Hebrew Lexicon Strong's Concordance Definition

Strong's H1285: בְּרִית (bᵉrîyth) Definition

Strong's number
H1285
Lemma
בְּרִית
Transliteration
bᵉrîyth
Pronunciation
ber-eeth'
Strong's definition
a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh) confederacy, (con-) feder(-ate), covenant, league. from H1262 (בָּרָה) (in the sense of cutting (like H1254 (בָּרָא)));

264 instances of the word בְּרִית bᵉrîyth (H1285)


  • Psalms 111:9 - redemption He sent unto his people he hath commanded for ever his covenant holy and reverend is his name

  • Psalms 132:12 - will keep If thy children my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach If thy children for evermore for evermore shall also sit upon thy throne

  • Zechariah 9:11 - As for thee also by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water

  • Zechariah 11:10 - And I took my staff even Beauty and cut it asunder that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people