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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 - And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that were in the camp trembled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:41

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:41 - If I shall whet my glittering sword, and my hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to my enemies, and will reward them that hate me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:15 - And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:25 - It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yes, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:35 - Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say to thee, Here we are?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:14 - Yes, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 77:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:18 - The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 97:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:4 - His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 135:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:7 - He causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 144:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:6 - Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot thy arrows, and destroy them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:13 - When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:16 - When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens; and he causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth: he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.

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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, and like the appearance of lamps: it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:10 - It is sharpened to make a grievous slaughter; it is furbished that it may glitter: should we then make mirth? it contemneth the rod of my son, as every tree.

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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 their heart may faint, and their ruins be multiplied: ah! it is made bright, it is sharpened for the slaughter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:28 - And thou, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning the Ammonites, and concerning their reproach; even say thou, The sword, the sword is drawn: for the slaughter it is furbished, to consume because of the glittering:

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:6 - His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in color to polished brass, and the voice 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 shall rage in the streets, they shall jostle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:3 - The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword, and the glittering spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcasses; and there is no end of their corpses; they stumble upon their 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 thy arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:14 - And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the Lord GOD will blow the trumpet, and will go with whirlwinds of the south.
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