בְּרִית
bᵉrîyth · ber-eeth'
a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H1262 (בָּרָה) (in the sense of cutting (like H1254 (בָּרָא)));
a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: confederacy, (con-) feder(-ate), covenant, league.
Letters
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › the head, the highest › the hand that works › the mark, the covenant sign
The house, what is within of the head, the highest of the hand that works of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בְּרִית above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
284 occurrences · 284 OT · 0 NT · 103 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of the covenant61 · 25%
- a covenant39 · 16%
- my covenant34 · 14%
- covenant26 · 11%
- the covenant18 · 7%
- his covenant10 · 4%
- of this covenant7 · 3%
- a league7 · 3%
- and my covenant4 · 2%
- into a covenant3 · 1%
- of my covenant3 · 1%
- thy league3 · 1%
- thy covenant3 · 1%
- of his covenant3 · 1%
- no covenant2 · 1%
- thee for a covenant2 · 1%
- and the covenant2 · 1%
- there is a league2 · 1%
- wherein is the covenant2 · 1%
- ye a league2 · 1%
- into covenant2 · 1%
- of thy covenant2 · 1%
- and also my covenant2 · 1%
- and these were confederate1 · 0%
- of a covenant1 · 0%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.