Covenant
A covenant is a solemnly established relationship involving commitments, promises, obligations, or guarantees.
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League
A treaty or confederacy. The Jews were forbidden to enter into an alliance of any kind (1) with the Canaanites (Ex. This unified study connects 7 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.
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- Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
- Historical Reference: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
- Historical Reference: concordance
- Historical Reference: Installed reference work
- Historical Reference: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible lexical data / BDB-Strong mapping
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Study overview
Study at a glance
- Subject type
- Subject
- Strong’s
- H1285, H2266, H7407
- Hebrew
- בְּרִית · bᵉrîyth
Grafted biblical context
Concept articles connected to this study
Strong’s and original-language information
Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon
בְּרִית
- Transliteration
- bᵉrîyth
- Pronunciation
- ber-eeth'
- Language
- Hebrew
- Indexed occurrences
- 284
Glosses
confederacy, (con-) feder(-ate), covenant, league.
Lexicon definition
a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)
Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon
חָבַר
- Transliteration
- châbar
- Pronunciation
- khaw-bar'
- Language
- Hebrew
- Indexed occurrences
- 29
Glosses
charm(-er), be compact, couple (together), have fellowship with, heap up, join (self, together), league.
Lexicon definition
to join (literally or figuratively)
specifically (by means of spells) to fascinate
specifically (by means of spells) to fascinate
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible lexical data / BDB-Strong mapping
רֹכֶס
- Transliteration
- rôkeç
- Pronunciation
- ro'-kes
- Language
- Hebrew
- Indexed occurrences
- 1
Glosses
snare, band, banding together, league, conspiracy, plottings, pride.
Lexicon definition
a snare (as of tied meshes)
Greek lexical coverage
No safely matched Greek Strong’s entry
The installed lexicons do not contain a sufficiently exact Greek word-level match for this study. UNLEARN leaves this language unassigned instead of displaying an unrelated Strong’s record.
Complete dictionary entries
Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
League
A treaty or confederacy. The Jews were forbidden to enter into an alliance of any kind (1) with the Canaanites (Ex. 23:32, 33; 34:12-16); (2) with the Amalekites (Ex. 17:8, 14; Deut. 25:17-19); (3) with the Moabites and Ammonites (Deut. 2:9, 19). Treaties were permitted to be entered into with all other nations. Thus David maintained friendly intercourse with the kings of Tyre and Hamath, and Solomon with the kings of Tyre and Egypt.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897) · View data sources
Concordance
Strong's Concordance
League
Indexed occurrences: 1
Source: Strong's Concordance · View data sources
All Scripture references2 references
Psalms 1
Isaiah 1
Topical Bible
Nave's Topical Bible
LEAGUE
Entry:
Nave’s Topical Bible references for LEAGUE.
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Sources
- Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
- Historical Reference: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
- Historical Reference: concordance
- Historical Reference: Installed reference work
- Historical Reference: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible lexical data / BDB-Strong mapping
Ancient Context18 items
Josephus Antiquities Whiston
Concerning Jacob's Flight Into Mesopotamia, By Reason Of The Fear He Was In Of His Brother.
Antiquities Book 1, Chapter 19
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How Joshua, The Commander Of The Hebrews, Made War With The Canaanites, And Overcame Them, And Destroyed Them, And Divided Their Land By Lot To The Tribes Of Israel.
Antiquities Book 5, Chapter 1
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How David Reigned Over One Tribe At Hebron While The Son Of Saul Reigned Over The Rest Of The Multitude; And How, In The Civil War Which Then Arose Asahel And Abner Were Slain.
Antiquities Book 7, Chapter 1
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How David Brought Under The Philistines, And The Moabites, And The Kings Of Sophene And Of Damascus, And Of The Syrians As Also The Idumeans, In War; And How He Made A League With The King Of Hamath; And Was Mindful Of The Friendship That Jonathan, The Son Of Saul, Had Borne Him.
Antiquities Book 7, Chapter 5
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That The King Of Babylon Repented Of Making Jehoiachin King, And Took Him Away To Babylon And Delivered The Kingdom To Zedekiah. This King Would Not Believe What Was Predicted By Jeremiah And Ezekiel But Joined Himself To The Egyptians; Who When They Came Into Judea, Were Vanquished By The King Of Babylon; As Also What Befell Jeremiah.
Antiquities Book 10, Chapter 7
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How Antiochus Made A League With Ptolemy And How Onias Provoked Ptolemy Euergetes To Anger; And How Joseph Brought All Things Right Again, And Entered Into Friendship With Him; And What Other Things Were Done By Joseph, And His Son Hyrcanus.
Antiquities Book 12, Chapter 4
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How Bacchides, The General Of Demetrius's Army, Made An Expedition Against Judea, And Returned Without Success; And How Nicanor Was Sent A Little Afterward Against Judas And Perished, Together With His Army; As Also Concerning The Death Of Alcimus And The Succession Of Judas.
Antiquities Book 12, Chapter 10
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How Jonathan Took The Government After His Brother Judas; And How He, Together With His Brother Simon, Waged War Against Bacchides.
Antiquities Book 13, Chapter 1
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How Alexander [Bala] In His War With Demetrius, Granted Jonathan Many Advantages And Appointed Him To Be High Priest And Persuaded Him To Assist Him Although Demetrius Promised Him Greater Advantages On The Other Side. Concerning The Death
Antiquities Book 13, Chapter 2
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How Alexander Honored Jonathan After An Extraordinary Manner; And How Demetrius, The Son Of Demetrius, Overcame Alexander And Made A League Of Friendship With Jonathan.
Antiquities Book 13, Chapter 4
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How Simon Confederated Himself With Antiochus Pius, And Made War Against Trypho, And A Little Afterward, Against Cendebeus, The General Of Antiochus's Army; As Also How Simon Was Murdered By His Son- In-Law Ptolemy, And That By Treachery.
Antiquities Book 13, Chapter 7
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Hyrcanus Receives The High Priesthood, And Ejects Ptolemy Out Of The Country. Antiochus Makes War Against Hyrcanus And Afterwards Makes A League With Him.
Antiquities Book 13, Chapter 8
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How, After The Death Of Antiochus, Hyrcanus Made An Expedition Against Syria, And Made A League With The Romans. Concerning The Death Of King Demetrius And Alexander.
Antiquities Book 13, Chapter 9
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How Alexander When He Had Taken The Government Made An Expedition Against Ptolemais, And Then Raised The Siege Out Of Fear Of Ptolemy Lathyrus; And How Ptolemy Made War Against Him, Because He Had Sent To Cleopatra To Persuade Her To Make War Against Ptolemy, And Yet Pretended To Be In Friendship With Him, When He Beat The Jews In The Battle.
Antiquities Book 13, Chapter 12
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How Alexander, upon the League of Mutual Defense Which Cleopatra Had Agreed with Him, Made an Expedition Against Coelesyria, and Utterly Overthrew the City of Gaza; and How He Slew Many Ten Thousands of Jews That Rebelled Against Him.
Antiquities Book 13, Chapter 13
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The Jews Become Confederates With Cæsar When He Fought Against Egypt. The Glorious Actions Of Antipater, And His Friendship With Cæsar. The Honors Which The Jews Received From The Romans And Athenians.
Antiquities Book 14, Chapter 8
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The Honors That Were Paid The Jews; And The Leagues That Were Made By The Romans And Other Nations, With Them.
Antiquities Book 14, Chapter 10
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How The Samaritans Made A Tumult And Pilate Destroyed Many Of Them; How Pilate Was Accused And What Things Were Done By Vitellius Relating To The Jews And The Parthians.
Antiquities Book 18, Chapter 4
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LEAGUE
Nave’s Topical Bible references for LEAGUE.
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League
A treaty or confederacy. The Jews were forbidden to enter into an alliance of any kind (1) with the Canaanites (Ex. 23:32, 33; 34:12-16); (2) with the Amalekites (Ex. 17:8, 14; Deut. 25:17-19); (3) with the Moabites and Ammonites (Deut. 2:9, 19). Treaties were permitted to be entered into with all other nations. Thus David maintained friendly intercourse with the kings of Tyre and Hamath, and Solomon with the kings of Tyre and Egypt.
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