Hebrew verb · H1300
בָּרָק
baraqbaw-rawk'
to use lightning; lightning
21 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: bârâq
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H1300is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 11 of 39Old Testament books
- 19spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H1300
lightning; by analogy, a gleam; concretely, a flashing sword
The King James renders it: bright, glitter(-ing sword), lightning.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
baraq is rendered "to use lightning; lightning". It stands 21 times in the Hebrew text, across eleven books.
- Five of the uses stand in Psalms, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to use lightning".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 19:16On 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.
- The Greek text spells it nineteen different ways.
The first use
On 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.
Exodus 19:16וּבְרָקִ֜ים
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: to use lightning, and lightning.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to use lightningStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereExodus 19:16On the third day, when morning came, there was thunder and lightning… |
| lightningStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- lightning6
- lightnings4
- and flash of1
- and lightning1
- and lightning flashes1
- and lightnings1
- for lightning1
- lightning flash of1
- lightning flashes1
- lightning flashes his1
- lightning of1
- like the lightning1
and 1 more, 21 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| בָּרַח | barach | to flee | Uses63 |
| בָּרָא | bara | to create | Uses55 |
| בָּרָד | barad | hail | Uses29 |
| בָּרַר | barar | to purify | Uses18 |
| בָּר | bar | grain | Uses14 |
| בָּרִיא | bari | fat | Uses13 |
| בָּרָה | barah | to eat | Uses6 |
| בָּרֹד | barod | spotted | Uses4 |
| בָּרִיחַ | bariach | fleeing | Uses4 |
| בָּרֶקֶת | bareqeth | gem | Uses3 |
| בָּרַד | barad | to hail | Uses1 |
| בָּרַק | baraq | to flash | Uses1 |
and 1 more on the stem.
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
The words it stands beside
All 21, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
19 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- בְּרָקִ֣ים2
- בְּרָקִ֤ים2
- בְּרַ֣ק1
- בְּרַ֥ק1
- בָרָק֙1
- בָּ֭רָק1
- בָּרָ֖ק1
- בָּ֖רָק1
- בָרָֽק׃1
- בָּרָֽק׃1
- בְרָקָ֣יו1
- בְרָקִ֣ים1
and 7 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine singular6HNcmsa
- noun · masculine plural5HNcmpa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural2HC/Ncmpa
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2HNcmsc
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular1HC/Ncmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HC/Ncmsc
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HNcmpc/Sp3ms
- preposition + noun · masculine singular1HR/Ncmsa
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine plural1HRd/Ncmpa
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular1HRd/Ncmsa
Exodus
one use
On 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.
- וּבְרָקִ֜יםuverakimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and lightnings
Deuteronomy
one use
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.
- בְּרַ֣קberaknoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: lightning of
2 Samuel
one use
He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them.
- בָּרָ֖קbaraknoun · masculine singulartagged: lightning
Job
two uses
It is drawn out of his back, the gleaming point from his liver. Terrors come over him.
- וּ֭בָרָקuvarokconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and lightning
Can you send the lightning bolts on their way? Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’?
- בְּרָקִ֣יםberakimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: lightnings
Psalms
five uses
He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them.
- וּבְרָקִ֥יםuverakimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and lightning flashes
Your thunder resounded in the whirlwind; the lightning lit up the world; the earth trembled and quaked.
- בְרָקִ֣יםverakimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: lightning flashes
His lightning illuminates the world; the earth sees and trembles.
- בְרָקָ֣יוverakavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: lightning flashes his
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.
- בְּרָקִ֣יםberakimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: lightnings
Flash forth Your lightning and scatter them; shoot Your arrows and rout them.
- בָּ֭רָקbaroknoun · masculine singulartagged: lightning
Jeremiah
two uses
When 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.
- בְּרָקִ֤יםberakimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: lightnings
When 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.
- בְּרָקִ֤יםberakimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: lightnings
Ezekiel
four uses
In 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.
- בָרָֽק׃varaknoun · masculine singulartagged: 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.
- בָּ֖רָקbaroknoun · masculine singulartagged: lightning
So 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.
- לְבָרָ֖קlevarakpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: for lightning
Now 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—
- בָּרָֽק׃baraknoun · masculine singulartagged: lightning
Daniel
one use
His 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.
- בָרָק֙varaknoun · masculine singulartagged: lightning
Nahum
two uses
The chariots dash through the streets; they rush around the plazas, appearing like torches, darting about like lightning.
- כַּבְּרָקִ֖יםkaberakimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluraltagged: like the lightning flashes
Charging horseman, flashing sword, shining spear; heaps of slain, mounds of corpses, dead bodies without end—they stumble over their dead—
- וּבְרַ֣קuverakconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and flash of
Habakkuk
one use
Sun and moon stood still in their places at the flash of Your flying arrows, at the brightness of Your shining spear.
- בְּרַ֥קberaknoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: lightning flash of
Zechariah
one use
Then 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.
- כַבָּרָ֖קkhabarakpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: like the lightning
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.