בְּרִית
bᵉrîyth
Modern Summary of Strong’s Concordance (1890)
The word "בְּרִית" (bᵉrîyth) primarily means a formal agreement or covenant, often established through a symbolic act like passing between divided pieces of flesh. It can refer to alliances, partnerships, or treaties, emphasizing a binding commitment between parties.
a covenant; a binding agreement or pact
The Hebrew word bᵉrîyth means "a covenant; a binding agreement or pact," encompassing related ideas including confederacy, feder, covenant, league..
Its Greek parallel is διαθήκη (diathēkē), revealing shared conceptual ground across the biblical languages.
The semantic range of bᵉrîyth — spanning meanings like confederacy, feder, covenant — suggests a word whose full significance cannot be captured by a single English term.
Lexical data derived from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance. See full disclaimer
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