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בְּרִית
bᵉrîyth · Hebrew · Strong's H1285 · 284 occurrences
The KJV renders 4 different Hebrew and Greek words as “covenant”
What it means
a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)
from H1262 (בָּרָה) (in the sense of cutting (like H1254 (בָּרָא)));
How the KJV renders it
confederacy, confeder, covenant, league
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“confederacy”
also renders qesher (H7195)
“league”
also renders châbar (H2266)
Answers that weigh this word
- Is the seventh-day Sabbath binding on Gentiles?
- Does scripture permit divorce and remarriage?
- Is the Christian Sabbath Saturday or Sunday?
- Does the Bible treat the body as a temple, and what follows from that?
- Is the Sabbath command moral law or ceremonial law?
- Does Hebrews 4 teach a remaining Sabbath rest?
Where it appears
284 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Chronicles 11:3 · HNcfsa
So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before Yahweh. They anointed David king over Israel, according to Yahweh’s word by Samuel.
1 Chronicles 15:25 · HNcfsc
So David, the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands went to bring the ark of Yahweh’s covenant up out of the house of Obed-Edom with joy.
1 Chronicles 15:26 · HNcfsc
When God helped the Levites who bore the ark of Yahweh’s covenant, they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.
1 Chronicles 15:28 · HNcfsc
Thus all Israel brought the ark of Yahweh’s covenant up with shouting, with sound of the cornet, with trumpets, and with cymbals, sounding aloud with stringed instruments and harps.
1 Chronicles 15:29 · HNcfsc
As the ark of Yahweh’s covenant came to David’s city, Michal the daughter of Saul looked out at the window, and saw king David dancing and playing; and she despised him in her heart.
1 Chronicles 16:6 · HNcfsc
with Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually, before the ark of the covenant of God.
1 Chronicles 16:15 HNcfsc/Sp3ms1 Chronicles 16:17 HNcfsc1 Chronicles 16:37 HNcfsa1 Chronicles 17:1 HNcfsc1 Chronicles 22:19 HNcfsc1 Chronicles 28:2 HNcfsc1 Chronicles 28:18 HNcfsc1 Kings 3:15 HNcfsc1 Kings 5:12 HNcfsa1 Kings 6:19 HNcfsc1 Kings 8:1 HNcfsc1 Kings 8:6 HNcfsc1 Kings 8:21 HNcfsc1 Kings 8:23 HTd/Ncfsa1 Kings 11:11 HNcfsc/Sp1cs1 Kings 15:19 HNcfsa1 Kings 19:10 HNcfsc/Sp2ms1 Kings 19:14 HNcfsc/Sp2ms1 Kings 20:34 HNcfsa1 Samuel 4:3 HNcfsc1 Samuel 4:4 HNcfsc1 Samuel 4:5 HNcfsc1 Samuel 11:1 HNcfsa1 Samuel 18:3 HNcfsa1 Samuel 20:8 HR/Ncfsc1 Samuel 23:18 HNcfsa2 Chronicles 5:2 HNcfsc2 Chronicles 5:7 HNcfsc2 Chronicles 6:11 HNcfsc2 Chronicles 6:14 HTd/Ncfsa2 Chronicles 13:5 HNcfsc2 Chronicles 15:12 HRd/Ncfsa2 Chronicles 16:3 HNcfsa2 Chronicles 21:7 HTd/Ncfsa2 Chronicles 23:1 HRd/Ncfsa2 Chronicles 23:3 HNcfsa2 Chronicles 23:16 HNcfsa2 Chronicles 29:10 HNcfsa2 Chronicles 34:30 HTd/Ncfsa2 Chronicles 34:31 HTd/Ncfsa2 Chronicles 34:32 HR/Ncfsc2 Kings 11:4 HNcfsa2 Kings 11:17 HTd/Ncfsa2 Kings 13:23 HNcfsc/Sp3ms2 Kings 17:15 HNcfsc/Sp3ms2 Kings 17:35 HNcfsa2 Kings 17:38 HC/Td/Ncfsa2 Kings 18:12 HNcfsc/Sp3ms2 Kings 23:2 HTd/Ncfsa2 Kings 23:3 HRd/Ncfsa2 Kings 23:21 HTd/Ncfsa2 Samuel 3:12 HNcfsc/Sp2ms2 Samuel 3:13 HNcfsa2 Samuel 3:21 HNcfsa
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