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בְּרִית

Transliteration bĕriyth		Pronunciation ber·ēth' (Key)
Part of Speech feminine noun		Root Word (Etymology) From בָּרָה (H1262) (in the sense of cutting [like בָּרָא (H1254)])
TWOT Reference 282a

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

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Strong's Number H1285 matches the Hebrew בְּרִית (bĕriyth), which occurs 8 times in 7 verses in 1Sa of the Hebrew concordance of the KJV
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1Sa 4:3	And when the people ⁵⁹⁷¹ were come ⁹³⁵ into the camp ⁴²⁶⁴, the elders ²²⁰⁵ of Israel ³⁴⁷⁸ said ⁵⁵⁹ , Wherefore hath the LORD ³⁰⁶⁸ smitten ⁵⁰⁶² us to day ³¹¹⁷ before ⁶⁴⁴⁰ the Philistines ⁶⁴³⁰? Let us fetch ³⁹⁴⁷ the ark ⁷²⁷ of the covenant¹²⁸⁵ of the LORD ³⁰⁶⁸ out of Shiloh ⁷⁸⁸⁷ unto us, that, when it cometh ⁹³⁵ among ⁷¹³⁰ us, it may save ³⁴⁶⁷ us out of the hand ³⁷⁰⁹ of our enemies ³⁴¹ .
1Sa 4:4	So the people ⁵⁹⁷¹ sent ⁷⁹⁷¹ to Shiloh ⁷⁸⁸⁷, that they might bring ⁵³⁷⁵ from thence the ark ⁷²⁷ of the covenant¹²⁸⁵ of the LORD ³⁰⁶⁸ of hosts ⁶⁶³⁵, which dwelleth ³⁴²⁷ [between] the cherubims ³⁷⁴²: and the two ⁸¹⁴⁷ sons ¹¹²¹ of Eli ⁵⁹⁴¹, Hophni ²⁶⁵² and Phinehas ⁶³⁷², [were] there with the ark ⁷²⁷ of the covenant¹²⁸⁵ of God ⁴³⁰.
1Sa 4:5	And when the ark ⁷²⁷ of the covenant¹²⁸⁵ of the LORD ³⁰⁶⁸ came ⁹³⁵ into the camp ⁴²⁶⁴, all Israel ³⁴⁷⁸ shouted ⁷³²¹ with a great ¹⁴¹⁹ shout ⁸⁶⁴³, so that the earth ⁷⁷⁶ rang again ¹⁹⁴⁹ .
1Sa 11:1	Then Nahash ⁵¹⁷⁶ the Ammonite ⁵⁹⁸⁴ came up ⁵⁹²⁷ , and encamped ²⁵⁸³ against Jabeshgilead ³⁰⁰³ ¹⁵⁶⁸: and all the men ⁵⁸² of Jabesh ³⁰⁰³ said ⁵⁵⁹ unto Nahash ⁵¹⁷⁶, Make ³⁷⁷² a covenant¹²⁸⁵ with us, and we will serve ⁵⁶⁴⁷ thee.
1Sa 18:3	Then Jonathan ³⁰⁸³ and David ¹⁷³² made ³⁷⁷² a covenant¹²⁸⁵, because he loved ¹⁶⁰ him as his own soul ⁵³¹⁵.
1Sa 20:8	Therefore thou shalt deal ⁶²¹³ kindly ²⁶¹⁷ with thy servant ⁵⁶⁵⁰; for thou hast brought ⁹³⁵ thy servant ⁵⁶⁵⁰ into a covenant¹²⁸⁵ of the LORD ³⁰⁶⁸ with thee: notwithstanding, if there be ³⁴²⁶ in me iniquity ⁵⁷⁷¹, slay ⁴¹⁹¹ me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring ⁹³⁵ me to thy father ¹?
1Sa 23:18	And they two ⁸¹⁴⁷ made ³⁷⁷² a covenant¹²⁸⁵ before ⁶⁴⁴⁰ the LORD ³⁰⁶⁸: and David ¹⁷³² abode ³⁴²⁷ in the wood ²⁷⁹³, and Jonathan ³⁰⁸³ went ¹⁹⁸⁰ to his house ¹⁰⁰⁴.

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