What does סֵפֶר · בְּרִית mean in the Bible?
סֵפֶר · בְּרִית is a Hebrew phrase meaning "Book of the Covenant".
Hebrew · H5612, H1285
סֵפֶר הַבְּרִית
Properly, writing (the art or a document); by implication, a book · a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)
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סֵפֶר H5612 properly, writing (the art or a document); by implication, a book
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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What does סֵפֶר הַבְּרִית (sefer habberit) mean in the Bible?
סֵפֶר · בְּרִית is a Hebrew phrase meaning "Book of the Covenant".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H5612, H1285?
H5612, H1285 is connected to 472 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. Book of the Covenant
Strong's H5612, H1285
Lexical occurrences 472 verses Source Gloss
Book of the Covenant
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
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