Explore Covenant through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like compact or concordat. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Covenant in a sentence
Related words
Covenant meaning
- An agreement to do or not do a particular thing.
- A promise, incidental to a deed or contract, either express or implied.
- A pact or binding agreement between two or more parties.
Using Covenant
- The main meaning on this page is: An agreement to do or not do a particular thing. | A promise, incidental to a deed or contract, either express or implied. | A pact or binding agreement between two or more parties.
- Useful related words include: compact, concordat, written agreement, agreement.
- In the example corpus, covenant often appears in combinations such as: the covenant, covenant school, new covenant.
Context around Covenant
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 14 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Covenant
- In this selection, "covenant" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, new, old, mosaic, theology, school and presbyterian stand out and add context to how "covenant" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include under the covenant of grace and a second covenant called the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "covenant" sits close to words such as aristotle, contexts and contributors, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with covenant
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In his theology, Calvin does not differentiate between God's covenant with Israel and the New Covenant. (17 words)
Gen. 17:10-11 The children of members of Abraham's covenant are themselves members of Abraham's covenant. (19 words)
Parsons disagreed strongly with Bellah's analysis in The Broken Covenant and insisted that "the covenant" was not broken. (19 words)
As they level up, they’ll get new abilities based on their choice, including class-specific abilities for each Covenant—as well as developing with specific Covenant members, which grant them access to that character’s specific traits and bonuses. (40 words)
Federal theologians usually infer that Adam and Eve would have gained immortality had they obeyed perfectly.sfn A second covenant, called the covenant of grace, is said to have been made immediately following Adam and Eve's sin. (38 words)
Nevertheless, the references to the Church as the “new People of God ” and the New Covenant as “fulfilling” the Old Covenant (irrevocable though it might be) imply a clear Christian superiority and thus comport with a “soft” supersessionism. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
In Covenant theology, however, there is a long-standing understanding that the Mosaic Covenant is also a republication of the Covenant of Works, which required obedience to receive its benefits.
Metro Nashville Police Department officers walk outside of Covenant School, Covenant Presbyterian Church, in Nashville, Tenn. Monday, March 27, 2023.
So, right now, during the term of the Ninth Amendment, the only covenant that applies is the minimum liquidity covenant of $5 million.
In Noah’s case, God establishes a covenant with Noah and his descendants, vowing never to destroy the Earth with a flood again and setting the rainbow as a sign of this covenant.
As they level up, they’ll get new abilities based on their choice, including class-specific abilities for each Covenant—as well as developing with specific Covenant members, which grant them access to that character’s specific traits and bonuses.
Should the LTC accept the covenant and sign the executable version, Islands Trust legal counsel will register the covenant on title of the subject properties.
As a result of the new covenant, God's chosen people are now the corporate body of Christ, the church (sometimes called spiritual Israel – see also Covenant theology ).
Covenant The core of Deuteronomy is the covenant that binds Yahweh and Israel by oaths of fidelity (Yahweh and Israel each faithful to the other) and obedience (Israel obedient to Yahweh).
Elect infants (those predestined for salvation) who die in infancy are by faith considered regenerate on the basis of God's covenant promises in the covenant of grace.
Federal theologians usually infer that Adam and Eve would have gained immortality had they obeyed perfectly.sfn A second covenant, called the covenant of grace, is said to have been made immediately following Adam and Eve's sin.
Gen. 17:10-11 The children of members of Abraham's covenant are themselves members of Abraham's covenant.
Household baptism implies that the rules for membership in Abraham's covenant have continued into the New Testament, the main difference is the sign of the covenant.
In his theology, Calvin does not differentiate between God's covenant with Israel and the New Covenant.
Instead, Barth argued that God always interacts with people under the covenant of grace, and that the covenant of grace is free of all conditions whatsoever.
Israel chosen for a purpose main seeAlso God chose the Jewish people to be in a unique covenant with God; the description of this covenant is the Torah itself.
Nevertheless, the references to the Church as the “new People of God ” and the New Covenant as “fulfilling” the Old Covenant (irrevocable though it might be) imply a clear Christian superiority and thus comport with a “soft” supersessionism.
Not every Israelite is in the Church (or elect), many exist under the Covenant of Works and its strict unattainable requirements, but not under the Covenant of Grace.
One is the brit yi'ud, "covenant of destiny", which is the covenant by which Jews are bound together through their adherence to halakha.
Parsons disagreed strongly with Bellah's analysis in The Broken Covenant and insisted that "the covenant" was not broken.
Supersessionist main Supersessionism is the belief that the New Covenant in Christ supersedes, or replaces, the Old Covenant with Israel.
Common combinations with covenant
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the covenant 65×
- covenant school 22×
- new covenant 21×
- covenant of 19×
- covenant with 15×
- covenant on 10×
- covenant trust 10×
- covenant and 9×
- of covenant 8×
- at covenant 8×