Strong's H1285 · Hebrew

briyth

ber-eeth'

from 1262 (in the sense of cutting (like 1254)); a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)

Scholarly Lexicons

Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)

H1285

H1285 בְּרִית covenant . between men . . treaty , alliance , league . constitution , ordinance , between monarch and subjects . agreement , pledge . alliance of friendship between David and Jonathan . alliance of marriage . between God and man . . alliance of friendship . covenant , as a divine constitution or ordinance with signs or pledges . Phrases. . covenant making . covenant keeping . covenant violation

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (BDB), 1906 — public domain

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