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covenant

Meaning of “covenant”

Sense 1: A binding agreement, promise, pledge, or appointed order. Sense 2: The stated words, terms, testimony, or written record of such an agreement or promise.

Definition sources

Direct Scripture definitionKJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
292 occurrences272 verses31 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 6:18

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Genesis 6:18
But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons’ wives with thee.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 6:18 · retained source text

But with thee wil I establish my Couenant: and thou shalt come into the Arke, thou, and thy sonnes, and thy wife, and thy sonnes wiues with thee.

Genesis 9:9
And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 9:9 · retained source text

And I, behold, I establish my couenant with you, and with your seede after you:

Genesis 9:11
And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 9:11 · retained source text

And I wil establish my couenant with you, neither shal all flesh be cut off any more, by the waters of a flood, neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.

1611 marginal noteEsa. 54.9.

Genesis 9:12
And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 9:12 · retained source text

And God said, This is the token of the Couenant which I make betweene mee and you, and euery liuing creature that is with you, for perpetuall generations.

Genesis 9:13
I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 9:13 · retained source text

I doe set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a couenant, betweene me and the earth.

Genesis 9:15
And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 9:15 · retained source text

And I will remember my couenant, which is betweene mee and you, and euery liuing creature of all flesh: and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.

Genesis 9:16
And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 9:16 · retained source text

And the bow shalbe in the cloud; and I will looke vpon it, that I may remember the euerlasting couenant betweene God and euery liuing creature, of all flesh that is vpon the earth.

Genesis 9:17
And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 9:17 · retained source text

And God said vnto Noah, This is the token of the couenant, which I haue established betweene mee and all flesh, that is vpon the earth.

Genesis 15:18
In the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 15:18 · retained source text

In that same day the LORD made a couenant with Abram, saying; Unto thy seed haue I giuen this land from the riuer of Egypt vnto the great riuer, the riuer Euphrates:

1611 marginal noteChap.12.7. and 13.15. & 26.4. deut. 34.4.

Genesis 17:2
And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 17:2 · retained source text

And I wil make my couenant betweene me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.

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1 · Direct Scripture definition

Deuteronomy 4:13

And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.

Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

An agreement ... to do or to forbear some act or thing; a contract; stipulation. A writing containing the terms of agreement or contract between parties.

volume 1, leaf 502, column 2-3 (noun entry)

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