covenant, alliance, pledge

1. between men

   1. treaty, alliance, league (man to man)

   2. constitution, ordinance (monarch to subjects)

   3. agreement, pledge (man to man)

   4. alliance (of friendship)

   5. alliance (of marriage)

2. between God and man

   1. alliance (of friendship)

   2. covenant (divine ordinance with signs or pledges)

(phrases)

1. covenant making

2. covenant keeping

3. covenant violation

statute, ordinance, limit, something prescribed, due

1. prescribed task

2. prescribed portion

3. action prescribed (for oneself), resolve

4. prescribed due

5. prescribed limit, boundary

6. enactment, decree, ordinance

   1. specific decree

   2. law in general

7. enactments, statutes

   1. conditions

   2. enactments

   3. decrees

   4. civil enactments prescribed by God

Jacob = "heel holder" or "supplanter"

1. son of Isaac, grandson of Abraham, and father of the 12 patriarchs of the tribes of Israel

Israel = "God prevails"

1. the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel

2. the name of the descendants and the nation of the descendants of Jacob

   1. the name of the nation until the death of Solomon and the split

   2. the name used and given to the northern kingdom consisting of the 10 tribes under Jeroboam; the southern kingdom was known as Judah

   3. the name of the nation after the return from exile

long duration, antiquity, futurity, for ever, ever, everlasting, evermore, perpetual, old, ancient, world

1. ancient time, long time (of past)

2. (of future)

   1. for ever, always

   2. continuous existence, perpetual

   3. everlasting, indefinite or unending future, eternity

to stand, remain, endure, take one's stand

1. (Qal)

   1. to stand, take one's stand, be in a standing attitude, stand forth, take a stand, present oneself, attend upon, be or become servant of

   2. to stand still, stop (moving or doing), cease

   3. to tarry, delay, remain, continue, abide, endure, persist, be steadfast

   4. to make a stand, hold one's ground

   5. to stand upright, remain standing, stand up, rise, be erect, be upright

   6. to arise, appear, come on the scene, stand forth, appear, rise up or against

   7. to stand with, take one's stand, be appointed, grow flat, grow insipid

2. (Hiphil)

   1. to station, set

   2. to cause to stand firm, maintain

   3. to cause to stand up, cause to set up, erect

   4. to present (one) before (king)

   5. to appoint, ordain, establish

3. (Hophal) to be presented, be caused to stand, be stood before