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)));
Read it in context & ask Abram about this wordWhere 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×
Leviticus — 10×
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×
Judges — 4×
1 Samuel — 8×
1 Kings — 14×
2 Kings — 12×
1 Chronicles — 13×
2 Chronicles — 17×
Ezra — 1×
Nehemiah — 4×
Psalms — 21×
Proverbs — 1×
Isaiah — 12×
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×
Daniel — 7×
Amos — 1×
Obadiah — 1×
Zechariah — 2×
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Lexicon data: Open Scriptures Strong’s dictionaries (CC-BY-SA). Word alignment: Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain). Self-hosted by Seen.