Bible word study
Berith (Strong’s H1285): Meaning in the Bible
Berith (בְּרִית) is the Hebrew word numbered H1285 in Strong’s concordance of the Bible. Strong’s defines it as a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh). In the King James Bible it is translated confederacy, (con-) feder(-ate), covenant, league..
- Original wordבְּרִית
- Transliterationbᵉrîyth
- Pronunciationber-eeth'
- Part of speechnoun (feminine) (n-f)
- Strong’s numberH1285
- LanguageHebrew
The full Strong’s definition
Derivation. from H1262 (in the sense of cutting [like H1254]);
How the King James Bible translates it
And Christ
A covenant is a bond God binds himself to keep. Christians believe the promises run through the whole story to a new covenant sealed in the blood of Jesus, God binding himself to his people forever.
The lexical data on this page comes from the public-domain Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890), a Hebrew and Greek dictionary keyed to the King James Bible. It is a reference tool, not a settled verdict: no single word decides a doctrine, and meaning is finally shaped by how a word is used in its sentences. Read the passages themselves, prayerfully, and in full.
Related words
From the word to the Word
These words are worth studying, but they were never meant to stay on the page. Christians believe the meaning behind them, the love, the grace, the life, took on flesh in Jesus. Read the Word, pray, and gather with the family of God on The Living Bread. Free, with no ads, for all people.
Get the appStudy more wordsRead the Gospel of John