ית ׀ הַבְּרִ֥ית הַבְּרִֽית׃ הַבְּרִית֙ הַבְּרִית֮ הַבְּרִית־ הברית הברית־ הברית׃ וְהַבְּרִ֛ית וּ֝בְרִית֗וֹ וּ֝בְרִיתִ֗י וּבְרִ֤ית וּבְרִ֥ית וּבְרִֽיתְךָ֖ וּבְרִית֙ וּבְרִיתִ֖י וברית ובריתו ובריתי ובריתך והברית כִּבְרִ֥ית כַבְּרִ֗ית כברית לִבְרִ֣ית לִבְרִ֥ית לַבְּרִ֑ית לברית מִבְּרִיתֵֽךְ׃ מבריתך׃ bab·bə·rîṯ ḇab·bə·rîṯ babbeRit babbərîṯ ḇabbərîṯ bə·rî·ṯe·ḵā bə·rî·ṯə·ḵā ḇə·rî·ṯe·ḵā ḇə·rî·ṯə·ḵā bə·rî·ṯə·ḵem bə·rî·ṯêḵ bə·ri·ṯî bə·rî·ṯî ḇə·rî·ṯî bə·rî·ṯōw ḇə·rî·ṯōw bə·rîṯ ḇə·rîṯ bə·rîṯ- ḇə·rîṯ- beRit bərîṯ ḇərîṯ bərîṯ- ḇərîṯ- beriTech beriteCha beriteChem bərîṯêḵ bərîṯeḵā bərîṯəḵā ḇərîṯeḵā ḇərîṯəḵā bərîṯəḵem beriTi bəriṯî bərîṯî ḇərîṯî beriTo bərîṯōw ḇərîṯōw biḇ·rî·ṯe·ḵā biḇ·rî·ṯî biḇ·rî·ṯōw biḇ·rîṯ ḇiḇ·rîṯ biḇrîṯ ḇiḇrîṯ biḇrîṯeḵā biḇrîṯî biḇrîṯōw bivRit bivriTecha bivriTi bivriTo chabbeRit hab·bə·rîṯ hab·bə·rîṯ- habbeRit habbərîṯ habbərîṯ- ḵab·bə·rîṯ ḵabbərîṯ kiḇ·rîṯ kiḇrîṯ kivRit lab·bə·rîṯ labbeRit labbərîṯ liḇ·rîṯ liḇrîṯ livRit mib·bə·rî·ṯêḵ mibberiTech mibbərîṯêḵ ū·ḇə·rî·ṯə·ḵā ū·ḇə·rî·ṯî ū·ḇə·rî·ṯōw ū·ḇə·rîṯ ūḇərîṯ ūḇərîṯəḵā ūḇərîṯî ūḇərîṯōw uveRit uveriteCha uveriTi uveriTo vabbeRit vehabbeRit verit veriteCha veriTi veriTo vivRit wə·hab·bə·rîṯ wəhabbərîṯ
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