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Semantic Profile: H1285 — בְּרִית

Language: Hebrew
Lemma: בְּרִית
Transliteration: be.rit
Gloss: covenant
POS: H:N-F
Total occurrences: 284

Definition

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1) covenant, alliance, pledge1a) between men1a1) treaty, alliance, league (man to man)1a2) constitution, ordinance (monarch to subjects)1a3) agreement, pledge (man to man)1a4) alliance (of friendship)1a5) alliance (of marriage)1b) between God and man1b1) alliance (of friendship)1b2) covenant (divine ordinance with signs or pledges)2) (phrases)2a) covenant making2b) covenant keeping2c) covenant violation

Distribution by Book

בְּרִית distribution

Book Count %
Genesis 27 9.5%
Exodus 13 4.6%
Leviticus 10 3.5%
Numbers 5 1.8%
Deuteronomy 27 9.5%
Joshua 22 7.7%
Judges 4 1.4%
1 Samuel 8 2.8%
2 Samuel 6 2.1%
1 Kings 14 4.9%
2 Kings 12 4.2%
1 Chronicles 13 4.6%
2 Chronicles 17 6.0%
Ezra 1 0.4%
Nehemiah 4 1.4%
Job 3 1.1%
Psalms 21 7.4%
Proverbs 1 0.4%
Isaiah 12 4.2%
Jeremiah 24 8.5%
Ezekiel 18 6.3%
Daniel 7 2.5%
Hosea 5 1.8%
Amos 1 0.4%
Obadiah 1 0.4%
Zechariah 2 0.7%
Malachi 6 2.1%

Morphological Forms

Form Count %
Noun 196 69.0%
Suffix 82 28.9%

LXX Translation Equivalents

Greek Lemma Strongs Count %
διαθήκη G1242 198 100.0%

LXX Translation Consistency

Overall consistency: 100%
Corpus-wide primary rendering: διαθήκη (100%)

Book Tokens Primary Rendering Consistency Alt Renderings
Genesis 23 διαθήκη 100%
Exodus 13 διαθήκη 100%
Leviticus 8 διαθήκη 100%
Numbers 5 διαθήκη 100%
Deuteronomy 19 διαθήκη 100%
Joshua 19 διαθήκη 100%
Judges 4 διαθήκη 100%
1 Samuel 3 διαθήκη 100%
2 Samuel 6 διαθήκη 100%
1 Kings 7 διαθήκη 100%
2 Kings 9 διαθήκη 100%
1 Chronicles 13 διαθήκη 100%
2 Chronicles 14 διαθήκη 100%
Isaiah 12 διαθήκη 100%
Jeremiah 7 διαθήκη 100%
Ezekiel 15 διαθήκη 100%
Daniel 5 διαθήκη 100%
Hosea 3 διαθήκη 100%
Malachi 6 διαθήκη 100%

OT → LXX → NT Trajectory

διαθήκη (G1242) — 33 NT occurrences

NT Book Count
Mat 1
Mrk 1
Luk 2
Act 2
Rom 2
1Co 1
2Co 2
Gal 3
Eph 1
Heb 17

Top Collocates (window ±5, OT)

Lemma Strongs Gloss Observed Expected PMI
כָּרַת H3772 to cut: cut 84 2.7 4.97 468.3
אֲרוֹן H727 ark 46 1.9 4.62 223.9
אֵת H854 with 69 8.6 3.00 184.5
פּוּר H6565 to break 22 0.5 5.57 139.5
עוֹלָם H5769 forever: enduring 33 4.1 3.02 85.3
אָלָה H423 oath 10 0.3 4.94 52.5
שָׁמַר H8104 to keep: obey 26 4.4 2.58 52.3
זָכַר H2142 to remember 19 2.2 3.14 51.3
אֵת H853 [Obj.] 158 101.7 0.64 46.4
H430 57 24.2 1.24 36.9

Example Verses

[Gen 6:18] בְּרִיתִ֖/י

But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and t...

[Gen 9:9] בְּרִיתִ֖/י

And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;

[Gen 9:11] בְּרִיתִ/י֙

And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neit...

[Gen 9:12] הַ/בְּרִית֙

And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is wit...

[Gen 9:13] בְּרִ֔ית

I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.


Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT/TALXX (CC BY 4.0, Tyndale House Cambridge). IBM Model 1 word alignment. Collocations scored by log-likelihood (G²).