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Thursday, September 19th, 2024
the Week of Proper 19 / Ordinary 24

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Strong's #1301 - בָּרָק

Transliteration

Bârâq

Phonetics

baw-rawk'

Origin

the same as (H1300)

Parts of Speech

proper masculine noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Barak = "lightning" or "lightning flash"
1. son of Abinoam of Kedesh who, incited by Deborah, a prophetess of Ephraim, delivered the Israelites from the yoke of Jabin by routing the Canaanites in the plain of Jezreel

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (13)

Judges 13

BSB (13)

Judges 13

CSB (13)

Judges 13

ESV (13)

Judges 13

KJV (13)

Judges 13

LEB (13)

Judges 13

LSB (13)

Judges 13

N95 (13)

Judges 13

NAS (13)

Judges 13

NLT (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (13)

Judges 13

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

בָּרָק proper name, masculine ( lightning-flash, compare Punic Barcas, surname of Hamilcar, compare Nepos^{Hamilcar 1,1}; Sabean ברקם DHM^{ZMG, 1875,592}; Palmyrene ברק Vog^{Palm. 76}) son of Abinoam, & leader of Israel Judges 4:6,8,9,10,12,14 (twice in verse); Judges 4:15,16,22; Judges 5:1,12,15.

בְּרַק compare בני ברק.

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

בָּרָ֔ק בָּרָ֖ק בָּרָ֛ק בָּרָ֜ק בָּרָ֥ק בָּרָק֙ בָרָ֑ק בָרָק֮ ברק וּבָרָ֖ק וּבָרָ֗ק וברק לְבָרָ֣ק לברק bā·rāq ḇā·rāq baRak bārāq ḇārāq lə·ḇā·rāq ləḇārāq levaRak ū·ḇā·rāq ūḇārāq uvaRak vaRak