בָּרָק baraq
Hebrew word for “lightning” · Strong’s H1300 · used 21 times in 21 verses
Meaning
1) lightning; 1a) lightnings, lightning flashes; 1b) of flashing arrow-head (fig.)
How it is translated
Glosses given for baraq in context, with how often each is used:
- lightning 9
- lightnings 5
- lightning flashes 3
- like lightning flashes 1
- flash 1
- lightning flash 1
- like lightning 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psalms | 5 | 0.3 | |
| Ezekiel | 4 | 0.2 | |
| Job | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Jeremiah | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Nahum | 2 | 3.6 | |
| Exodus | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Deuteronomy | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Samuel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Daniel | 1 | 0.2 | |
| Habakkuk | 1 | 1.5 | |
| Zechariah | 1 | 0.3 |
Chapters where it is used most
Ezekiel 21 (3), Exodus 19 (1), Deuteronomy 32 (1), 2 Samuel 22 (1), Job 20 (1), Job 38 (1), Psalms 18 (1), Psalms 77 (1), Psalms 97 (1), Psalms 135 (1)
Forms
- ברק 8
- ברקים 5
- וברקים 2
- וברק 2
- ברקיו 1
- לברק 1
- כברקים 1
- כברק 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with baraq more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- חֵץ chets “arrow” 5
- לַפִּיד lappid “torch” 3
- טֶבַח tevach “slaughter” 3
- קָצֶה qatseh “end” 4
- הָמַם hamam “to confuse” 3
- קוֹל qol “voice” 5
- מָטַר matar “rain” 3
- יָצָא yatsa “to come out” 6
- פּוּץ puts “to scatter” 3
- אוֹצָר otsar “treasure” 3
- הָמוֹן hamon “crowd” 3
- מַרְאֶה mareh “appearance” 3
Key verses
The verses using baraq that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Exodus 19:16 — 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…
- Deuteronomy 32:41 — 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.
- Psalms 18:14 — Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.
- Psalms 77:18 — The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.
- Psalms 97:4 — His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.
- Psalms 135:7 — He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries.
- Jeremiah 10:13 — 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…
- Jeremiah 51:16 — 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…
- Ezekiel 21:10 — 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.
- Daniel 10:6 — 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…
- Habakkuk 3:11 — The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear.
- Zechariah 9:14 — 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…
See all 21 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.