בְּרִית berit

Hebrew word for “covenant” · Strong’s H1285 · used 284 times in 264 verses

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Meaning

1) covenant, alliance, pledge;

How it is translated

Glosses given for berit in context, with how often each is used:

• covenant 283
• like the covenant 1

Where it is used

Also in 15 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Genesis 17 (10), Genesis 9 (7), Leviticus 26 (6), Deuteronomy 29 (6), Joshua 3 (6), Ezekiel 17 (6), Exodus 34 (5), Deuteronomy 31 (5), Joshua 9 (5), Jeremiah 11 (5)

Forms

• ברית 131
• בריתי 47
• הברית 47
• בריתו 17
• בריתך 10
• בברית 8
• לברית 6
• וברית 4
• כברית 2
• ובריתי 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with berit more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• כָּרַת karat “to cut” 80
• אֲרוֹן aron “ark” 42
• אֵת et “with” 56
• פָּרַר parar “to break” 21
• עוֹלָם olam “forever” 29
• שָׁמַר shamar “to keep” 26
• עִם im “with” 28
• עָבַר avar “to pass” 23
• הֶם hem “them” 28
• קוּם qum “to arise” 23
• זָכַר zakhar “to remember” 18
• בַּיִן bayin “between” 18

Key verses

The verses using berit that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 15:18 — In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river…
• Genesis 17:7 — And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to…
• Exodus 19:5 — Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
• Deuteronomy 31:16 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the…
• 2 Samuel 23:5 — Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all…
• Nehemiah 9:32 — Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that hath…
• Psalms 25:14 — The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.
• Isaiah 24:5 — The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.
• Isaiah 55:3 — Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
• Jeremiah 31:31 — Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
• Jeremiah 31:33 — But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write…
• Malachi 3:1 — Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.