Strong's Hebrew · H1285

בְּרִית

bᵉrîyth · ber-eeth'

Definitiona compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)
Derivationfrom H1262 (בָּרָה) (in the sense of cutting (like H1254 (בָּרָא)));
KJV usageconfederacy, (con-) feder(-ate), covenant, league.
Occurrences284 in the KJV · 264 verses

בְּרִית in Scripture

Genesis 6:18 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 And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you; Genesis 9:11 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly. Genesis 17:4 As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.
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