One of the two distinct revelations of God's purposes toward man; a covenant; also, one of the two general divisions of the canonical books of the sacred Scriptures, in which the covenants are respectively revealed; as, the Old Testament; the New Testament; -- often limited, in colloquial language, to the latter.

Covenant (see above).

A literary genre comprised of a narrative of the last hours of an important figure, and his/her last words. In "New Testament" and "Old Testament," the term means "covenant."

A sacred covenant or promise, as in the Old or New Testaments. "But their minds were hardened. For until this day the same veil remains unlifted in the reading of the Old Testament, because the veil is taken away in Christ" (2 Cor. 3:14).

a covenant and an agreement between two parties

a covenant, a treaty

a covenant (binding agreement)

Term for an agreement between two (or more) parties, such as a "last will and testament." In Jewish tradition, the covenant concept played an important role, and was translated as "testament," especially in Christian references to the scriptures of the "old covenant" ( OT) and the "new" ( NT).

similar meaning to covenant.