covenant: [13] The notion of ‘agreement’ in covenant comes originally from a literal ‘coming together’. It was borrowed from Old French covenant, a noun use of the present participle of the verb covenir ‘agree’, which was descended from Latin convenire ‘come together’ (source also of English convene, convenient, convention, convent, and coven). (Modern French has restored the n, giving convenir.) => convenient, convent, convention, coven, venue
covenant (n.)
c. 1300, from Old French covenant "agreement," originally present participle of covenir "agree, meet," from Latin convenire "come together" (see convene). Applied in Scripture to God's arrangements with man as a translation of Latin testamentum, Greek diatheke, both rendering Hebrew berith (though testament also is used for the same word in different places).
covenant (v.)
c. 1300, from covenant (n.). Related: Covenanted; covenanting. Covenanter (1638) was used especially in reference to Scottish Presbyterians who signed the Solemn League and Covenant (1643) for the defense and furtherance of their cause.
雙語例句
1. God's covenant with Abraham
上帝與亞伯拉罕的立約
來自《權威詞典》
2. The money was given to us by deed of covenant.
這筆錢是根據契約書付給我們的.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. When God created man, he entered into a covenant with him.
當上帝造人的時候, 祂就與他立了一個“約”(covenant).
來自互聯網
4. If you make regular gifts through a covenant we can reclaim the income tax which you have already paid on this money.
如果你簽訂契約定期捐贈，那麽我們可以要求返還你這筆錢上交的所得稅。
來自柯林斯例句
5. The effect of the statute was to annul this covenant.