בָּרַק
ba.raqto use lightningHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb21 occurrences11 books21 verses
Definition
from H1299; lightning; by analogy, a gleam; concretely, a flashing sword
Traditional renderings: bright, glitter(-ing sword), lightning.
Traditional renderings: bright, glitter(-ing sword), lightning.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders בָּרַק:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
21 total
- Exodus 19:16וּבְרָקִ֜ים · and lightningOn the third day, when morning came, there was thunder and lightning. A thick cloud was upon the mountain, and a very loud blast of the ram’s horn went out, so that all the people in the camp trembled.
- Deuteronomy 32:41בְּרַ֣ק · My flashing…when I sharpen My flashing sword, and My hand grasps it in judgment, I will take vengeance on My adversaries and repay those who hate Me.
- 2 Samuel 22:15בָּרָ֖ק · He hurled lightningHe shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them.
- Job 20:25וּ֭בָרָק · the gleaming pointIt is drawn out of his back, the gleaming point from his liver. Terrors come over him.
- Job 38:35בְּרָקִ֣ים · the lightning boltsCan you send the lightning bolts on their way? Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’?
- Psalm 18:14וּבְרָקִ֥ים · lightningHe shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them.
- Psalm 77:18בְרָקִ֣ים · the lightningYour thunder resounded in the whirlwind; the lightning lit up the world; the earth trembled and quaked.
- Psalm 97:4בְרָקָ֣יו · His lightningHis lightning illuminates the world; the earth sees and trembles.
- Psalm 135:7בְּרָקִ֣ים · the lightningHe causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.
- Psalm 144:6בָּ֭רָק · Your lightningFlash forth Your lightning and scatter them; shoot Your arrows and rout them.
- Jeremiah 10:13בְּרָקִ֤ים · the lightningWhen He thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.
- Jeremiah 51:16בְּרָקִ֤ים · the lightningWhen He thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.
- Ezekiel 1:13בָרָֽק׃ · and lightningIn the midst of the living creatures was the appearance of glowing coals of fire, or of torches. Fire moved back and forth between the living creatures; it was bright, and lightning flashed out of it.
- Ezekiel 21:10בָּ֖רָק · to flash like lightning…it is sharpened for the slaughter, polished to flash like lightning! Should we rejoice in the scepter of My son? The sword despises every such stick.
- Ezekiel 21:15לְבָרָ֖ק · to flash like lightningSo that their hearts may melt and many may stumble, I have appointed at all their gates a sword for slaughter. Yes, it is ready to flash like lightning; it is drawn for slaughter.
- Ezekiel 21:28בָּרָֽק׃ · flash like lightningNow prophesy, son of man, and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says concerning the Ammonites and their contempt: ‘A sword! A sword is drawn for slaughter, polished to consume, to flash like lightning—
- Daniel 10:6בָרָק֙ · of lightningHis body was like beryl, his face like the brilliance of lightning, his eyes like flaming torches, his arms and legs like the gleam of polished bronze, and his voice like the sound of a multitude.
- Nahum 2:4כַּבְּרָקִ֖ים · like lightningThe chariots dash through the streets; they rush around the plazas, appearing like torches, darting about like lightning.
- Nahum 3:3וּבְרַ֣ק · shiningCharging horseman, flashing sword, shining spear; heaps of slain, mounds of corpses, dead bodies without end—they stumble over their dead—
- Habakkuk 3:11בְּרַ֥ק · of Your shiningSun and moon stood still in their places at the flash of Your flying arrows, at the brightness of Your shining spear.
- Zechariah 9:14כַבָּרָ֖ק · like lightningThen the LORD will appear over them, and His arrow will go forth like lightning. The Lord GOD will sound the ram’s horn and advance in the whirlwinds of the south.