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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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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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 - Then it came to pass on the third day, in the morning, that there were thunderings and lightnings, and a thick cloud on the mountain; and the sound of the trumpet was very loud, so that all the people who were in the camp trembled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:41

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:41 - If I whet My glittering sword,
And My hand takes hold on judgment,
I will render vengeance to My enemies,
And repay those who hate Me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:15 - He sent out arrows and scattered them;
Lightning bolts, and He vanquished them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:25 - It is drawn, and comes out of the body;
Yes, the glittering point comes out of his gall.
Terrors come upon him;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:35 - Can you send out lightnings, that they may go,
And say to you, ‘Here we are!’?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:14 - He sent out His arrows and scattered the foe,
Lightnings in abundance, and He vanquished them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 77:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:18 - The voice of Your thunder was in the whirlwind;
The lightnings 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 lightnings light 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 vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth;
He makes lightning for the rain;
He brings the wind out of His treasuries.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 144:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:6 - Flash forth lightning and scatter them;
Shoot out Your arrows and destroy them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:13 - When He utters His voice,
There is a multitude of waters in the heavens:
“And He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth.
He makes lightning for the rain,
He brings the wind out of His treasuries.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:16 - When He utters His voice—
There is a multitude of waters in the heavens:
“He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth;
He makes lightnings for the rain;
He brings the wind out of His treasuries.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:13 - As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, like the appearance of torches going back and forth among the living creatures. The fire was bright, and out of the fire went lightning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:10 - Sharpened to make a dreadful slaughter,
Polished to flash like lightning!
Should we then make mirth?
It despises the scepter of My son,
As it does all wood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:15 - I have set the point of the sword against all their gates,
That the heart may melt and many may stumble.
Ah! It is made bright;
It is grasped for slaughter:

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:28 - “And you, son of man, prophesy and say, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD concerning the Ammonites and concerning their reproach,’ and say:

‘A sword, a sword is drawn,
Polished for slaughter,
For consuming, for flashing—

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:6 - His body was like beryl, his face like the appearance of lightning, his eyes like torches of fire, his arms and feet like burnished bronze in color, and the sound of his words like the voice of a multitude.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:4 - The chariots rage in the streets,
They jostle one another in the broad roads;
They seem like torches,
They run like lightning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:3 - Horsemen charge with bright sword and glittering spear.
There is a multitude of slain,
A great number of bodies,
Countless corpses—
They stumble over the corpses—

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:11 - The sun and moon stood still in their habitation;
At the light of Your arrows they went,
At the shining of Your glittering spear.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:14 - Then the LORD will be seen over them,
And His arrow will go forth like lightning.
The Lord GOD will blow the trumpet,
And go with whirlwinds from the south.
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