Covenant may refer to:

Religion

* Covenant (religion), a formal alliance or agreement made by God with a religious community or with humanity in general ** Covenant (biblical), in the Hebrew Bible **

Covenant in Mormonism In the Latter Day Saint movement, a covenant is a promise made between God and a person or a group of people.

, a sacred agreement between God and a person or group of people ** Covenant of allegiance in Ahmadiyya Islam, which requires followers to fulfill the Ten Conditions of Bai'at **

Covenant of Bahá'u'lláh Covenant may refer to: Religion * Covenant (religion), a formal alliance or agreement made by God with a religious community or with humanity in general ** Covenant (biblical), in the Hebrew Bible ** Covenant in Mormonism, a sacred agreement b ...

, in the Bahá'í faith, two separate binding agreements between God and man *** Greater Covenant, the covenant made between each Manifestation from God and his followers regarding the coming of the next Manifestation from God ***

Lesser Covenant Lesser, from Eliezer (, "Help/Court of my God"), is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Adolf Lesser (1851–1926), German physician * Aleksander Lesser (1814–1884), Polish painter and art critic * Anton Lesser (born 1952), Bri ...

, regarding the successorship of authority within the religion **

Covenant theology Covenant theology (also known as covenantalism, federal theology, or federalism) is a conceptual overview and interpretive framework for understanding the overall structure of the Bible. It uses the theological concept of a covenant as an organ ...

, in Christianity interpretations of a covenant surrounding Jesus's death and resurrection **

Mosaic covenant The Mosaic covenant (named after Moses), also known as the Sinaitic covenant (after the biblical Mount Sinai), refers to a covenant between God and the Israelites, including their proselytes, not limited to the ten commandments, nor the event wh ...

, a biblical covenant between God and the biblical Israelites, including their proselytes. ** New Covenant theology, a Christian theological position teaching that the Old Testament laws have been abrogated or cancelled with Jesus' crucifixion, and replaced with the Law of Christ of the New Covenant ** New Covenant, a biblical interpretation often thought of as an eschatological Messianic Age or world to come and is related to the biblical concept of the Kingdom of God **

Solemn League and Covenant The Solemn League and Covenant was an agreement between the Scottish Covenanters and the leaders of the English Parliamentarians in 1643 during the First English Civil War, a theatre of conflict in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. On 17 August 1 ...

, an agreement between the Scottish Covenanters and the leaders of the English Parliamentarians in 1643 during the First English Civil War *

Church covenant A church covenant is a declaration, which some churches draw up and call their members to sign, in which their duties as church members towards God and their fellow believers are outlined. It is a fraternal agreement, freely endorsed, that establi ...

, a promise made by members to each other within a Christian church

Law

Covenant (law) A covenant, in its most general sense and historical sense, is a solemn promise to engage in or refrain from a specified action. Under historical English common law, a covenant was distinguished from an ordinary contract by the presence of a se ...

, a promise to engage in or refrain from a specified action (including restrictive covenant, a restriction on the use of property).

Film and television

Film

* ''The Covenant'' (1985 film), an American television horror film * ''The Covenant'' (2006 film), an American supernatural horror film * '' Alien: Covenant'', a 2017 film by Ridley Scott; the second prequel in the ''Alien'' franchise

Television

* The Covenant (''Alias''), a fictional organization in the series ''Alias'' * "Covenant" (''Millennium''), a 1997 episode * "Covenant" (''Smallville''), a 2004 episode * "Covenant" (''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine''), a 1998 episode * "Covenant" (''Stargate SG-1''), a 2004 episode * "The Covenant" (''Homeland''), a 2017 episode * "The Covenant" (''Walker, Texas Ranger''), a 1995 episode

Fiction

* Covenant (short story), a short story by Elizabeth Bear * Covenant (''World of Darkness''), in the fictional ''World of Darkness'' universe * ''The Covenant'' (novel), a novel by James Michener set in South Africa * Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, the protagonist of a series of fantasy novels by Stephen R. Donaldson

Music

Covenant (band) Covenant is a Swedish electronic band formed in Helsingborg in 1988. The band is currently composed of Eskil Simonsson and Joakim Montelius (born 22 August 1969) along with touring members Andreas Catjar, Daniel Jonasson from Dupont, and Daniel ...

, a Swedish band * Covenant, former name of the Norwegian band The Kovenant * ''Covenant'' (Greg Brown album) * ''Covenant'' (Morbid Angel album), the third album by death metal band Morbid Angel * ''Covenant'' (UFO album), the 16th album by heavy metal band UFO

Video games

* Covenant (''Halo''), a religious alliance of alien races in the ''Halo'' video game series * '' Shadow Hearts: Covenant'', console role-playing game developed by Nautilus and published by Midway in 2004 * Daggerfall Covenant, a faction in MMORPG '' The Elder Scrolls Online'' * ''The Covenant'', a 1985 video game by PSS software * Covenant, the name of a Settlement in Fallout 4