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)


  • 2 Chronicles 23:1 - year And in the seventh strengthened Jehoiada himself and took the captains of hundreds Azariah the son of Jeroham and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan Azariah the son of Obed and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah and Elishaphat the son of Zichri into covenant

  • 2 Chronicles 23:3 - made And all the congregation a covenant in the house of God unto them Behold the king's And he said of the sons unto them Behold the king's shall reign hath said as the LORD of the sons of David

  • 2 Chronicles 23:16 - made And Jehoiada a covenant between him and between all the people and between the king between him and between all the people that they should be the LORD'S

  • 2 Chronicles 29:10 - Now it is in mine heart to make a covenant with the LORD God of Israel may turn away that his fierce wrath

  • 2 Chronicles 34:30 - went up And the king in the house of the LORD and all the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem and the priests and the Levites and all the people great and small and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of the LORD

  • 2 Chronicles 34:31 - stood And the king in his place and made a covenant before the LORD after the LORD and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all his heart and with all his soul to perform the words a covenant which are written in this book

  • 2 Chronicles 34:32 - to stand And he caused all that were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin did to it And the inhabitants in Jerusalem according to the covenant of God of God of their fathers

  • 2 Kings 11:4 - year And the seventh sent Jehoiada and fetched the rulers over hundreds with the captains and the guard and brought of them in the house of the LORD and made a covenant with them and took an oath of them in the house of the LORD and shewed son them the king's

  • 2 Kings 11:17 - made And Jehoiada a covenant between the LORD and the king also and the people also and the people between the LORD and the king also and the people

  • 2 Kings 13:23 - was gracious And the LORD unto them and had compassion on them and had respect unto them because of his covenant with Abraham Isaac and Jacob and would not destroy them neither cast he them from his presence as yet

  • 2 Kings 17:15 - And they rejected his statutes and his covenant that he made with their fathers and his testimonies which he testified and went after vanity and became vain and went after the heathen that were round about had charged them concerning whom the LORD them that they should not do

  • 2 Kings 17:35 - had made With whom the LORD a covenant and charged them saying Ye shall not fear gods other nor bow yourselves to them nor serve them nor sacrifice

  • 2 Kings 17:38 - And the covenant that I have made with you ye shall not forget neither shall ye fear gods other

  • 2 Kings 18:12 - Because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD their God but transgressed his covenant commanded and all that Moses the servant of the LORD Because they obeyed them nor do

  • 2 Kings 23:2 - went up And the king in the house of the LORD and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him and the priests and the prophets and all the people both small and great and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of the LORD

  • 2 Kings 23:3 - stood And the king by a pillar and made a covenant before the LORD after the LORD and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all their heart and all their soul to perform the words a covenant that were written in this book stood And all the people a covenant

  • 2 Kings 23:21 - commanded And the king all the people saying Keep the passover unto the LORD your God as it is written in the book of this covenant

  • 2 Samuel 3:12 - sent And Abner messengers to David on his behalf saying Whose is the land on his behalf saying also Make thy league with me and behold my hand shall be with thee to bring about all Israel

  • 2 Samuel 3:13 - And he said Well I will make a league thing with thee but one I require And he said Thou shalt not see except thou first except thou first bring Michal daughter Saul's bring Thou shalt not see except thou first

  • 2 Samuel 3:21 - said Abner And David I will arise and will gather unto my lord the king all Israel that they may make a league with thee and that thou mayest reign desireth over all that thine heart away And David Abner in peace