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Lexicon :: Strong's H1285 - bᵊrîṯ

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בְּרִית
Transliteration
bᵊrîṯ
Pronunciation
ber-eeth'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From בָּרָה (H1262) (in the sense of cutting [like בָּרָא (H1254)])
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TWOT Reference: 282a

Strong’s Definitions

בְּרִית bᵉrîyth, ber-eeth'; from H1262 (in the sense of cutting [like H1254]); a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh):—confederacy, (con-) feder(-ate), covenant, league.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 284x

The KJV translates Strong's H1285 in the following manner: covenant (264x), league (17x), confederacy (1x), confederate (1x), confederate (with H1167) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 284x
The KJV translates Strong's H1285 in the following manner: covenant (264x), league (17x), confederacy (1x), confederate (1x), confederate (with H1167) (1x).
  1. covenant, alliance, pledge

    1. between men

      1. treaty, alliance, league (man to man)

      2. constitution, ordinance (monarch to subjects)

      3. agreement, pledge (man to man)

      4. alliance (of friendship)

      5. alliance (of marriage)

    2. between God and man

      1. alliance (of friendship)

      2. covenant (divine ordinance with signs or pledges)

  2. (phrases)

    1. covenant making

    2. covenant keeping

    3. covenant violation

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בְּרִית bᵉrîyth, ber-eeth'; from H1262 (in the sense of cutting [like H1254]); a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh):—confederacy, (con-) feder(-ate), covenant, league.
STRONGS H1285: Abbreviations
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.
2. constitution, ordinance, between monarch and subjects: David and Abner 2 Samuel 3:12, 13, 21; David and the elders of Israel 2 Samuel 5:3 = 1 Chronicles 11:3; Zedekiah and his people Jeremiah 34:8-18; hostile prince and Israelites Daniel 9:27.
3. agreement, pledge: Jehoiada and captains 2 Kings 11:4 2 Chronicles 23:1; with onself Job 31:1; with Leviathan to be a servant Job 40:28; between man and man Hosea 10:4 compare בעל ברית Judges 8:33; Judges 9:4 = אל ברית [H1286 Judges 9:46].
4. alliance of friendship between David and Jonathan 1 Samuel 18:3; 1 Samuel 20:8; 1 Samuel 23:18 compare Psalm 55:21.
5. alliance of marriage Proverbs 2:17; Malachi 2:14. — In all cases כרת ברית is the technical phrase for making covenant except Jeremiah 34:10 באו בברית; Daniel 9:27 הגביר ברית לְ. Various prepositions are used, most often לְ Exodus 23:32 +, but also עִם Genesis 26:28 +, אֵת 2 Samuel 3:12 +, בֵּין 2 Chronicles 16:3.
II. between God and man.
1. alliance of friendship (|| H5475 סוֺד) Psalm 25:14.
2. covenant, as a divine constitution or ordinance with signs or pledges (see H226 אוֺת).
a. with Noah Genesis 9:9-17 (P) Isaiah 54:10; Jeremiah 33:20, 25; a divine promise that there would be no other deluge.
b. with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob Genesis 15:18 (J) Genesis 17:2-21 Exodus 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.
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 Greek Version of the LXX 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).
d. with Phinehas Numbers 25:12, 13 (P), a constitution, establishing an everlasting priesthood in his line; compare ברית הכהנים Nehemiah 13:29 & ברית הלוי Malachi 2:4, 8.
e. with Joshua and Israel Joshua 24:25 (E), an ordinance or constitutional agreement to serve Yahweh only.
f. with David Psalm 89:4; Psalm 89:29; Psalm 89:34; Psalm 89:39; Psalm 132:12; Jeremiah 33:21 (compare 2 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).
g. Jehoiada and the people 2 Kings 11:17 2 Chronicles 23:3, a constitutional agreement to be the people of Yahweh.
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.
k. the prophetic covenant, a divine promise through a series of prophets to establish a new constitution ברית חדשׁה Jeremiah 31:31, with new institutions and precepts Isaiah 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 is ברית עם Isaiah 42:6; Isaiah 49:8, compare מלאך הברית Malachi 3:1.
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 DrJ 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 WeSkizzen 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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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

6:18; 6:18; 9:9; 9:9; 9:10; 9:11; 9:11; 9:12; 9:13; 9:13; 9:14; 9:15; 9:15; 9:16; 9:16; 9:16; 9:17; 9:17; 14:13; 15:18; 15:18; 17:2; 17:2; 17:3; 17:4; 17:5; 17:6; 17:7; 17:7; 17:7; 17:8; 17:9; 17:10; 17:11; 17:12; 17:13; 17:13; 17:14; 17:14; 17:15; 17:16; 17:17; 17:18; 17:18; 17:19; 17:19; 17:19; 17:20; 17:21; 17:21; 21:27; 21:32; 26:28; 26:28; 31:44

Exodus

2:24; 2:24; 2:24; 6:4; 6:4; 6:5; 6:5; 19:5; 23:32; 23:32; 24:7; 24:7; 24:8; 31:16; 31:16; 34:10; 34:10; 34:12; 34:15; 34:27; 34:27; 34:27; 34:28; 34:28

Leviticus

2:13; 2:13; 24:8; 24:8; 26:9; 26:9; 26:15; 26:15; 26:25; 26:42; 26:42; 26:44; 26:44; 26:45; 26:45

Numbers

10:33; 18:19; 25:12; 25:12; 25:12; 25:13; 25:13

Deuteronomy

4:13; 4:23; 4:31; 5:2; 5:3; 7:2; 7:9; 7:12; 8:18; 9:9; 9:11; 9:15; 17:2; 29:1; 29:8; 29:11; 29:13; 29:20; 29:24; 31:16; 31:20; 33:9; 33:9

Joshua

7:11; 7:15; 9:6; 9:7; 9:11; 9:15; 9:16; 23:16; 24:25; 24:25

Judges

2:1; 2:2; 2:20; 8:33; 9:4

1 Samuel

4:3; 4:4; 4:5; 11:1; 18:3; 20:8; 23:18

2 Samuel

3:12; 3:12; 3:13; 3:21; 5:3; 7; 23:5; 23:5

1 Kings

8:23; 11:11; 15:19; 19:10; 19:14; 20:34

2 Kings

11:4; 11:17; 11:17; 13:23; 17:15; 17:35; 17:38; 18:12; 23:2; 23:3; 23:3; 23:3; 23:21

1 Chronicles

11:3; 16:15; 16:15; 16:17; 17

2 Chronicles

6:14; 13:5; 15:12; 16:3; 16:3; 21:7; 21:7; 23:1; 23:3; 23:3; 23:16; 29:10; 29:10; 34:30; 34:30; 34:31; 34:32

Ezra

10:3; 10:3

Nehemiah

1:5; 1:5; 9:8; 9:8; 9:32; 9:32; 13:29

Job

5:23; 31:1

Psalms

2; 25:10; 25:10; 25:14; 44:18; 44:18; 44:18; 50:5; 50:5; 50:16; 50:16; 55:21; 74:20; 78:10; 78:10; 78:37; 83:6; 89:4; 89:4; 89:29; 89:29; 89:34; 89:34; 89:39; 89:39; 103:18; 103:18; 105:8; 105:8; 105:10; 105:10; 106:45; 106:45; 111:5; 111:5; 111:9; 111:9; 132:12; 132:12

Proverbs

2:17

Isaiah

24:5; 24:5; 28:15; 28:18; 28:18; 33:8; 42:6; 42:6; 49:8; 49:8; 54:10; 54:10; 55:3; 55:3; 55:3; 56:4; 56:4; 56:6; 56:6; 59:21; 61:8; 61:8; 61:8

Jeremiah

1:2; 1:3; 1:6; 1:8; 1:10; 11:2; 11:3; 11:4; 11:5; 11:6; 11:7; 11:8; 11:10; 11:10; 14:21; 14:21; 22:9; 22:9; 31:31; 31:31; 31:31; 31:32; 31:32; 31:32; 31:33; 31:33; 32:40; 32:40; 32:40; 33:20; 33:20; 33:21; 33:21; 33:25; 34:8; 34:9; 34:10; 34:10; 34:11; 34:12; 34:13; 34:13; 34:14; 34:15; 34:16; 34:17; 34:18; 34:18; 50:5; 50:5; 50:5

Ezekiel

16:8; 16:8; 16:15; 16:59; 16:59; 16:60; 16:60; 16:60; 16:60; 16:60; 16:61; 16:61; 16:62; 16:62; 17:13; 17:14; 17:15; 17:16; 17:17; 17:18; 17:18; 17:19; 17:19; 20:37; 20:37; 30:5; 34:25; 34:25; 34:25; 37:26; 37:26; 37:26; 37:26; 44:7; 44:7

Daniel

9:4; 9:4; 9:4; 9:27; 9:27; 11:22; 11:28; 11:28; 11:30; 11:30; 11:30; 11:32

Hosea

2:20; 2:20; 6:7; 6:7; 8:1; 8:1; 10:4; 12:2

Amos

1:9

Obadiah

1:7

Zechariah

9:11; 11:10; 11:10

Malachi

2:4; 2:8; 2:10; 2:14; 3:1

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1285 matches the Hebrew בְּרִית (bᵊrîṯ),
which occurs 22 times in 21 verses in 'Jos' in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:3 - And they commanded the people, saying, When ye see the ark of the covenant H1285 of the LORD your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then ye shall remove from your place, and go after it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:6 - And Joshua spake unto the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the covenant, H1285 and pass over before the people. And they took up the ark of the covenant, H1285 and went before the people.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:8 - And thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark of the covenant, H1285 saying, When ye are come to the brink of the water of Jordan, ye shall stand still in Jordan.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:11 - Behold, the ark of the covenant H1285 of the Lord of all the earth passeth over before you into Jordan.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:14 - And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to pass over Jordan, and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant H1285 before the people;
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:17 - And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant H1285 of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all the people were passed clean over Jordan.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:7 - Then ye shall answer them, That the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant H1285 of the LORD; when it passed over Jordan, the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:9 - And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the covenant H1285 stood: and they are there unto this day.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:18 - And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant H1285 of the LORD were come up out of the midst of Jordan, and the soles of the priests' feet were lifted up unto the dry land, that the waters of Jordan returned unto their place, and flowed over all his banks, as they did before.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:6 - And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto them, Take up the ark of the covenant, H1285 and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:8 - And it came to pass, when Joshua had spoken unto the people, that the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns passed on before the LORD, and blew with the trumpets: and the ark of the covenant H1285 of the LORD followed them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:11 - Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant H1285 which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:15 - And it shall be, that he that is taken with the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath: because he hath transgressed the covenant H1285 of the LORD, and because he hath wrought folly in Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:33 - And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges, stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant H1285 of the LORD, as well the stranger, as he that was born among them; half of them over against mount Gerizim, and half of them over against mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded before, that they should bless the people of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:6 - And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel, We be come from a far country: now therefore make ye a league H1285 with us.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:7 - And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a league H1285 with you?
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:11 - Wherefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spake to us, saying, Take victuals with you for the journey, and go to meet them, and say unto them, We are your servants: therefore now make ye a league H1285 with us.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:15 - And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league H1285 with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:16 - And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a league H1285 with them, that they heard that they were their neighbours, and that they dwelt among them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:16 - When ye have transgressed the covenant H1285 of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:25 - So Joshua made a covenant H1285 with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
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