They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 78:10 · retained source text
They kept not the couenant of God: and refused to walke in his Law:
KJV dictionary & concordance
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
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 6:18
Complete exact-word concordance
Every verse containing “covenant”
For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 78:37 · retained source text
For their heart was not right with him: neither were they stedfast in his couenant.
I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 89:3 · retained source text
I haue made a couenant with my chosen: I haue sworne vnto Dauid my seruant.
1611 marginal note2.Sam. 7.11,&c.
My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 89:28 · retained source text
My mercy will I keepe for him for euermore: and my couenant shall stand fast with him.
My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 89:34 · retained source text
My couenant will I not breake: nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lippes.
Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 89:39 · retained source text
Thou hast made voyd the couenant of thy seruant: thou hast profaned his crowne, by casting it to the ground.
To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 103:18 · retained source text
To such as keepe his couenant: and to those that remember his commandements to doe them.
1611 marginal noteDeut.7.9.
He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 105:8 · retained source text
He hath remembred his couenant for euer: the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.
Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 105:9 · retained source text
Which couenant he made with Abraham, and his oath vnto Isaac:
1611 marginal noteGen.17.2. & 22.16. and 26.3. & 28.13. & 35.11. Luc.1.7,73 Heb.6.17.
And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant:
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 105:10 · retained source text
And confirmed the same vnto Iacob for a law: and to Israel for an euerlasting couenant:
Complete reference index — all 272 verses
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Where “covenant” appears
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Genesis26 occurrences
23 versesExodus13 occurrences
13 versesLeviticus10 occurrences
8 versesNumbers5 occurrences
5 versesDeuteronomy27 occurrences
26 versesJoshua17 occurrences
16 versesJudges3 occurrences
3 verses1 Samuel10 occurrences
9 verses2 Samuel2 occurrences
2 verses1 Kings12 occurrences
11 verses2 Kings12 occurrences
10 verses1 Chronicles14 occurrences
14 verses2 Chronicles16 occurrences
15 versesEzra1 occurrence
1 verseNehemiah5 occurrences
5 versesJob2 occurrences
2 versesPsalms21 occurrences
21 versesProverbs1 occurrence
1 verseIsaiah13 occurrences
13 versesJeremiah24 occurrences
21 versesEzekiel17 occurrences
15 versesDaniel7 occurrences
6 versesHosea5 occurrences
5 versesAmos1 occurrence
1 verseZechariah2 occurrences
2 versesMalachi6 occurrences
6 versesLuke1 occurrence
1 verseActs2 occurrences
2 versesRomans1 occurrence
1 verseGalatians2 occurrences
2 versesHebrews14 occurrences
12 verses
23 versesExodus13 occurrences
13 versesLeviticus10 occurrences
8 versesNumbers5 occurrences
5 versesDeuteronomy27 occurrences
26 versesJoshua17 occurrences
16 versesJudges3 occurrences
3 verses1 Samuel10 occurrences
9 verses2 Samuel2 occurrences
2 verses1 Kings12 occurrences
11 verses2 Kings12 occurrences
10 verses1 Chronicles14 occurrences
14 verses2 Chronicles16 occurrences
15 versesEzra1 occurrence
1 verseNehemiah5 occurrences
5 versesJob2 occurrences
2 versesPsalms21 occurrences
21 versesProverbs1 occurrence
1 verseIsaiah13 occurrences
13 versesJeremiah24 occurrences
21 versesEzekiel17 occurrences
15 versesDaniel7 occurrences
6 versesHosea5 occurrences
5 versesAmos1 occurrence
1 verseZechariah2 occurrences
2 versesMalachi6 occurrences
6 versesLuke1 occurrence
1 verseActs2 occurrences
2 versesRomans1 occurrence
1 verseGalatians2 occurrences
2 versesHebrews14 occurrences
12 verses
Source order
Definition evidence
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.
2 · KJV context and cross-references
Genesis 6:18Exodus 31:16Deuteronomy 9:11,15Joshua 24:252 Kings 17:35Jeremiah 31:31-34Hebrews 8:6-13Psalms 50:16Deuteronomy 9:11Deuteronomy 10:4Deuteronomy 10:5Isaiah 28:18Genesis 9:12Genesis 26:28Deuteronomy 4:13Jeremiah 33:25Hebrews 8:6Leviticus 26:15Joshua 3:82 Kings 11:4Ezra 10:3Isaiah 56:6Ezekiel 37:26Hebrews 13:20
Historical English dictionary sources
Historical definitions
Webster 1828
Open source edition ↗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.