How is 契 read in the Chinese Bible?
契 is read qì in the Chinese Union Version. It occurs 9 times in 7 verses across 3 books, first in 1 Samuel 18:1. Common words: 相契.
- Occurrences
- 9
- Verses
- 7
- Books
- 3
- First in
- 1 Samuel 18:1
Words it forms in the Bible
Meaning: deed, bond, contract; to engrave
In the text
- 1 Samuel 18:1
大卫对扫罗说完了话,约拿单的心与大卫的心深相契合。约拿单爱大卫,如同爱自己的性命。
- 1 Chronicles 12:17
大卫出去迎接他们,对他们说:「你们若是和和平平地来帮助我,我心就与你们相契;你们若是将我这无罪的人卖在敌人手里,愿我们列祖的 神察看责罚。」
- Jeremiah 32:10
我在契上画押,将契封缄,又请见证人来,并用天平将银子平给他。
- Jeremiah 32:11
我便将照例按规所立的买契,就是封缄的那一张和敞着的那一张,
- Jeremiah 32:14
「万军之耶和华—以色列的 神如此说:要将这封缄的和敞着的两张契放在瓦器里,可以存留多日。
- Jeremiah 32:16
我将买契交给尼利亚的儿子巴录以后,便祷告耶和华说:
- Jeremiah 32:44
在便雅悯地、耶路撒冷四围的各处、犹大的城邑、山地的城邑、高原的城邑,并南地的城邑,人必用银子买田地,在契上画押,将契封缄,请出见证人,因为我必使被掳的人归回。这是耶和华说的。」
Reading checked against CC-CEDICT, for the character or the word it sits in.
Rare: outside the 3,500 level-1 characters of the 通用规范汉字表 (2013), China’s official list of common characters. For learners: common by that list, but in no HSK 3.0 word of levels 1–6.