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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - בְּרִית

בְּרִית

H1285

Transliteration: bᵉrîyth

Pronunciation: ber-eeth'

Definition: confederacy


Original: בּרית

Transliteration: berı̂yth

Phonetic: ber-eeth'

BDB Definition:

  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

Origin: from H1262" class="dictionary-topic-link">H1262 (in the sense of cutting [like H1254" class="dictionary-topic-link">H1254])

TWOT entry: 282a

Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine


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