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nouna signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some actiontype of:
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noun(Bible) an agreement between God and his people in which God makes certain promises and requires certain behavior from them in returntype of:
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verbenter into a covenant
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"They covenanted with Judas for 30 pieces of silver" "The nations covenanted to fight terrorism around the world"verbenter into a covenant or formal agreement
Definition that contains covenant
- genesis the first book of the Old Testament: tells of Creation; Adam and Eve; the Fall of Man; Cain and Abel; Noah and the flood; God's covenant with Abraham; Abraham and Isaac; Jacob and Esau; Joseph and his brothers
- covenant enter into a covenant
- covenant enter into a covenant or formal agreement
- israelites the ethnic group claiming descent from Abraham and Isaac (especially from Isaac's son Jacob); the nation whom God chose to receive his revelation and with whom God chose to make a covenant (Exodus 19)
- hebrews the ethnic group claiming descent from Abraham and Isaac (especially from Isaac's son Jacob); the nation whom God chose to receive his revelation and with whom God chose to make a covenant (Exodus 19)
- tabernacle (Judaism) a portable sanctuary in which the Jews carried the Ark of the Covenant on their exodus
- esau (Old Testament) the eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac; he traded his birthright to his twin brother Jacob for a mess of pottage
- mercy seat the golden covering of the ark of the covenant
- book of genesis the first book of the Old Testament: tells of Creation; Adam and Eve; the Fall of Man; Cain and Abel; Noah and the flood; God's covenant with Abraham; Abraham and Isaac; Jacob and Esau; Joseph and his brothers
- sanctum sanctorum (Judaism) sanctuary comprised of the innermost chamber of the Tabernacle in the temple of Solomon where the Ark of the Covenant was kept