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(Baal)-berith

בְּרִיתStrong’s H1286

berit (be-rit)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Berit is the Hebrew word usually translated “berith”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that, they entered into an hold of the house of the god Berith.”
Judges 9:46 KJV
Meaning
  1. Berith = "covenant"
How it's translated
  • berith 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Judges 1

1 book in all.

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    Hebrew dictionary

    בְּרִית berit · (Baal)-berith

    Berith = "covenant" in the name of Baal-berith, a foreign deity worshipped in Shechem Combined with el (אֵל "El" H0410H)

    From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.