What does בְּרִית · עוֹלָם mean in the Bible?
בְּרִית · עוֹלָם: Covenant sealed by ritual passage between severed animals, signifying self-maledictory oath binding parties irreversibly
Hebrew · H1285, H5769
בְּרִית
A compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh) · properly, concealed , i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity ; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always
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בְּרִית H1285 a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)
Pronunciation berit
Covenant sealed through ritual blood sacrifice; God's binding commitment to His people, foundational to redemptive history
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עוֹלָם H5769 properly, concealed , i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity ; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always
What does בְּרִית (berît ʿōlām) mean in the Bible?
בְּרִית · עוֹלָם: Covenant sealed by ritual passage between severed animals, signifying self-maledictory oath binding parties irreversibly
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H1285, H5769?
H1285, H5769 is connected to 722 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. Covenant sealed by ritual passage between severed animals, signifying self-maledictory oath binding parties irreversibly
Source Gloss
a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)
Extended definition
Covenant sealed by ritual passage between severed animals, signifying self-maledictory oath binding parties irreversibly
confederacy, (con-) feder(-ate), covenant, league.
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Old Testament Witnesses
Perpetual binding agreement.
Word Origins
בְּרִית is built from these roots:
Why This Word Matters
Humanity’s breach of enduring covenant standards grounds the judgment. Isaiah 24:1-6
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain