Berith
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Berith
bərīth literally, covenant
Example Sentences
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But how shall Abimelech and his army take this temple of Berith and the men who are there fortified?
From New Tabernacle Sermons by Talmage, T. De Witt (Thomas De Witt)
That he was unacquainted with the technical usage of Berith is strikingly proved by ii.
From Prolegomena by Wellhausen, Julius
As I look over the city I can find only one building standing, and that is the temple of the god Berith.
From New Tabernacle Sermons by Talmage, T. De Witt (Thomas De Witt)
Hence also the term Sepher Berith for the Deuteronomic as well as the Jehovistic Book of the Law.
From Prolegomena by Wellhausen, Julius
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 Ledbury, Lady Biddulph of
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