Word meanings
Strong's dictionary
from בָּרָה (in the sense of cutting (like בָּרָא)); a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh); confederacy, (con-) feder(-ate), covenant, league.
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)
Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
בְּרִית 285 n.f. covenant
I. between men.
1. treaty, alliance, league
2. constitution, ordinance, between monarch and subjects
3. agreement, pledge
4. alliance of friendship between David and Jonathan
5. alliance of marriage
II. between God and man.
1. alliance of friendship
2. covenant, as a divine constitution or ordinance with signs or pledges
III. Phrases.
1. covenant making
2. covenant keeping
3. covenant violation
Every occurrence
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Psalms 132:12 בְּרִיתִי֮ be.ri.Ti · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word
If thy children will keep my covenant And my testimony that I shall teach them, Their children also shall sit upon thy throne for evermore.
American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.