Word Forms
These forms come from “covenant” and change to fit the sentence.
- covenantbase form
- covenantedpast and past participle
- covenantingpresent participle
- covenantsplural, third-person singular present
covenant
WEB 312 appearances
KJV 299 appearances
A covenant is a special promise or agreement between people or between God and His people.
Biblical Usage
In the Bible, God makes covenants with people to promise them His love and care. He asks His people to trust Him and obey His words. People also make covenants with each other to keep peace.
WEB Representative Scriptures
Know therefore that the LORD your God himself is God, the faithful God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness to a thousand generations with those who love him and keep his commandments,Deuteronomy 7:9 (WEB)
But I will establish my covenant with you. You shall come into the ship, you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives with you.Genesis 6:18 (WEB)
You are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘All the families of the earth will be blessed through your offspring.’Acts 3:25 (WEB)
KJV Representative Scriptures
¶ And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.Genesis 17:9 (KJV)
Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.Exodus 31:16 (KJV)
For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.Leviticus 26:9 (KJV)