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01285 בְּרִית‎ bëriyth [ber-eeth’] from 01262 to eat, consume... devouring(in the sense of cutting [like 01254]); n f; [BDB-136a] [{See TWOT on 282 @@ "282a" }] AV-covenant 264, league 17, confederacy 1, confederate 1, confederate + 01167 1; 284

1) covenant, alliance, pledge
1a) between men
1a1) treaty, alliance, league (man to man)
1a2) constitution, ordinance (monarch to subjects)
1a3) agreement, pledge (man to man)
1a4) alliance (of friendship)
1a5) alliance (of marriage)
1b) between God and man
1b1) alliance (of friendship)
1b2) covenant (divine ordinance with signs or pledges)
2) (phrases)
2a) covenant making
2b) covenant keeping
2c) covenant violation