Confederate; Confederacy
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [1]
kon - fed´ẽr - ā̇t , kon - fed´ẽr - a - si : "Confederate" as an adjective in the sense of united or leagued is twice the translation of בּרית , berı̄th "covenant," in several instances translated "league" ( Genesis 14:13 , ה , ba‛al berı̄th , "lord or master of a covenant," "an ally," "these were confederate with Abram"; compare Psalm 83:5; once of נוּח , nūaḥ , "to rest," "Syria is confederate with Ephraim" ( Isaiah 7:2 , the Revised Version, margin "resteth on Ephraim"; also 1 Macc 10:47).
As a noun "confederate" occurs in 1 Macc 10:16, súmmachos , "confederates" (1 Macc 8:20, 24, 31; 14:40; 15:17).
Confederacy , as a "league," occurs as the translation of berı̄th , "the men of thy confederacy" ( Obadiah 1:7 ); as a conspiracy it occurs in Isaiah 8:12 twice, as translation of ḳesher from ḳāshar , "to bind": "Say ye not, a confederate." Compare 2 Samuel 15:12; 2 Kings 12:20 , etc.
