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Thunderbolt
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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(רֶשֶׁ , risheph, a flame, or "coal,'" Song of Solomon 8:6; hence lightning; fig. for arrow, Psalms 76:3; or, fever, Deuteronomy 32:24). In accordance with thepopular notion, "hot thunderbolts" (Psalm 68:48, רשפי, Sept. τῷ πυρί, Vulg. igni) means "lightnings." "Then shall the right-aiming thunderbolts go abroad" "(Wisd. 5, 21), βολίδες ἀστραπῶν, "flashes" or "strokes of lightning." "Threw stones like thunderbolts" (2: Macc. 1: 16), συνεκεραύνωσαν . The word conveys an allusion to the mode in which lightning strikes the earth. (See LIGHTNING).
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Thunderbolt'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/t/thunderbolt.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Thunderbolt'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/t/thunderbolt.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
