{"query": "Easton: Covenant", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_d0a36622cd97", "title": "Easton: Covenant", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A contract or agreement between two parties. In the Old Testament the Hebrew word berith is always thus translated. Berith is derived from a root which means “to cut,” and hence a covenant is a “cutti"}, {"id": "card_n_a6a421e3c16c", "title": "Easton: Works, Covenant of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Entered into by God with Adam as the representative of the human race (comp. Gen. 9:11, 12; 17:1-21), so styled because perfect obedience was its condition, thus distinguishing it from the covenant of"}, {"id": "card_n_8464079d9b3f", "title": "Easton: New Testament", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Luke 22:20), rather “New Covenant,” in contrast to the old covenant of works, which is superseded. “The covenant of grace is called new; it succeeds to the old broken covenant of works. It is ever fr"}, {"id": "card_n_e723019597ad", "title": "Easton: Commandments, the Ten", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Ex. 34:28; Deut. 10:4, marg. “ten words”) i.e., the Decalogue (q.v.), is a summary of the immutable moral law. These commandments were first given in their written form to the people of Israel when t"}, {"id": "card_n_f652e440cae5", "title": "Easton: Baal-berith", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Covenant lord, the name of the god worshipped in Shechem after the death of Gideon (Judg. 8:33; 9:4). In 9:46 he is called simply “the god Berith.” The name denotes the god of the covenant into which "}, {"id": "card_n_aeb6083c98dc", "title": "Easton: Alliance", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A treaty between nations, or between individuals, for their mutual advantage. Abraham formed an alliance with some of the Canaanitish princes (Gen. 14:13), also with Abimelech (21:22-32). Joshua and t"}, {"id": "card_n_60745de1050f", "title": "Easton: Euphrates", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Hebrew, Perath; Assyrian, Purat; Persian cuneiform, Ufratush, whence Greek Euphrates, meaning “sweet water.” The Assyrian name means “the stream,” or “the great stream.” It is generally called in the "}, {"id": "card_n_cae2e0d5ad4a", "title": "Easton: Salt", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Used to season food (Job 6:6), and mixed with the fodder of cattle (Isa. 30:24, “clean;” in marg. of R.V. “salted”). All meat-offerings were seasoned with salt (Lev. 2:13). To eat salt with one is to "}, {"id": "card_n_b003bb46e6aa", "title": "Easton: Blood", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1.) As food, prohibited in Gen. 9:4, where the use of animal food is first allowed. Comp. Deut. 12:23; Lev. 3:17; 7:26; 17:10-14. The injunction to abstain from blood is renewed in the decree of the "}, {"id": "card_n_b7fe5d1e8b9d", "title": "Hebrews 9", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "1. Now indeed even the first covenant had ordinances of divine service and an earthly sanctuary.\n2. For a tabernacle was prepared. In the first part were the lamp stand, the table, and the show bread,"}, {"id": "card_n_5e162d16b4f0", "title": "Psalm 105 — Psalm 105", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "Give thanks to Yahweh! Call on his name! Make his doings known among the peoples. Sing to him, sing praises to him! Tell of all his marvelous works. Glory in his holy name. Let the heart of those who "}, {"id": "card_c_4be090578c1d", "title": "1689 LBCF ch. 7: Of God's Covenant ↔ Genesis", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "1689 LBCF ch. 7: Of God's Covenant cites Genesis: Gen 2:17."}, {"id": "card_c_613e6fe7d1cd", "title": "1689 LBCF ch. 7: Of God's Covenant ↔ Hebrews", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "1689 LBCF ch. 7: Of God's Covenant cites Hebrews: Heb 8-10."}, {"id": "card_c_abe6a72ffd91", "title": "1689 LBCF ch. 7: Of God's Covenant ↔ Galatians", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "1689 LBCF ch. 7: Of God's Covenant cites Galatians: Gal 3:21-22."}, {"id": "card_n_34044e1ac128", "title": "1689 LBCF ch. 7: Of God's Covenant", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "The distance between God and the creature is so great that, although reasonable creatures owe obedience to him, they could never have any fruition of him as their reward without God's voluntary condes"}, {"id": "card_c_08e3cc121953", "title": "Easton: Covenant references Matthew", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Card references Matthew. Auto-detected via book-name match."}, {"id": "card_n_7be317a88092", "title": "Easton: Azur and Azzur", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Helper. (1.) The father of Hananiah, a false prophet (Jer. 28:1). (2.) The father of Jaazaniah (Ezek. 11:1). (3.) One of those who sealed the covenant with Jehovah on the return from Babylon (Neh. 10:"}, {"id": "card_n_2c24d977d323", "title": "Easton: Hanan", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Merciful. (1.) A Benjamite (1 Chr. 8:23). (2.) One of David’s heroes (1 Chr. 11:43). (3.) Jer. 35:4. (4.) A descendant of Saul (1 Chr. 8:38). (5.) One of the Nethinim (Ezra 2:46). (6.) One of the Levi"}, {"id": "card_c_092373375146", "title": "Easton: Covenant cites Luke", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Cites Luke 1:68 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_n_72b184230e41", "title": "Easton: Jegar-sahadutha", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Pile of testimony, the Aramaic or Syriac name which Laban gave to the pile of stones erected as a memorial of the covenant between him and Jacob (Gen. 31:47), who, however, called it in Hebrew by an e"}]}