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Noun
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#legal An agreement to do or not do a particular thing.
#legal A promise, incidental to a deed or contract, either express or implied.

1. A pact or binding agreement between two or more parties.
2. An incidental clause in an agreement.
3. biblical God's promise to humanity after the Flood, symbolised by the rainbow.
4. biblical God's promise to Israel in both the Old Testament and the New Testament that He would redeem the nation of Israel, give Israel the land of Zion, and "appear in his glory" and "come out of Zion" when "all Israel shall be saved" (cf. Psalm 201:15-18, Romans 11:25-27).
5. biblical God's general promise of salvation to the faithful as taught in the Bible.

Translations
trans-top|binding agreement
Czech: dohoda f
Danish: pagt
Finnish: sopimus, liitto
Hebrew: �ר�ת (brit) f
Indonesian: perjanjian
Italian: patto m, accordo solenne m, contratto m
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Portuguese: pacto m, contrato m, promessa f
Russian: догово� (dogovór) m
Spanish: convenio m, contrato m, alianza f, pacto m
Swedish: pakt c, överenskommelse c
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trans-top|incidental clause
Finnish: ehto, sopimusehto
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trans-top|God's promise to mankind after the Flood
Finnish: liitto
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trans-top|God's promise to Israel
Finnish: liitto
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trans-top|God's promise of salvation to the faithful
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Verb
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1. to enter into, or promise something by, a covenant

#legal To enter a formal agreement.
#legal To bind oneself in contract.
#legal To make a stipulation.

Translations
trans-top|to enter into a covenant
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Swedish: avtala
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trans-top|to enter a formal agreement
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Swedish: avtala
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