Words the Bible translates as make a covenant
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 2 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- karatכָּרַתto make a covenant: to ratify a binding agreement by the cutting of a sacrificial animal
+2 more meanings
- to cut: to physically sever something with a blade or tool
- to cut off: to remove, exterminate, or exclude someone from the community or from the land
- diatithēmiδιατίθημιto make a covenant: to put a binding covenant in place with someone, laying down its terms on your own authority
+1 more meaning
- to grant or bequeath: to settle what is yours on someone else by a formal arrangement, the way a person makes a will
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