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Lexicon :: Strong's H1300 - bārāq

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בָּרָק
Transliteration
bārāq
Pronunciation
baw-rawk'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 287a

Strong’s Definitions

בָּרָק bârâq, baw-rawk'; from H1299; lightning; by analogy, a gleam; concretely, a flashing sword:—bright, glitter(-ing sword), lightning.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x

The KJV translates Strong's H1300 in the following manner: lightning (14x), glittering (4x), bright (1x), glitter (1x), glittering sword (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x
The KJV translates Strong's H1300 in the following manner: lightning (14x), glittering (4x), bright (1x), glitter (1x), glittering sword (1x).

  1. lightning

    1. lightnings, lightning flashes

    2. of flashing arrow-head (fig.)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בָּרָק bârâq, baw-rawk'; from H1299; lightning; by analogy, a gleam; concretely, a flashing sword:—bright, glitter(-ing sword), lightning.
STRONGS H1300: Abbreviations
† בָּרָק noun masculineEzekiel 1:13 lightning (chiefly in poetry) (Arabic بَرْقً, Assyrian birḳu COTGloss, ZimBP 76, 82 Aramaic בְּרַק, axQrfb) — absolute ב׳ Job 20:25 + 7 times 2 Samuel 22:15 (compare below); construct בְּרַק Deuteronomy 32:41 + 2 times; plural בְּרָקִים Exodus 19:16 + 7 times, בְּרָקָיו Psalm 97:4; — lightning,
1. literal mostly plural = lightnings, lightning-flashes Exodus 19:16; Psalm 18:15; 9 in theophanies, on 2 Samuel 22:15 see below) Psalm 77:19; Psalm 97:4; Psalm 135:7; Job 38:35; Jeremiah 10:13; Jeremiah 51:16; so in simile of swift brightness Nahum 2:5, singular only Psalm 144:6; 2 Samuel 22:15 (where however read בְּרָקִים בָּרַק compare בָּרַק — so LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Klo Che, compare his critical note Psalm 18:15), Ezekiel 1:13 (in vision), and in simile of brightness Daniel 10:6; swift destruction Zechariah 9:14.
2. figurative (always singular) of flashing arrow-head Job 20:25, compare חרב ב׳ Deuteronomy 32:41, חנית ב׳ Nahum 3:3; Habakkuk 3:11; compare glitter of weapon Exodus 21:15, 20, 33.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

19:16; 19:16; 21:15; 21:20; 21:33

Deuteronomy

32:41; 32:41

2 Samuel

22:15; 22:15; 22:15

Job

20:25; 20:25; 38:35

Psalms

9; 18:15; 18:15; 77:19; 97:4; 97:4; 135:7; 144:6

Jeremiah

10:13; 51:16

Ezekiel

1:13; 1:13

Daniel

10:6

Nahum

2:5; 3:3

Habakkuk

3:11

Zechariah

9:14

H1300

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Strong's Number H1300 matches the Hebrew בָּרָק (bārāq),
which occurs 21 times in 21 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 19:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:16 - On the third day in the morning there was thunder and lightning and a dense cloud on the mountain, and the sound of a very loud horn; all the people who were in the camp trembled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:41

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:41 - I will sharpen my lightning-like sword, and my hand will grasp hold of the weapon of judgment; I will execute vengeance on my foes, and repay those who hate me!

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:15 - He shot arrows and scattered them, lightning and routed them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:25 - When he pulls it out and it comes out of his back, the gleaming point out of his liver, terrors come over him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:35 - Can you send out lightning bolts, and they go? Will they say to you, 'Here we are'?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:14 - He shot his arrows and scattered them, many lightning bolts and routed them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 77:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:18 - Your thunderous voice was heard in the wind; the lightning bolts lit up the world; the earth trembled and shook.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 97:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:4 - His lightning bolts light up the world; the earth sees and trembles.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 135:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:7 - He causes the clouds to arise from the end of the earth, makes lightning bolts accompany the rain, and brings the wind out of his storehouses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 144:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:6 - Hurl lightning bolts and scatter them! Shoot your arrows and rout them!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:13 - When his voice thunders, the heavenly ocean roars. He makes the clouds rise from the far-off horizons. He makes the lightning flash out in the midst of the rain. He unleashes the wind from the places where he stores it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:16 - When his voice thunders, the waters in the heavens roar. He makes the clouds rise from the far-off horizons. He makes the lightning flash out in the midst of the rain. He unleashes the wind from the places where he stores it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:13 - In the middle of the living beings was something like burning coals of fire or like torches. It moved back and forth among the living beings. It was bright, and lightning was flashing out of the fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:10 - It is sharpened for slaughter, it is polished to flash like lightning! "'Should we rejoice in the scepter of my son? No! The sword despises every tree!

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:15 - So hearts melt with fear and many stumble. At all their gates I have stationed the sword for slaughter. Ah! It is made to flash, it is drawn for slaughter!

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:28 - "As for you, son of man, prophesy and say, 'This is what the sovereign LORD says concerning the Ammonites and their coming humiliation; say: "'A sword, a sword drawn for slaughter, polished to consume, to flash like lightning -

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:6 - His body resembled yellow jasper, and his face had an appearance like lightning. His eyes were like blazing torches; his arms and feet had the gleam of polished bronze. His voice thundered forth like the sound of a large crowd.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:4 - The chariots race madly through the streets, they rush back and forth in the broad plazas; they look like lightning bolts, they dash here and there like flashes of lightning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:3 - The charioteers will charge ahead; their swords will flash and their spears will glimmer! There will be many people slain; there will be piles of the dead, and countless casualties - so many that people will stumble over the corpses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:11 - The sun and moon stand still in their courses; the flash of your arrows drives them away, the bright light of your lightning-quick spear.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:14 - Then the LORD will appear above them, and his arrow will shoot forth like lightning; the Lord GOD will blow the trumpet and will sally forth on the southern storm winds.
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