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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)
- 1a) between men
- 2) (phrases)
- 2a) covenant making
- 2b) covenant keeping
- 2c) covenant violation