Hebrew word study

בְּרִיתbᵉrîyth a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)

Pronounced “ber-eeth'

a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)

Translated in the King James as: confederacy, (con-) feder(-ate), covenant, league.

Appears 284 times in Scripture

Origin: from H1262 (בָּרָה) (in the sense of cutting (like H1254 (בָּרָא)));

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Where it appears

Genesis 27×
Genesis 6:18Genesis 9:9Genesis 9:11Genesis 9:12Genesis 9:13Genesis 9:15Genesis 9:16Genesis 9:17Genesis 14:13Genesis 15:18Genesis 17:2Genesis 17:4Genesis 17:7Genesis 17:9Genesis 17:10Genesis 17:11Genesis 17:13Genesis 17:14Genesis 17:19Genesis 17:21Genesis 21:27Genesis 21:32Genesis 26:28Genesis 31:44+ 3 more in Genesis
Exodus 13×
Exodus 2:24Exodus 6:4Exodus 6:5Exodus 19:5Exodus 23:32Exodus 24:7Exodus 24:8Exodus 31:16Exodus 34:10Exodus 34:12Exodus 34:15Exodus 34:27Exodus 34:28
Leviticus 10×
Leviticus 2:13Leviticus 24:8Leviticus 26:9Leviticus 26:15Leviticus 26:25Leviticus 26:42Leviticus 26:44Leviticus 26:45+ 2 more in Leviticus
Numbers 5×
Numbers 10:33Numbers 14:44Numbers 18:19Numbers 25:12Numbers 25:13
Deuteronomy 27×
Deuteronomy 4:13Deuteronomy 4:23Deuteronomy 4:31Deuteronomy 5:2Deuteronomy 5:3Deuteronomy 7:2Deuteronomy 7:9Deuteronomy 7:12Deuteronomy 8:18Deuteronomy 9:9Deuteronomy 9:11Deuteronomy 9:15Deuteronomy 10:8Deuteronomy 17:2Deuteronomy 29:1Deuteronomy 29:9Deuteronomy 29:12Deuteronomy 29:14Deuteronomy 29:21Deuteronomy 29:25Deuteronomy 31:9Deuteronomy 31:16Deuteronomy 31:20Deuteronomy 31:25Deuteronomy 31:26+ 2 more in Deuteronomy
Joshua 22×
Joshua 3:3Joshua 3:6Joshua 3:8Joshua 3:11Joshua 3:14Joshua 3:17Joshua 4:7Joshua 4:9Joshua 4:18Joshua 6:6Joshua 6:8Joshua 7:11Joshua 7:15Joshua 8:33Joshua 9:6Joshua 9:7Joshua 9:11Joshua 9:15Joshua 9:16Joshua 23:16Joshua 24:25+ 1 more in Joshua
Judges 4×
Judges 2:1Judges 2:2Judges 2:20Judges 20:27
1 Samuel 8×
1 Sam 4:31 Sam 4:41 Sam 4:51 Sam 11:11 Sam 18:31 Sam 20:81 Sam 23:18+ 1 more in 1 Samuel
2 Samuel 6×
2 Sam 3:122 Sam 3:132 Sam 3:212 Sam 5:32 Sam 15:242 Sam 23:5
1 Kings 14×
1 Ki 3:151 Ki 5:121 Ki 6:191 Ki 8:11 Ki 8:61 Ki 8:211 Ki 8:231 Ki 11:111 Ki 15:191 Ki 19:101 Ki 19:141 Ki 20:34+ 2 more in 1 Kings
2 Kings 12×
2 Ki 11:42 Ki 11:172 Ki 13:232 Ki 17:152 Ki 17:352 Ki 17:382 Ki 18:122 Ki 23:22 Ki 23:32 Ki 23:21+ 2 more in 2 Kings
1 Chronicles 13×
1 Chr 11:31 Chr 15:251 Chr 15:261 Chr 15:281 Chr 15:291 Chr 16:61 Chr 16:151 Chr 16:171 Chr 16:371 Chr 17:11 Chr 22:191 Chr 28:21 Chr 28:18
2 Chronicles 17×
2 Chr 5:22 Chr 5:72 Chr 6:112 Chr 6:142 Chr 13:52 Chr 15:122 Chr 16:32 Chr 21:72 Chr 23:12 Chr 23:32 Chr 23:162 Chr 29:102 Chr 34:302 Chr 34:312 Chr 34:32+ 2 more in 2 Chronicles
Ezra 1×
Ezra 10:3
Nehemiah 4×
Nehemiah 1:5Nehemiah 9:8Nehemiah 9:32Nehemiah 13:29
Job 3×
Job 5:23Job 31:1Job 41:4
Psalms 21×
Psalms 25:10Psalms 25:14Psalms 44:17Psalms 50:5Psalms 50:16Psalms 55:20Psalms 74:20Psalms 78:10Psalms 78:37Psalms 83:5Psalms 89:3Psalms 89:28Psalms 89:34Psalms 89:39Psalms 103:18Psalms 105:8Psalms 105:10Psalms 106:45Psalms 111:5Psalms 111:9Psalms 132:12
Proverbs 1×
Proverbs 2:17
Isaiah 12×
Isaiah 24:5Isaiah 28:15Isaiah 28:18Isaiah 33:8Isaiah 42:6Isaiah 49:8Isaiah 54:10Isaiah 55:3Isaiah 56:4Isaiah 56:6Isaiah 59:21Isaiah 61:8
Jeremiah 24×
Jeremiah 3:16Jeremiah 11:2Jeremiah 11:3Jeremiah 11:6Jeremiah 11:8Jeremiah 11:10Jeremiah 14:21Jeremiah 22:9Jeremiah 31:31Jeremiah 31:32Jeremiah 31:33Jeremiah 32:40Jeremiah 33:20Jeremiah 33:21Jeremiah 33:25Jeremiah 34:8Jeremiah 34:10Jeremiah 34:13Jeremiah 34:15Jeremiah 34:18Jeremiah 50:5+ 3 more in Jeremiah
Ezekiel 18×
Ezekiel 16:8Ezekiel 16:59Ezekiel 16:60Ezekiel 16:61Ezekiel 16:62Ezekiel 17:13Ezekiel 17:14Ezekiel 17:15Ezekiel 17:16Ezekiel 17:18Ezekiel 17:19Ezekiel 20:37Ezekiel 30:5Ezekiel 34:25Ezekiel 37:26Ezekiel 44:7+ 2 more in Ezekiel
Daniel 7×
Daniel 9:4Daniel 9:27Daniel 11:22Daniel 11:28Daniel 11:30Daniel 11:32+ 1 more in Daniel
Hosea 5×
Hosea 2:18Hosea 6:7Hosea 8:1Hosea 10:4Hosea 12:1
Amos 1×
Amos 1:9
Obadiah 1×
Obadiah 1:7
Zechariah 2×
Zech 9:11Zech 11:10
Malachi 6×
Malachi 2:4Malachi 2:5Malachi 2:8Malachi 2:10Malachi 2:14Malachi 3:1

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