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בְּרִית H1285

H1285 is the Hebrew word בְּרִית, transliterated bᵉrîyth and said ber-eeth'. The King James Version most often renders it covenant.

Word: בְּרִיתTransliteration: bᵉrîythSaid: ber-eeth'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 228 verses

What it means

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

Where it comes from

from H1262 (בָּרָה) (in the sense of cutting (like H1254 (בָּרָא))).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 238 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

covenant 210×league 13×also my covenant 3×no covenant 2×wherein is the covenant 2×according to the covenant 2×confederate 1×behold my covenant 1×even the covenant 1×you his covenant 1×beside the covenant 1×no league 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: confederacy, (con-) feder(-ate), covenant, league.

Verses using בְּרִית

The first 40 of 228 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 6:18 · KJV

But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons’ wives with thee.

Genesis 9:9 · KJV

And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;

Genesis 9:11 · KJV

And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.

Genesis 9:12 · KJV

And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:

Genesis 9:13 · KJV

I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.

Genesis 9:15 · KJV

And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.

Genesis 9:16 · KJV

And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.

Genesis 9:17 · KJV

And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.

Genesis 14:13 · KJV

And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.

Genesis 15:18 · KJV

In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:

Genesis 17:2 · KJV

And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.

Genesis 17:4 · KJV

As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.

Genesis 17:7 · KJV

And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.

Genesis 17:9 · KJV

And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.

Genesis 17:10 · KJV

This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.

Genesis 17:13 · KJV

He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.

Genesis 17:19 · KJV

And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.

Genesis 17:21 · KJV

But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.

Genesis 21:32 · KJV

Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.

Genesis 31:44 · KJV

Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.

Exodus 2:24 · KJV

And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.

Exodus 6:4 · KJV

And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers.

Exodus 19:5 · KJV

Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:

Exodus 23:32 · KJV

Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.

Exodus 24:7 · KJV

And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and be obedient.

Exodus 24:8 · KJV

And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words.

Exodus 34:10 · KJV

And he said, Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people I will do marvels, such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation: and all the people among which thou art shall see the work of the LORD: for it is a terrible thing that I will do with thee.

Exodus 34:12 · KJV

Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:

Exodus 34:15 · KJV

Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice;

Exodus 34:27 · KJV

And the LORD said unto Moses, Write thou these words: for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel.

Exodus 34:28 · KJV

And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.

Leviticus 2:13 · KJV

And every oblation of thy meat offering shalt thou season with salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meat offering: with all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt.

Leviticus 26:25 · KJV

And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.

Leviticus 26:42 · KJV

Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land.

Leviticus 26:44 · KJV

And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them: for I am the LORD their God.

Leviticus 26:45 · KJV

But I will for their sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the heathen, that I might be their God: I am the LORD.

Numbers 10:33 · KJV

And they departed from the mount of the LORD three days’ journey: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them in the three days’ journey, to search out a resting place for them.

Numbers 14:44 · KJV

But they presumed to go up unto the hill top: nevertheless the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and Moses, departed not out of the camp.

Numbers 18:19 · KJV

All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer unto the LORD, have I given thee, and thy sons and thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: it is a covenant of salt for ever before the LORD unto thee and to thy seed with thee.

Numbers 25:12 · KJV

Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace:

Common questions

What does Strong's H1285 mean?

H1285 is the Hebrew word בְּרִית (bᵉrîyth), meaning a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh).

How is H1285 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it covenant (210 times), league (13 times), also my covenant (3 times), no covenant (2 times), wherein is the covenant (2 times), among others.

How many times does H1285 appear in the Bible?

בְּרִית (bᵉrîyth) is tagged in 228 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H1285 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: from H1262 (בָּרָה) (in the sense of cutting (like H1254 (בָּרָא))).

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