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Berith

American  
[breet, bris, bris, brit] / brit, brɪs, brɪs, brɪt /

noun

Hebrew.
  1. Brith.


Etymology

Origin of Berith

bərīth literally, covenant

Example Sentences

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Judaism has one specific term for religion, representing the moral relation between God and man, namely, Berith, covenant.

From Jewish Theology by Kaufmann Kohler

Oh, Berith, the god! do your best now for these refugees.

From New Tabernacle Sermons by T. De Witt (Thomas De Witt) Talmage

Abimelech has taken the whole city, but he can not take this temple of Berith.

From New Tabernacle Sermons by T. De Witt (Thomas De Witt) Talmage

That he was unacquainted with the technical usage of Berith is strikingly proved by ii.

From Prolegomena by Julius Wellhausen

The place is supposed to be the ancient Baal Berith.

From Charles Philip Yorke, Fourth Earl of Hardwicke, Vice-Admiral R.N. — a Memoir by Lady Biddulph of Ledbury

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