curse, execration, covenant sanction
Curse, reviling, divine penalty; solemn negative sanction threatened against unfaithful covenant breakers in Deuteronomy 28.
Derivation: From קָלַל (H7043) to curse.
curse, execration
Curse, divine penalty for covenant unfaithfulness in Deuteronomy 28:20 and Proverbs 3:33.
Derivation: From אָרַר (H779) to curse.
wrath, fury, heat, burning rage
Heat, venom, burning fury; intense divine moral indignation against persistent covenant rebellion and idolatry (Ezekiel 36:18).
Derivation: From יָחַם (H3179) to be hot.
pestilence, fatal epidemic, plague
Pestilence; part of prophetic triad of covenant curses (sword, famine, pestilence) sent to punish apostasy (Jeremiah 24:10).
Derivation: From דָּבַר (H1696) in sense of destruction.
oath, curse, covenant execration
Solemn sworn curse attending covenant ratification; self-malediction invoked upon failure to maintain covenant obligations.
Derivation: From אָלָה (H422) to swear.
cursed, doomed, under divine ban
Passive participle of arar; under divine curse and judicial condemnation for breach of holy order.
Derivation: From אָרַר (H779).
love, covenant affection
Love, affection, relational commitment; describes God's unprovoked love for Israel (Deuteronomy 7:8) and ardent marital covenant devotion.
Derivation: From אָהַב (H157) to love.
people, covenant nation, kin
People, kinfolk, tribe; designates the covenant community of Israel ('My people', ammi), bound by covenant with Yahweh.
Derivation: From עָמַם (H6004) to associate.
to be light, swift, treat with contempt, curse
To be slight, trifling; in Piel, to treat with contempt, insult, curse, declare despicable; contrasted with honoring/treating as weighty.
Derivation: Primitive root.
steadfast love, covenant loyalty, mercy
Covenant loyalty, lovingkindness, steadfast love, mercy; the core relational attribute of God by which He obligates Himself in grace to sustain His covenant promises.
Derivation: From חָסַד (H2616) to show kindness.
Wiki Article • Torah & Covenant
In the tenth generation from Adam , Noah builds an ark to preserve life through the global Flood ( Genesis 6:14 , Genesis 7:6 ), leading to God's everlasting covenant with all living creatures and the repopulation of the earth through Shem , Ham , and Japheth .
oath, sworn covenant promise
Oath, sworn pledge; divine swearing by which God guaranteed Abrahamic Covenant ('oath which He swore to Abraham', Genesis 26:3).
Derivation: From שָׁבַע (H7650) to swear.
ark, chest, Ark of the Covenant
Chest, ark; specifically Ark of the Covenant (Aron Ha-Berit) located in Holy of Holies, topped by Mercy Seat (Kapporet) and cherubim.
Derivation: From אָרָה (H717) to gather.
to forsake, leave, abandon covenant
To depart from, abandon; used of human covenant unfaithfulness forsaking God and Torah, contrasted with God's promise never to forsake His people.
Derivation: Primitive root.
The Structural Backbone of Redemptive History from Eden to the New Covenant
Covenants form the primary structural framework of redemptive history explicitly narrated across the Old and New Testaments: Adamic ( Gen 2 -3), Noahic ( Gen 9 ), Abrahamic ( Gen 12 /15/17), Mosaic ( Exod 19 -24), Davidic ( 2 Sam 7 ), and New Covenant ( Jer 31 , Luke 22 , Heb 8 ).
covenant, treaty, solemn alliance
A formal, legally binding compact or treaty sanctioned by oath and blood ceremony; the framework governing God's relation to creation, Israel, and David.
Derivation: From בָּרָה (H1262) in sense of cutting.
earth, land, country, territory
The terrestrial sphere, dry land, earth in contrast to heaven; profoundly the promised land of Canaan given by covenant to Abraham and his seed.
Derivation: Primitive word.
testimony, witness, covenant precept
Testimony, solemn covenant witness; Two Tablets of Decalogue placed inside Ark ('Ark of the Testimony', Aron Ha-Edut) testifying to God's holiness.
Derivation: From עֵד (H5707) witness.
the LORD, Yahweh
The proper covenant name of the God of Israel, the Tetragrammaton (YHWH), revealing God as the self-existent, eternally active, and covenant-faithful Redeemer ('I AM WHO I AM', Exodus 3:14). BDB: proper name of God of Israel, denoting Him who is continually present to redeem and fulfill His promises.
Derivation: From הָיָה (H1961) to be, exist; lit. 'He who causes to be' or 'He who is'.
Hittite Vassal Treaties, Neo-Assyrian Parallels, and the Covenant Lawsuit (Rib)
Monumental archaeological and historical consensus (established by George Mendenhall, Kenneth Kitchen, Meredith Kline) that the literary structure of the Mosaic Covenant in Exodus and particularly Deuteronomy mirrors Late Bronze Age (2nd millennium BC) Hittite Vassal Treaties rather than 1st millennium Neo-Assyrian treaties.
inheritance, heritage, possession
Inheritance, covenant heritage; specifically land of Canaan apportioned to Israel, Israel as Yahweh's inheritance, and Yahweh as Levites' portion.
Derivation: From נָחַל (H5157) to inherit.
Jewish Mikva'ot Roots, John's Baptism, Apostolic Practice, and the Paedobaptist vs Credobaptist Debate
Instituted by the risen Lord in the Great Commission ( Matt 28:19 ) as the initiatory sacrament/ordinance of union with Christ 's death and resurrection ( Rom 6:3-4 ). The subjects (Credobaptism vs Paedobaptism) and efficacy (Regeneration vs Covenant Sign vs Symbolic Badge) are cataloged under scholarly-debate.
to cut, cut off, make covenant
To cut, sever; idiomatically 'karat berit' means to cut a covenant, derived from slaughtering animals and passing between divided halves.
Derivation: Primitive root.
birthright, primacy of inheritance
Right of firstborn; sacred covenant inheritance traded by Esau for stew, obtained by Jacob (Genesis 25:31).
Derivation: From בָּכַר (H1069).
brother, kinsman, fellow countryman
Brother by blood or covenant kinship; duty of brotherly love, mutual aid, and protection of inheritance in Israel.
Derivation: Primitive word.
David, beloved (Davidic Covenant)
David; shepherd, psalmist, anointed king of Israel with whom God made an unconditional everlasting covenant (2 Samuel 7, Psalm 89); prime type of the Messiah.
Derivation: From דּוֹד (H1730) beloved.
seed, offspring, descendants, posterity
Seed, human posterity; paramount theological theme tracing promised lineage: seed of woman (Genesis 3:15), seed of Abraham, and royal seed of David.
Derivation: From זָרַע (H2232) to sow.
Genesis • Chapter 17 (27 verses)
And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram , and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect. And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly. And Abram fell on his face: and God talked... Mentions: Abram/Abraham, Canaan , Ishmael , Isaac .
eternity, everlasting, forever
Antiquity, futurity, perpetual time, eternity; qualitative duration extending beyond human horizons, applied to God's eternal throne and everlasting covenant.
Derivation: From עָלַם (H5956) to conceal, hide.
daughter, inhabitants (Daughter of Zion)
Daughter; personified community of God's covenant people: Bat Tziyyon ('Daughter of Zion', Isaiah 52:2, Zechariah 9:9).
Derivation: From בָּנָה (H1129).
to curse, bind with a curse
To bind with a curse, pronounce judicial ban; applied to serpent and ground in Genesis 3, and to covenant breakers under law.
Derivation: Primitive root.