בְּרִית

be.rit

Hebrew H1285 Noun, feminine 284 occurrences in 264 verses
בְּרִית covenant

1. covenant, alliance, pledge

a. between men

1. treaty, alliance, league (man to man)

2. constitution, ordinance (monarch to subjects)

3. agreement, pledge (man to man)

4. alliance (of friendship)

5. alliance (of marriage)

b. between God and man

1. alliance (of friendship)

2. covenant (divine ordinance with signs or pledges)

2. (phrases)

a. covenant making

b. covenant keeping

c. covenant violation

Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)

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Concordance 264 verses

  1. Judges 20:27 בְּרִ֣ית

    And the Israelites inquired of the LORD. (In those days the ark of the covenant of God was there,

  2. 1 Samuel 4:3 בְּרִ֣ית

    When the troops returned to the camp, the elders of Israel asked, “Why has the LORD brought defeat on us before the Philistines today? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Shiloh, so that it may go with us to save us from the hand of our enemies.”

  3. 1 Samuel 4:4 בְּרִית־בְּרִ֣ית

    So the people sent men to Shiloh, and they brought back the ark of the covenant of the LORD of Hosts, who sits enthroned between the cherubim. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.

  4. 1 Samuel 4:5 בְּרִית־

    When the ark of the covenant of the LORD entered the camp, all the Israelites raised such a great shout that it shook the ground.

  5. 1 Samuel 11:1 בְרִ֖ית

    Soon Nahash the Ammonite came up and laid siege to Jabesh-gilead. All the men of Jabesh said to him, “Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you.”

  6. 1 Samuel 18:3 בְּרִ֑ית

    Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself.

  7. 1 Samuel 20:8 בִּבְרִ֣ית

    Therefore deal faithfully with your servant, for you have brought me into a covenant with you before the LORD. If there is iniquity in me, then kill me yourself; why should you bring me to your father?”

  8. 1 Samuel 23:18 בְּרִ֖ית

    So the two of them made a covenant before the LORD. And David remained in Horesh, while Jonathan went home.

  9. 2 Samuel 3:12 בְרִֽיתְךָ֙

    Then Abner sent messengers in his place to say to David, “To whom does the land belong? Make your covenant with me, and surely my hand will be with you to bring all Israel over to you.”

  10. 2 Samuel 3:13 בְּרִ֑ית

    “Good,” replied David, “I will make a covenant with you. But there is one thing I require of you: Do not appear before me unless you bring Saul’s daughter Michal when you come to see me.”

  11. 2 Samuel 3:21 בְּרִ֔ית

    Then Abner said to David, “Let me go at once, and I will gather all Israel to my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with you, and that you may rule over all that your heart desires.” So David dismissed Abner, and he went in peace.

  12. 2 Samuel 5:3 בְּרִ֛ית

    So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where King David made with them a covenant before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel.

  13. 2 Samuel 15:24 בְּרִ֣ית

    Zadok was also there, and all the Levites with him were carrying the ark of the covenant of God. And they set down the ark of God, and Abiathar offered sacrifices until the people had passed out of the city.

  14. 2 Samuel 23:5 בְרִ֨ית

    Is not my house right with God? For He has established with me an everlasting covenant, ordered and secured in every part. Will He not bring about my full salvation and my every desire?

  15. 1 Kings 3:15 בְּרִית־

    Then Solomon awoke, and indeed it had been a dream. So he returned to Jerusalem, stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. Then he held a feast for all his servants.

  16. 1 Kings 5:12 בְרִ֖ית

    And the LORD gave Solomon wisdom, as He had promised him. There was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them made a treaty.

  17. 1 Kings 6:19 בְּרִ֥ית

    Solomon also prepared the inner sanctuary within the temple to set the ark of the covenant of the LORD there.

  18. 1 Kings 8:1 בְּרִית־

    At that time Solomon assembled before him in Jerusalem the elders of Israel—all the tribal heads and family leaders of the Israelites—to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Zion, the City of David.

  19. 1 Kings 8:6 בְּרִית־

    Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, beneath the wings of the cherubim.

  20. 1 Kings 8:21 בְּרִ֣ית

    And there I have provided a place for the ark, which contains the covenant of the LORD that He made with our fathers when He brought them out of the land of Egypt.”

  21. 1 Kings 8:23 הַבְּרִית֙

    and said: “O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven above or on earth below, keeping Your covenant of loving devotion with Your servants who walk before You with all their hearts.

  22. 1 Kings 11:11 בְּרִיתִ֣י

    Then the LORD said to Solomon, “Because you have done this and have not kept My covenant and My statutes, which I have commanded you, I will tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant.

  23. 1 Kings 15:19 בְּרִית֙בְּרִֽיתְךָ֙

    “Let there be a treaty between me and you, between my father and your father. See, I have sent you a gift of silver and gold. Now go and break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel, so that he will withdraw from me.”

  24. 1 Kings 19:10 בְרִֽיתְךָ֙

    “I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.”

  25. 1 Kings 19:14 בְרִֽיתְךָ֙

    “I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.”

  26. 1 Kings 20:34 בַּבְּרִ֣יתבְרִ֖ית

    Ben-hadad said to him, “I will restore the cities my father took from your father; you may set up your own marketplaces in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria.” “By this treaty I release you,” Ahab replied. So he made a treaty with him and sent him away.

  27. 2 Kings 11:4 בְּרִ֜ית

    Then in the seventh year, Jehoiada sent for the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, and the guards, and had them brought into the house of the LORD. There he made a covenant with them and put them under oath. He showed them the king’s son

  28. 2 Kings 11:17 הַבְּרִ֗ית

    Then Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people that they would be the LORD’s people. He also made a covenant between the king and the people.

  29. 2 Kings 13:23 בְּרִית֔וֹ

    But the LORD was gracious to Israel and had compassion on them, and He turned toward them because of His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. And to this day, the LORD has been unwilling to destroy them or cast them from His presence.

  30. 2 Kings 17:15 בְּרִיתוֹ֙

    They rejected His statutes and the covenant He had made with their fathers, as well as the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and themselves became worthless, going after the surrounding nations that the LORD had commanded them not to imitate.

  31. 2 Kings 17:35 בְּרִ֔ית

    For the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites and commanded them, “Do not worship other gods or bow down to them; do not serve them or sacrifice to them.

  32. 2 Kings 17:38 וְהַבְּרִ֛ית

    Do not forget the covenant I have made with you. Do not worship other gods,

  33. 2 Kings 18:12 בְּרִית֔וֹ

    This happened because they did not listen to the voice of the LORD their God, but violated His covenant—all that Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded—and would neither listen nor obey.

  34. 2 Kings 23:2 הַבְּרִ֔ית

    And he went up to the house of the LORD with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, as well as the priests and the prophets—all the people small and great—and in their hearing he read all the words of the Book of the Covenant that had been found in the house of the LORD.

  35. 2 Kings 23:3 הַבְּרִ֣ית׀הַבְּרִ֣יתבַּבְּרִֽית׃

    So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people entered into the covenant.

  36. 2 Kings 23:21 הַבְּרִ֖ית

    The king commanded all the people, “Keep the Passover of the LORD your God, as it is written in this Book of the Covenant.”

  37. 1 Chronicles 11:3 בְּרִ֛ית

    So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where David made a covenant with them before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD through Samuel.

  38. 1 Chronicles 15:25 בְּרִית־

    So David, the elders of Israel, and the commanders of thousands went with rejoicing to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from the house of Obed-edom.

  39. 1 Chronicles 15:26 בְּרִית־

    And because God helped the Levites who were carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD, they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.

  40. 1 Chronicles 15:28 בְּרִית־

    So all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, with the sounding of rams’ horns and trumpets, and with cymbals and the music of harps and lyres.

  41. 1 Chronicles 15:29 בְּרִ֣ית

    As the ark of the covenant of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David dancing and celebrating, and she despised him in her heart.

  42. 1 Chronicles 16:6 בְּרִית־

    and the priests Benaiah and Jahaziel blew the trumpets regularly before the ark of the covenant of God.

  43. 1 Chronicles 16:15 בְּרִית֔וֹ

    Remember His covenant forever, the word He ordained for a thousand generations—

  44. 1 Chronicles 16:17 בְּרִ֥ית

    He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant:

  45. 1 Chronicles 16:37 בְּרִית־

    So David left Asaph and his brothers there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to minister there regularly according to the daily requirements,

  46. 1 Chronicles 17:1 בְּרִית־

    After David had settled into his palace, he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of the covenant of the LORD is under a tent.”

  47. 1 Chronicles 22:19 בְּרִית־

    Now set your heart and soul to seek the LORD your God. Get started building the sanctuary of the LORD God, so that you may bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD and the holy articles of God into the temple that will be built for the Name of the LORD.”

  48. 1 Chronicles 28:2 בְּרִית־

    Then King David rose to his feet and said, “Listen to me, my brothers and my people. It was in my heart to build a house as a resting place for the ark of the covenant of the LORD and as a footstool for our God. I had made preparations to build it,

  49. 1 Chronicles 28:18 בְּרִית־

    the weight of the refined gold for the altar of incense; and the plans for the chariot of the gold cherubim that spread their wings and overshadowed the ark of the covenant of the LORD.

  50. 2 Chronicles 5:2 בְּרִית־

    At that time Solomon assembled in Jerusalem the elders of Israel—all the tribal heads and family leaders of the Israelites—to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Zion, the City of David.

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