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Genesis 17:2

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Masoretic Text 1524

H5414 And I will make ואתנה

H1285 my covenant בריתי

H996 between ביני

H996 ובינך

H7235 me and thee and will multiply וארבה

H853 אותך

H3966 thee exceedingly במאד

H3966 מאד׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

And

will

H5414 make

H1285 covenant

H996 between

and

thee

and

will

H7235 multiply

thee

H3966 exceedingly

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H1285

Hebrew: בְּרִית

Transliteration: bᵉrîyth

Pronunciation: ber-eeth'

Part of Speech: Noun Feminine

Bible Usage: {confederacy} {[con-]feder[-ate]} {covenant} league.

Definition:

a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)

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

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906