In the Tanakh the term is used for the nation of Israel as the people of God (Deut 7:6; Job 15:15; Ps 16:3; 34:9; 89:5, 7; Dan 7:18, 21-22, 25, 27; 8:24; Zech 14:5).
Ayat ti kangrunaan a pakailasinan dagiti pasurot ni Kristo, ket “ti ayat . . . saanna a sapulen dagiti bukodna a pagimbagan.”—1 Corinto 13:4, 5; Juan 13:34, 35.