1285 – בְּרִית (brit)

covenant

Type:	Noun Noun   fem. ♀ feminine
Hebrew:	בְּרִית (brit)
Pronunciation:	brit    Listen
Gematria:	612(2 + 200 + 10 + 400)    words with the same gematria
Origin:	from H1262 (בָּרָה) (in the sense of cutting (like H1254a (בָּרָא)))
Usage:	284 times in OT

Description

1) covenant, alliance, pledge
1a) between men
1a1) treaty, alliance, league (man to man)
1a2) constitution, ordinance (monarch to subjects)
1a3) agreement, pledge (man to man)
1a4) alliance (of friendship)
1a5) alliance (of marriage)
1b) between God and man
1b1) alliance (of friendship)
1b2) covenant (divine ordinance with signs or pledges)
2) (phrases)
2a) covenant making
2b) covenant keeping
2c) covenant violation

Origin

from H1262 (בָּרָה) (in the sense of cutting (like H1254a (בָּרָא))):

בָּרָה

barah

H1262

to eat

Word root

Word with brit as root:

בַּעַל בְּרִית

baal brit

H1170

Baal-berith

Equivalent Greek words

In the greek translation Septuagint (LXX) the Hebrew word brit was translated to the following:

διαθήκη	diatheke	G1242	covenant
ἐντολή	entole	G1785	commandment

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