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Strong's #1300 - בָּרָק

Transliteration

bârâq

Phonetics

baw-rawk'

Root Word (Etymology)

from (H1299)

Parts of Speech

Noun Masculine

TWOT

287a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) lightning

1a) lightnings, lightning flashes

1b) of flashing arrow-head (figuratively)

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 796 ‑ ἀστραπή (as‑trap‑ay'); 797 ‑ ἀστράπτω (as‑trap'‑to); 798 ‑ ἄστρον (as'‑tron); 913 ‑ Βαράκ (bar‑ak'); 1823 ‑ ἐξαστράπτω (ex‑as‑trap'‑to);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (21)

Exodus 1

Deuteronomy 1

2 Samuel 1

Job 2

Psalms 5

Jeremiah 2

Ezekiel 4

Daniel 1

Nahum 2

Habakkuk 1

Zechariah 1

NAS (26)

Exodus 2

Deuteronomy 1

2 Samuel 1

Job 3

Psalms 6

Jeremiah 2

Ezekiel 5

Daniel 1

Nahum 3

Habakkuk 1

Zechariah 1

HCS (21)

Exodus 1

Deuteronomy 1

2 Samuel 1

Job 2

Psalms 5

Jeremiah 2

Ezekiel 4

Daniel 1

Nahum 2

Habakkuk 1

Zechariah 1

BSB (21)

Exodus 1

Deuteronomy 1

2 Samuel 1

Job 2

Psalms 5

Jeremiah 2

Ezekiel 4

Daniel 1

Nahum 2

Habakkuk 1

Zechariah 1

ESV (18)

2 Samuel 1

Job 2

Psalms 5

Jeremiah 2

Ezekiel 4

Daniel 1

Nahum 1

Habakkuk 1

Zechariah 1

WEB (22)

Exodus 1

Deuteronomy 1

2 Samuel 1

Job 2

Psalms 5

Jeremiah 2

Ezekiel 4

Daniel 1

Nahum 3

Habakkuk 1

Zechariah 1

KJV (21)

bright 1

glitter 1

glittering 4

lightning 5

lightnings 9

sword 1

NAS (26)

Lightning 1

flash 1

flashes 3

flashing 1

gleaming 2

glittering 1

lightning 12

lightnings 4

point 1

HCS (21)

bolts 1

He hurled lightning bolts 1

Your lightning 1

flash like lightning 2

flashing 1

lightning 9

lightning bolts 1

of lightning 1

shining 2

the flashing tip 1

with lightning 1

BSB (21)

He hurled lightning 1

His lightning 1

My flashing 1

Your lightning 1

and lightning 2

flash like lightning 1

lightning 4

like lightning 2

of Your shining 1

of lightning 1

shining 1

the gleaming point 1

the lightning 1

the lightning bolts 1

to flash like lightning 2

ESV (18)

glittering 2

glittering point 1

lightning 10

lightnings 5

WEB (22)

* 3

His lightning 1

The lightnings 1

and lightnings 1

and the flashing 1

as lightning 1

forth lightnings 1

lightning 3

lightnings 2

like lightning 1

like the lightnings 1

my glittering 1

of lightning 1

of your glittering 1

that it may be as lightning 2

the glittering 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2041) q r b (ברק BRQ) AC: Thrust CO: Sword AB: ?: The shining flash of a sword as it is thrust. [from: rb- being bright]

V) q r b (ברק BRQ) - Thrust: To thrust a sword or throw lightning bolts. KJV (1): (vf: Paal) cast - Strongs: H1299 (בָּרַק)

N^m) q r b (ברק BRQ) - Sword: Also lightning as a sword from the skies. KJV (21): lightning, glittering, bright, glitter, sword - Strongs: H1300 (בָּרָק)

N^f2) t q r b (ברקת BRQT) - Barqet: An unknown gem probably from its shining. KJV (3): carbuncle - Strongs: H1304 (בֳּרְקַת)

m^m) n q r b (ברקנ BRQN) - Brier: As a sharp sword. KJV (2): brier - Strongs: H1303 (בַּרְקֹן)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

בָּרָק noun masculine^{Ezekiel 1:13} lightning (chiefly in poetry) (Arabic

, Assyrian bir‡u COT^Gloss, Zim^{BP 76,82} Aramaic בְּרַק,

) — absolute ׳ב Job 20:25 7t. 2 Samuel 22:15 (compare below); construct בְּרַק Deuteronomy 32:41 2t.; plural בְּרָקִים Exodus 19:16 7t., בְּרָקָיו Psalm 97:4; — lightning,

1 literal mostly plural = lightnings, lightning-flashes Exodus 19:16; Psalm 18:15; 9in 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 ᵐ5^L 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.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

בָּרָק m.

(1) lightning. (Syriac, Arab. ܒܰܪܩܳܐ, بَرْقُ id.) Daniel 10:6. Coll. lightnings, Psalms 144:6; 2 Samuel 22:15; Ezekiel 1:13. Pl. בְּרָקִים Job 38:35; Psalms 18:15, 77:19, etc. Applied to the brightness of a sword, Ezekiel 21:15, 33 Eze 21:33. Deuteronomy 32:41, בְּרַק חַרְבִּי “the lightning of my sword,” i.e. my glittering sword. Nahum 3:3; Habakkuk 3:11. Comp. Zechariah 9:14. Hence

(2) poet. the glittering sword itself, Job 20:25.

(3) [Barak], pr.n. of a leader of the Israelites, who by the aid of Deborah obtained a great victory over the Canaanites, Judges 4:6, seq.; 5:1, 12 Judges 5:12, 15 Judges 5:15. Comp. בְּדָן. He was called “thunderbolt,” fulmen (Cic. pro Balb. xv.), as amongst the Pœni “Hamilcar Barcas.”

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List of Word Forms

בְּרַ֣ק בְּרַ֥ק בְּרָקִ֣ים בְּרָקִ֤ים בְרָקִ֣ים בְרָקָ֣יו בָּ֖רָק בָּ֭רָק בָּרָ֖ק בָּרָֽק׃ בָרָֽק׃ בָרָק֙ ברק ברק׃ ברקיו ברקים וּ֭בָרָק וּבְרַ֣ק וּבְרָקִ֜ים וּבְרָקִ֥ים וברק וברקים כַּבְּרָקִ֖ים כַבָּרָ֖ק כברק כברקים לְבָרָ֖ק לברק bā·rāq ḇā·rāq baRak bārāq ḇārāq Barok ḇə·rā·qāw bə·rā·qîm ḇə·rā·qîm bə·raq beRak beraKim bəraq ḇərāqāw bərāqîm ḇərāqîm chabbaRak ḵab·bā·rāq kab·bə·rā·qîm ḵabbārāq kabberaKim kabbərāqîm lə·ḇā·rāq ləḇārāq levaRak ū·ḇā·rāq ū·ḇə·rā·qîm ū·ḇə·raq ūḇārāq ūḇəraq ūḇərāqîm Uvarok uveRak uveraKim vaRak veraKav veraKim