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Joshua 24:25

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Masoretic Text 1524

H3772 made ויכרת

H3091 So Joshua יהושׁע

H1285 a covenant ברית

H5971 with the people לעם

H3117 day ביום

H1931 that ההוא

H7760 and set וישׂם

H2706 them a statute לו חק

H4941 and an ordinance ומשׁפט

H7927 in Shechem בשׁכם׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

H3091 Joshua

H3772 made

H1285 covenant

with

the

H5971 people

H1931 that

H3117 day

and

H7760 set

them

H2706 statute

and

H4941 ordinance

H7927 Shechem

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