What is a Covenant? [The Bible Says...]
When you search up the word "Covenant" in the KJV bible - there are 272 verses, but we can make this simple and give a biblical definition of what a Covenant is - based on Scripture.
Strong's Concordance
H1285 (Covenant)
בְּרִית
berı̂yth
ber-eeth'
From H1262 (in the sense of cutting (like H1254)); a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh): - confederacy, [con-]feder[-ate], covenant, league.
Total KJV occurrences: 284
Brown-Driver-Briggs
1) covenant, alliance, pledge
1a) between men
1a1) treaty, alliance, league (man to man)
1a2) constitution, ordinance (monarch to subjects)
1a3) agreement, pledge (man to man)
1a4) alliance (of friendship)
1a5) alliance (of marriage)
1b) between God and man
1b1) alliance (of friendship)
1b2) covenant (divine ordinance with signs or pledges)
2) (phrases)
2a) covenant making
2b) covenant keeping
2c) covenant violation
In Conclusion
A covenant is:
- made by an agreement
- kept only through repeated action
- broken when that action ceases
