H1300 - בָּרָק (bârâq)

H1300 בָּרָק (bârâq) baw-rawk'

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

lightning; by analogy, a gleam; concretely, a flashing sword

Derivation: from H1299 (בָּרַק);

KJV Usage: bright, glitter(-ing sword), lightning.

TWOT Reference: 287a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) lightning

1a) lightnings, lightning flashes

1b) of flashing arrow-head (fig.)

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G796 G797 G798 G913 G1823

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

בָּרָק bârâq BDB Definition: 1) lightning 1a) lightnings, lightning flashes 1b) of flashing arrow-head (figuratively) Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H1299 Same Word by TWOT Number: 287a Total KJV Occurrences: 22

Bible Occurrences (21)

19:16

32:41

22:15

20:25 38:35

18:14 77:18 97:4 135:7 144:6

10:13 51:16

1:13 21:10 21:15 21:28

10:6

2:4 3:3

3:11

9:14

Exodus 19:16

On the third day, when morning... came, there was thunder and lightning. A thick cloud was upon the mountain, and a very loud... blast of the ram’s horn [went out], so that all the people in the camp trembled.

Deuteronomy 32:41

when I sharpen My flashing sword, and My hand grasps it in judgment, I will take vengeance on My adversaries and repay those who hate Me.

2 Samuel 22:15

He shot His arrows and scattered [the foes]; He hurled lightning and routed them.

Job 20:25

It is drawn out of his back, the gleaming point from his liver. Terrors come over him.

Job 38:35

Can you send the lightning bolts on their way? Do they report to you, Here we are’

Jeremiah 10:13

When He thunders..., the waters in the heavens roar; He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.

Jeremiah 51:16

When He thunders..., the waters in the heavens roar; He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.

Ezekiel 1:13

In the midst of the living creatures was the appearance of glowing coals of fire, [or] of torches.... Fire moved back and forth between the living creatures; it was bright, and lightning flashed out of it.