Word Study · Strong's H1300 · Hebrew
בָּרָק
baraq
baw-rawk'
Strong's 1890 spelling: bârâq
“lightning”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
lightning; by analogy, a gleam; concretely, a flashing sword
Rendered in the KJV as
bright, glitter(-ing sword), lightning.
- 21occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 11 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 19inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 21 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 19
- בְּרָקִ֣ים2
- בְּרָקִ֤ים2
- בְּרַ֣ק1
- בְּרַ֥ק1
- בָרָק֙1
- בָּ֭רָק1
- בָּרָ֖ק1
- בָּ֖רָק1
- בָרָֽק׃1
- בָּרָֽק׃1
- בְרָקָ֣יו1
- בְרָקִ֣ים1
and 7 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 14
- lightning5
- lightnings4
- [the] lightning flash of1
- [the] lightning of1
- [with] lightning1
- and [the] flash of1
- and lightning1
- and lightning flashes1
- and lightnings1
- for lightning1
- lightning flashes1
- lightning flashes his1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 10
- noun · masculine singular6
- noun · masculine plural5
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural2
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular1
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1
- preposition + noun · masculine singular1
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine plural1
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmsa · 6
- HNcmpa · 5
- HC/Ncmpa · 2
- HNcmsc · 2
- HC/Ncmsa · 1
- HC/Ncmsc · 1
- HNcmpc/Sp3ms · 1
- HR/Ncmsa · 1
- HRd/Ncmpa · 1
- HRd/Ncmsa · 1
All 21, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Psalms carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
2 Samuel1 occurrence
Job2 occurrences
- Job 20:25וּ֭בָרָקuvarokconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularIt is drawn out of his back, the gleaming point from his liver. Terrors come over him.here: and lightning
- Job 38:35בְּרָקִ֣יםberakimnoun · masculine pluralCan you send the lightning bolts on their way? Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’?here: lightnings
Psalms5 occurrences
- Psalms 18:14וּבְרָקִ֥יםuverakimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluralHe shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them.here: and lightning flashes
- Psalms 77:18בְרָקִ֣יםverakimnoun · masculine pluralYour thunder resounded in the whirlwind; the lightning lit up the world; the earth trembled and quaked.here: lightning flashes
- Psalms 97:4בְרָקָ֣יוverakavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularHis lightning illuminates the world; the earth sees and trembles.here: lightning flashes his
- Psalms 135:7בְּרָקִ֣יםberakimnoun · masculine pluralHe 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.here: lightnings
- Psalms 144:6בָּ֭רָקbaroknoun · masculine singularFlash forth Your lightning and scatter them; shoot Your arrows and rout them.here: lightning
Jeremiah2 occurrences
- Jeremiah 10:13בְּרָקִ֤יםberakimnoun · masculine pluralWhen 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.here: lightnings
- Jeremiah 51:16בְּרָקִ֤יםberakimnoun · masculine pluralWhen 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.here: lightnings
Ezekiel4 occurrences
- Ezekiel 1:13בָרָֽק׃varaknoun · masculine singularIn 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.here: lightning
- Ezekiel 21:10בָּ֖רָקbaroknoun · masculine singularit 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.here: lightning
- Ezekiel 21:15לְבָרָ֖קlevarakpreposition + noun · masculine singularSo 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.here: for lightning
- Ezekiel 21:28בָּרָֽק׃baraknoun · masculine singularNow 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—here: lightning
Nahum2 occurrences
- Nahum 2:4כַּבְּרָקִ֖יםkaberakimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluralThe chariots dash through the streets; they rush around the plazas, appearing like torches, darting about like lightning.here: like the lightning flashes
- Nahum 3:3וּבְרַ֣קuverakconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Charging horseman, flashing sword, shining spear; heaps of slain, mounds of corpses, dead bodies without end— they stumble over their dead—here: and [the] flash of
Same headword in Strong's