covenant是什么意思

n. 契约，盟约；圣约；盖印合同

vi. 订立盟约、契约

vt. 立约承诺

中文词源

covenant 合同，协约

co-, 强调。-ven, 来，词源同venue,convene(开会)。即召集开会后形成的协议，条约。

covenant: 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.

3. When God created man, he entered into a covenant with him.: 当上帝造人的时候, 祂就与他立了一个“约”(covenant).

4. If you make regular gifts through a covenant we can reclaim the income tax which you have already paid on this money.: 如果你签订契约定期捐赠，那么我们可以要求返还你这笔钱上交的所得税。