בְּרִית

Same idea, other words · Covenant

A covenant is a binding relationship God initiates. The Greek Old Testament's diatheke carries the idea into the New Testament, including the new covenant in Christ's blood.

• בְּרִיתberit covenantcovenant, a binding agreement and relationshipH1285
• διαθήκηdiathēkē covenantcovenant (also 'will' in everyday Greek)G1242

Where it appears

• Genesis27
• Exodus13
• Leviticus10
• Numbers5
• Deuteronomy27
• Joshua22
• Judges4
• 1 Samuel8
• 2 Samuel6
• 1 Kings14
• 2 Kings12
• 1 Chronicles13
• 2 Chronicles17
• Ezra1
• Nehemiah4
• Job3
• Psalms21
• Proverbs1
• Isaiah12
• Jeremiah24
• Ezekiel18
• Daniel7
• Hosea5
• Amos1
• Obadiah1
• Zechariah2
• Malachi6

Every use · 151–200 of 284 · BSB

1. 1 Chronicles 15:26בְּרִית־[the] covenant of

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

2. 1 Chronicles 15:28בְּרִית־[the] covenant of

   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.

3. 1 Chronicles 15:29בְּרִ֣ית[the] covenant of

   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.

4. 1 Chronicles 16:6בְּרִית־[the] covenant of

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

5. 1 Chronicles 16:15בְּרִית֔וֹcovenant his

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

6. 1 Chronicles 16:17בְּרִ֥יתa covenant of

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

7. 1 Chronicles 16:37בְּרִית־[the] covenant of

   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,

8. 1 Chronicles 17:1בְּרִית־[the] covenant of

   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.”

9. 1 Chronicles 22:19בְּרִית־[the] covenant of

   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.”

10. 1 Chronicles 28:2בְּרִית־[the] covenant of

    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,

11. 1 Chronicles 28:18בְּרִית־[the] covenant of

    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.

12. 2 Chronicles 5:2בְּרִית־[the] covenant of

    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.

13. 2 Chronicles 5:7בְּרִית־[the] covenant of

    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.

14. 2 Chronicles 6:11בְּרִ֣ית[the] covenant of

    And there I have provided a place for the ark, which contains the covenant of the LORD that He made with the children of Israel.”

15. 2 Chronicles 6:14הַבְּרִית֙the covenant

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

16. 2 Chronicles 13:5בְּרִ֥יתa covenant of

    Do you not know that the LORD, the God of Israel, has given the kingship of Israel to David and his descendants forever by a covenant of salt?

17. 2 Chronicles 15:12בַבְּרִ֔יתin the covenant

    Then they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and soul.

18. 2 Chronicles 16:3בְּרִית֙a covenant

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

19. 2 Chronicles 16:3בְּרִֽיתְךָ֗covenant your

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

20. 2 Chronicles 21:7הַבְּרִ֔יתthe covenant

    Yet the LORD was unwilling to destroy the house of David, because of the covenant He had made with David, and since He had promised to maintain a lamp for David and his descendants forever.

21. 2 Chronicles 23:1בַבְּרִֽיתin <the> covenant

    Then in the seventh year, Jehoiada strengthened himself and made a covenant with the commanders of hundreds—with Azariah son of Jeroham, Ishmael son of Jehohanan, Azariah son of Obed, Maaseiah son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat son of Zichri.

22. 2 Chronicles 23:3בְּרִ֛יתa covenant

    the whole assembly made a covenant with the king in the house of God. “Behold, the king’s son!” said Jehoiada. “He must reign, just as the LORD promised concerning the descendants of David.

23. 2 Chronicles 23:16בְּרִ֔יתa covenant

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

24. 2 Chronicles 29:10בְּרִ֔יתa covenant

    Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with the LORD, the God of Israel, so that His fierce anger will turn away from us.

25. 2 Chronicles 34:30הַבְּרִ֔יתthe covenant

    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 Levites—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.

26. 2 Chronicles 34:31הַבְּרִית֮the covenant

    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.

27. 2 Chronicles 34:31הַבְּרִ֔יתthe covenant

    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.

28. 2 Chronicles 34:32כִּבְרִ֥יתaccording to [the] covenant of

    Then he had everyone in Jerusalem and Benjamin take a stand in agreement to it. So all the people of Jerusalem carried out the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.

29. Ezra 10:3בְּרִ֣יתa covenant

    So now let us make a covenant before our God to send away all the foreign wives and their children, according to the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the command of our God. Let it be done according to the Law.

30. Nehemiah 1:5הַבְּרִית֙the covenant

    Then I said: “O LORD, God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion with those who love Him and keep His commandments,

31. Nehemiah 9:8הַבְּרִ֗יתthe covenant

    You found his heart faithful before You, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites and Hittites, of the Amorites and Perizzites, of the Jebusites and Girgashites— to give it to his descendants. You have kept Your promise, because You are righteous.

32. Nehemiah 9:32הַבְּרִ֣יתof the covenant

    So now, our God, the great and mighty and awesome God who keeps His gracious covenant, do not view lightly all the hardship that has come upon us, and upon our kings and leaders, our priests and prophets, our ancestors and all Your people, from the days of the kings of Assyria until today.

33. Nehemiah 13:29וּבְרִ֥יתand [the] covenant of

    Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites.

34. Job 5:23בְרִיתֶ֑ךָcovenant your

    For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you.

35. Job 31:1בְּ֭רִיתa covenant

    “I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?

36. Job 41:4בְּרִ֣יתa covenant

    Will he make a covenant with you to take him as a slave for life?

37. Psalms 25:10בְ֝רִית֗וֹ<of> covenant his

    All the LORD’s ways are loving and faithful to those who keep His covenant and His decrees.

38. Psalms 25:14וּ֝בְרִית֗וֹand covenant his

    The LORD confides in those who fear Him, and reveals His covenant to them.

39. Psalms 44:17בִּבְרִיתֶֽךָwith covenant your

    All this has come upon us, though we have not forgotten You or betrayed Your covenant.

40. Psalms 50:5בְרִיתִ֣י<of> covenant my

    “Gather to Me My saints, who made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”

41. Psalms 50:16בְרִיתִ֣יcovenant my

    To the wicked, however, God says, “What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips?

42. Psalms 55:20בְּרִיתֽוֹcovenant his

    My companion attacks his friends; he violates his covenant.

43. Psalms 74:20לַבְּרִ֑יתto the covenant

    Consider Your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land.

44. Psalms 78:10בְּרִ֣ית[the] covenant of

    They failed to keep God’s covenant and refused to live by His law.

45. Psalms 78:37בִּבְרִיתֽוֹin covenant his

    Their hearts were disloyal to Him, and they were unfaithful to His covenant.

46. Psalms 83:5בְּרִ֣יתa covenant

    For with one mind they plot together, they form an alliance against You—

47. Psalms 89:3בְ֭רִיתa covenant

    You said, “I have made a covenant with My chosen one, I have sworn to David My servant:

48. Psalms 89:28וּ֝בְרִיתִ֗יand covenant my

    I will forever preserve My loving devotion for him, and My covenant with him will stand fast.

49. Psalms 89:34בְּרִיתִ֑יcovenant my

    I will not violate My covenant or alter the utterance of My lips.

50. Psalms 89:39בְּרִ֣ית[the] covenant of

    You have renounced the covenant with Your servant and sullied his crown in the dust.