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# covenant

«covenant» in Mova's school dictionary: **a solemn promise or agreement between God and people…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a covenant, covenants)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (Bible) A covenant is a solemn promise or agreement between God and people, such as God's covenant with Noah (the rainbow), with Abraham, and with Moses and the Israelites. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/covenant/#m1)

2) (law, formal) A covenant is a formal written agreement, for example a rule in a house deed or a promise to give money to a charity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/covenant/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In RE the rainbow is the sign of God's covenant with Noah never to flood the earth again; circumcision is a sign of the covenant with Abraham; the Ark of the Covenant held the Ten Commandments. Christians speak of the "new covenant" through Jesus. Adults may sign a covenant when buying land or giving to charity. Phrases: make a covenant, keep the covenant, the Ark of the Covenant, the new covenant.

### examples

- God made a covenant with Noah and put a rainbow in the sky. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/covenant/#x1)
- The Israelites promised to keep the covenant. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/covenant/#x2)
- The Ark of the Covenant was carried by priests. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/covenant/#x3)
- Christians call the time of Jesus the new covenant. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/covenant/#x4)
- The house has a covenant saying no shops may be built there. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/covenant/#x5)
- A covenant is more serious than an ordinary promise. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/covenant/#x6)
- I must keep my vow: it is to me even as a covenant with God Himself." And so the little Jewish girl left the Christian school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/covenant/#x7)

### note

Countable. Say "KUV-uh-nunt". Related to "convene" (come together). In everyday talk people usually say "agreement" or "promise"; covenant is solemn or formal.

### In the corpora

- [A covenant is a solemn promise or agreement; in the Bible God made covenants with Noah, Abraham, Moses and David.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/3-noah-and-the-tower-of-babel/12/)
- [David danced with joy before God when the Ark of the Covenant was brought to Jerusalem.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/9-king-david-and-king-solomon/6/)
- [Jews believe God made a covenant with Abraham and gave the Torah to Moses.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/30-judaism/6/)
- ['As for Me, behold, I establish My covenant with you, and with your seed after you;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.226/)
- [I have set My bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between Me and the earth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.230/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «covenant» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/covenant/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.