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בְּרִית be·rit

“covenant” · 284 times in the Old Testament

Through the Bible

Genesis: 27 timesExodus: 13 timesLeviticus: 10 timesNumbers: 5 timesDeuteronomy: 27 timesJoshua: 22 timesJudges: 4 timesRuth: 0 times1 Samuel: 8 times2 Samuel: 6 times1 Kings: 14 times2 Kings: 12 times1 Chronicles: 13 times2 Chronicles: 17 timesEzra: onceNehemiah: 4 timesEsther: 0 timesJob: 3 timesPsalms: 21 timesProverbs: onceEcclesiastes: 0 timesSong of Songs: 0 timesIsaiah: 12 timesJeremiah: 24 timesLamentations: 0 timesEzekiel: 18 timesDaniel: 7 timesHosea: 5 timesJoel: 0 timesAmos: onceObadiah: onceJonah: 0 timesMicah: 0 timesNahum: 0 timesHabakkuk: 0 timesZephaniah: 0 timesHaggai: 0 timesZechariah: 2 timesMalachi: 6 timesMatthew: onceMark: onceLuke: 2 timesJohn: 0 timesActs: 2 timesRomans: 2 times1 Corinthians: once2 Corinthians: 2 timesGalatians: 3 timesEphesians: oncePhilippians: 0 timesColossians: 0 times1 Thessalonians: 0 times2 Thessalonians: 0 times1 Timothy: 0 times2 Timothy: 0 timesTitus: 0 timesPhilemon: 0 timesHebrews: 17 timesJames: 0 times1 Peter: 0 times2 Peter: 0 times1 John: 0 times2 John: 0 times3 John: 0 timesJude: 0 timesRevelation: onceLawHistoryWisdomProphetsGospelsLetters
  • “covenant” 262
  • “treaty” 14
  • “there be a treaty” 2
  • “treaty with you” 1
  • “covenant to them” 1
  • other ways 4
  • diathēkē, the Greek the New Testament uses for it 33

In the New Testament it continues as diathēkē: Hebrews 8:8 quotes Jeremiah 31:31, and puts this word in Greek.

As a table, book by book
BookTimes
Genesis27
Exodus13
Leviticus10
Numbers5
Deuteronomy27
Joshua22
Judges4
1 Samuel8
2 Samuel6
1 Kings14
2 Kings12
1 Chronicles13
2 Chronicles17
Ezra1
Nehemiah4
Job3
Psalms21
Proverbs1
Isaiah12
Jeremiah24
Ezekiel18
Daniel7
Hosea5
Amos1
Obadiah1
Zechariah2
Malachi6
Matthew1
Mark1
Luke2
Acts2
Romans2
1 Corinthians1
2 Corinthians2
Galatians3
Ephesians1
Hebrews17
Revelation1

How the BSB translates it

Each way the Berean Standard Bible puts it into English, and how often.

  1. covenant262
  2. treaty14
  3. there be a treaty2
  4. alliance1
  5. allied with you1
  6. covenant to them1
  7. covenant with you1
  8. like the covenant1
  9. treaty with you1

With a pronoun joined

Hebrew joins “me”, “you”, “him” and the like to the end of a word.

Where it occurs

Grouped by how it’s translated, then by book. Each reference opens the verse.

“covenant” 262

  • Genesis 26

    • 6:18 …But I will establish My covenant with you and you…
    • 9:9 …Behold I now establish My covenant with you and your…
    • 9:11 …And I establish My covenant with you Never again…
    • 9:12 …This is the sign of the covenant I am making between…
    • 9:13 …will be a sign of the covenant between Me and the…
    • 9:15 …I will remember My covenant between Me and you…
    • 9:16 …and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every…
    • 9:17 …This is the sign of the covenant that I have established…
    • 15:18 …day the LORD made a covenant with Abram saying To…
    • 17:2 …I will establish My covenant between Me and you…
    • 17:4 …for Me this is My covenant with you You will…
    • 17:7 …I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant…
    • 17:7 …covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you…
    • 17:9 …Abraham You must keep My covenant you and your descendants…
    • 17:10 …This is My covenant with you and your…
    • 17:11 …will be a sign of the covenant between Me and you…
    • 17:13 …they must be circumcised My covenant in your flesh will…
    • 17:13 …will be an everlasting covenant
    • 17:14 …people he has broken My covenant
    • 17:19 …Isaac I will establish My covenant with him as an…
    • 17:19 …him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after…
    • 17:21 …But I will establish My covenant with Isaac whom Sarah…
    • 21:27 …the two men made a covenant
    • 21:32 …After they had made the covenant at Beersheba Abimelech and…
    • 26:28 …you Let us make a covenant with you…
    • 31:44 …now let us make a covenant you and I and…

  • Exodus 12

    • 2:24 …groaning and He remembered His covenant with Abraham Isaac and…
    • 6:4 …I also established My covenant with them to give…
    • 6:5 …and I have remembered My covenant
    • 19:5 …My voice and keep My covenant you will be My…
    • 23:32 …You shall make no covenant with them or with…
    • 24:7 …he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to…
    • 24:8 …This is the blood of the covenant that the LORD has…
    • 31:16 …it as a permanent covenant for the generations to…
    • 34:10 …Behold I am making a covenant Before all your people…
    • 34:15 …Do not make a covenant with the inhabitants of…
    • 34:27 …words I have made a covenant with you and with…
    • 34:28 …the tablets the words of the covenant the Ten Commandments…

  • Leviticus 10

    • 2:13 …not leave the salt of the covenant of your God out…
    • 24:8 …Israelites as a permanent covenant
    • 26:9 …and I will establish My covenant with you…
    • 26:15 …commandments and so break My covenant
    • 26:25 …to execute the vengeance of the covenant Though you withdraw into…
    • 26:42 …then I will remember My covenant with Jacob and My…
    • 26:42 …covenant with Jacob and My covenant with Isaac and My…
    • 26:42 …My covenant with Isaac and My covenant with Abraham and I…
    • 26:44 …destroy them and break My covenant with them for I…
    • 26:45 …sake I will remember the covenant with their fathers whom…

  • Numbers 5

    • 10:33 …LORD with the ark of the covenant of the LORD traveling…
    • 14:44 …Moses nor the ark of the covenant of the LORD moved…
    • 18:19 …It is a permanent covenant of salt before the…
    • 25:12 …I am granting him My covenant of peace…
    • 25:13 …It will be a covenant of permanent priesthood for…

  • Deuteronomy 26

    • 4:13 …He declared to you His covenant which He commanded you…
    • 4:23 …you do not forget the covenant of the LORD your…
    • 4:31 …destroy you or forget the covenant with your fathers which…
    • 5:2 …LORD our God made a covenant with us at Horeb…
    • 5:3 …did not make this covenant with our fathers but…
    • 7:9 …faithful God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion for…
    • 7:12 …your God will keep His covenant and the loving devotion…
    • 8:18 …in order to confirm His covenant that He swore to…
    • 9:9 …of stone the tablets of the covenant that the LORD made…
    • 9:11 …stone tablets the tablets of the covenant
    • 9:15 …with the two tablets of the covenant in my hands…
    • 10:8 …to carry the ark of the covenant of the LORD to…
    • 17:2 …your God by transgressing His covenant
    • 29:1 …These are the words of the covenant that the LORD commanded…
    • 29:1 …Moab in addition to the covenant He had made with…
    • 29:9 …the words of this covenant that you may prosper…
    • 29:12 …that you may enter into the covenant of the LORD your…
    • 29:14 …I am making this covenant and this oath not…
    • 29:21 …to all the curses of the covenant written in this Book…
    • 29:25 …is because they abandoned the covenant of the LORD the…
    • 31:9 …who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD and…
    • 31:16 …forsake Me and break the covenant I have made with…
    • 31:20 …reject Me and break My covenant
    • 31:25 …who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD…
    • 31:26 …it beside the ark of the covenant of the LORD your…
    • 33:9 …Your word and maintained Your covenant

  • Joshua 1

    • 3:3 …you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your…

And 182 more, on the full page.

“treaty” 14

  • Genesis 1

    • 14:13 …of whom were bound by treaty to Abram…

  • Exodus 1

    • 34:12 …careful not to make a treaty with the inhabitants of…

  • Deuteronomy 1

    • 7:2 …complete destruction Make no treaty with them and show…

  • Joshua 4

    • 9:6 …distant land please make a treaty with us…
    • 9:11 …your servants Please make a treaty with us…
    • 9:15 …And Joshua made a treaty of peace with them…
    • 9:16 …after they had made the treaty with the Gibeonites the…

  • 1 Samuel 1

    • 11:1 …said to him Make a treaty with us and we…

  • 1 Kings 4

    • 5:12 …two of them made a treaty
    • 15:19 …Now go and break your treaty with Baasha king of…
    • 20:34 …father did in Samaria By this treaty I release you Ahab…
    • 20:34 …replied So he made a treaty with him and sent…

  • 2 Chronicles 1

    • 16:3 …Now go and break your treaty with Baasha king of…

  • Isaiah 1

    • 33:8 …deserted travel has ceased The treaty has been broken the…
“there be a treaty” 2

  • 1 Kings 1

    • 15:19 Let there be a treaty between me and you…

  • 2 Chronicles 1

    • 16:3 Let there be a treaty between me and you…
“treaty with you” 1

  • Joshua 1

    • 9:7 …How can we make a treaty with you
“covenant to them” 1

  • Psalms 1

    • 25:14 …fear Him and reveals His covenant to them
“alliance” 1

  • Psalms 1

    • 83:5 …plot together they form an alliance against You…
“like the covenant” 1

  • Jeremiah 1

    • 31:32 …It will not be like the covenant I made with their…
“covenant with you” 1

  • Ezekiel 1

    • 16:61 …but not because of My covenant with you
“allied with you” 1

  • Obadiah 1

    • 1:7 …All the men allied with you will drive you to…

The Hebrew and Greek words, their glosses and grammar: STEP Bible (CC BY 4.0). The English: the Berean Standard Bible, which also gives which English words render which. Counts are ours.