Strong's Lexicon

H1300

H1300 — בָּרָק

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewbaraqnoun mascOccurrences: 21TWOT: 287a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H1300
Word:	בָּרָק
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	from H1299
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	21
Transliteration:	baraq
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	baw-rawk'
Meaning:	1. lightning 2. (by analogy) a gleam 3. (concretely) a flashing sword
KJV Renderings:	bright, glitter(-ing sword), lightning.

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בָּרָק noun masculine^{Ezek 1:13} lightning (chiefly in poetry) (Arabic [untranscribed source text 717], Assyrian bir‡u COT^Gloss, Zim^{BP 76,
82} Aramaic בְּרַק, [untranscribed source text 718]) — absolute ׳ ב Job 20:25 + 7 t. 2Sam 22:15 (compare below); construct בְּרַק Deut 32:41 + 2 t.; plural בְּרָקִים Exod 19:16 + 7 t., בְּרָקָיו Ps 97:4 — lightning,

1. literal mostly plural = lightnings, lightning-flashes Exod 19:16; Ps 18:15 9 in theophanies, on 2Sam 22:15 see below) Ps 77:19; Ps 97:4; Ps 135:7; Job 38:35; Jer 10:13; Jer 51:16 so in simile of swift brightness Nah 2:5, singular only Ps 144:6; 2Sam 22:15 (where however read בְּרָקִים בָּרַק compare בָּרַק — so ᵐ5 ^L Klo Che, compare his critical note Ps 18:15), Ezek 1:13 (in vision), and in simile of brightness Dan 10:6 swift destruction Zech 9:14 .

2. figurative (always singular) of flashing arrow-head Job 20:25, compare חרב ׳ ב Deut 32:41, חנית ׳ ב Nah 3:3; Hab 3:11 compare glitter of weapon Exod 21:15; Exod 21:20; Exod 21:33.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

ברק (bah-rahk’)

Exodus 19:16

KJV: 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 was in the camp trembled.

EHCC: there were thunders and lightnings,

Deuteronomy 32:41

KJV: If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.

EHCC: 1f I whet my glittering sword, (lit. the

2 Samuel 22:15

KJV: And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.

EHCC: lightning, and discomfited them. 0

Job 20:25

KJV: It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him.

EHCC: 400, the glittering sword cometh

Job 38:35

KJV: Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?Here…: Heb. Behold us?

EHCC: Canst thou send lightnings,

Job 77:18

EHCC: (19). the ightnings lightened the world:

Job 97:4

EHCC: His lightnin enlightened the world:

Job 135:7

EHCC: he maketh Fohtnings for the rain;

Job 144:6

EHCC: Cast forth Hghtning, and scatter them:

Jeremiah 10:13

KJV: When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.multitude: or, noisewith: or, for

EHCC: & 51:16. he maketh Hphtnisgs with rain,

Ezekiel 1:13

KJV: 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.

EHCC: out of the fire went forth lightning. .

Ezekiel 21:10

KJV: It is sharpened to make a sore slaughter; it is furbished that it may glitter: should we then make mirth? it contemneth the rod of my son, as every tree.it contemneth…: or, it is the rod of my son, it despiseth every tree

EHCC: (15).it is furbished that it may glitter:

Daniel 10:6

KJV: 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 colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.

EHCC: as the appearance of lightning,

Nahum 2:4

KJV: The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings.they: Heb. their show

EHCC: (5).shall run like the lightnings.

Nahum 8:3

EHCC: the bright sword and the glittering spear:

Habakkuk 8:11

EHCC: at the shining of thy glittering spear.

Zechariah 9:14

KJV: And the Lord shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the Lord God shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the south.

EHCC: shall go forth as the lightning :