בְּרִית 285 noun feminine covenant (|| Aramaic
קְיָם,
διαθήκη;
constitutio) —
ב׳ Genesis 9:13 +
199 times; suffix
בְּרִיתִי Genesis 6:18 +
50 times;
בְּרִיתְךָ Deuteronomy 33:9;
בְּרִיתֶ֑ךָ Psalm 44:18 +
11 times;
בְּרִיתְכֶם Isaiah 28:18;
בְּרִיתֵךְ Ezekiel 16:61;
בְּרִיתוֺ Exodus 2:24 +
18 times; —
pact, compact, covenant.
I. between men.
1. trety, alliance, league: Abraham and Amorites
Genesis 14:13; Edom and its allies
Obadiah 7; with Philistines
Genesis 21:27,
32 (E)
Genesis 26:28 (J); Jacob and Laban
Genesis 31:44 (J); Joshua and Gibeonites
Joshua 9:6,
7,
11,
15,
16 (J); Israel and Canaanites
Exodus 23:32;
Exodus 34:12,
15 (JE)
Deuteronomy 7:2;
Judges 2:2; Ammonites and Jabesh
1 Samuel 11:1; Solomon and Hiram 1 Kings 5:26; Ahab and Benhadad
1 Kings 20:34; Syria and Israel
1 Kings 15:19 2 Chronicles 16:3; Nebuchadnezzar and Zedekiah
Ezekiel 17:13-19; nations against Israel
Psalm 83:6; nations with Egypt
Ezekiel 30:5; Ephraim and Assyria
Hosea 12:2; Judah and Israel
Ezekiel 16:61; Judah and Tyre
Amos 1:9; Assyria and Judah
Isaiah 33:8;
נגיד ברית a prince in league (with him)
Daniel 11:22 (so He Ew; Hi Meinh Bev reference to high priest Onias III, & translate
prince of covenant, compare AV RV); figurative, with death
Isaiah 28:15,
18; with stones of the field
Job 5:23.
II. between God and man.
2. covenant, as a divine constitution or ordinance with signs or pledges (see
H226 אוֺת).
c. with Israel at Sinai = Horeb, with a covenant sacrifice
Exodus 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 Moab
Deuteronomy 28:69 [
Deuteronomy 29:1]; with blessings and curses
Deuteronomy 29:20; frequently referred to in other books
2 Chronicles 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 covenant
Deuteronomy 9:9,
11,
15, inscribed with the ten words, placed in (
ׅי׳)
ׅברית ׅארון the ark of the covenant
Numbers 10:33 +
40 times (see
H727 ארון; in
1 Samuel 4:3,
4 (twice in verse);
1 Samuel 4:5 omits
ברית after
ארון 
We Dr); set forth in
דברי הברית words of the covenant Exodus 34:28 (J) Deuteronomy 28:69;
Deuteronomy 29:8;
2 Kings 23:3 (=
2 Chronicles 34:31)
Jeremiah 11:2-8; written in
ספר הברית the book of the covenant Exodus 24:7 (E compare
Exodus 34:27 J)
2 Kings 23:2,
21 (compare
2 Chronicles 34:30).
e. with Joshua and Israel Joshua 24:25 (E), an ordinance or constitutional agreement to serve Yahweh only.
h. Hezekiah and the people 2 Chronicles 29:10, a constitutional agreement to reform the worship.
i. Josiah and the people 2 Kings 23:3, a constitutional agreement to obey the book of the covenant.
j. Ezra and the people Ezra 10:3, a constitutional agreement to put away foreign wives and observe the Law.
III. Phrases.
1. covenant making: כרת ברית 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;
2 Chronicles 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;
הקים ברית establish a covenant Genesis 6:18;
Genesis 9:9,
11,
17;
Genesis 17:7,
19,
21;
Exodus 6:4 (P)
Ezekiel 16:60,
62, but
confirm covenant Leviticus 26:9 (?; H)
Deuteronomy 8:18;
נתן ברית Genesis 17:2;
Numbers 25:12 (P);
שׂם ברית 2 Samuel 23:5 (poetry);
עבר בברית Deuteronomy 29:11;
בא בברית 2 Chronicles 15:12;
Ezekiel 16:8;
צוה ברית Psalm 111:9;
נשׂא ברית על פי Psalm 50:16. (compare further on these Dr
J Ph xi. 1882, 210 ff.)
2. covenant keeping: on the part of man
שׁמר ברית 1 Kings 11:11;
Nehemiah 1:5;
Nehemiah 9:32;
Psalm 78:10;
Psalm 103:18;
Psalm 132:12;
Daniel 9:4,
נצר ברית Deuteronomy 33:9;
Psalm 25:10,
מחזיקים בברית Isaiah 56:4,
6; on the part of God
זכר ברית Genesis 9:15,
16;
Exodus 2:24;
Exodus 6:5 (all P),
Leviticus 26:42 (
3 times 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 have
נאמנת Psalm 89:29;
ברית עולם 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;
ברית מלח Leviticus 2:13;
2 Chronicles 13:5;
21:7 (a covenant with sacrificial meal and salt; on covenant with salt in Arabia compare We
Skizzen iii. 124);
ברית שׁלום Numbers 25:12 (P)
Isaiah 54:10;
Ezekiel 34:25;
Ezekiel 37:26;
הברית והחסד Deuteronomy 7:9,
12;
1 Kings 8:23 (=
2 Chronicles 6:14)
Nehemiah 1:5;
Nehemiah 9:32;
Daniel 9:4;
ברית קדשׁ Daniel 11:28,
30;
מסרת הברית Ezekiel 20:37.
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