בְּרִית

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Ὡς πάντα τιμῆς ἐστι πλὴν τρόπου κακοῦ → Ut cuncta nunc sunt cara, nisi mores mali → Charakterlosigkeit allein bleibt ohne Ehr

Menander, Monostichoi, 559

English (Strong)

from בָּרָה (in the sense of cutting (like בָּרָא)); a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh): confederacy, (con-)feder(-ate), covenant, league.
the same as בְּרִית; Berith, a Shechemitish deity: Berith.