# בָּרָק (baraq)

Israeli respelling: ba-raq. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H1300. 21 Old Testament occurrences.

lightning; by analogy, a gleam; concretely, a flashing sword

King James renderings: bright, glitter(-ing sword), lightning.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/baraq-h1300

## Occurrences

- [Exodus 19:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 voi…
- [Deuteronomy 32:41](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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…
- [2 Samuel 22:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/22/15) — And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.
- [Job 20:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/20/25) — It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him.
- [Job 38:35](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/38/35) — Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?
- [Psalms 18:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/18/14) — Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.
- [Psalms 77:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/97/4) — His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.
- [Psalms 135:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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.
- [Psalms 144:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/144/6) — Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.
- [Jeremiah 10:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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;…
- [Jeremiah 51:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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:…
- [Ezekiel 1:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/1/13) — 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…
- [Ezekiel 21:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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,…
- [Ezekiel 21:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/21/15) — I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that their heart may faint, and their ruins be multiplied: ah! it is made bright…
- [Ezekiel 21:28](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/21/28) — And thou, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning the Ammonites, and concerning their reproach; even say thou, The…
- [Daniel 10:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 lik…
- [Nahum 2:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nahum/2/4) — The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall r…
- [Nahum 3:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nahum/3/3) — The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glittering spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcases;…
- [Habakkuk 3:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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…