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בָּרָק H1300
H1300 is the Hebrew word בָּרָק, transliterated bârâq and said baw-rawk'. The King James Version most often renders it lightnings.
What it means
lightning; by analogy, a gleam; concretely, a flashing sword.
Where it comes from
from H1299 (בָּרַק).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 18 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: bright, glitter(-ing sword), lightning.
Verses using בָּרָק
All 18 verses, quoted in full.
Exodus 19:16 · KJV
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 exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.
Deuteronomy 32:41 · KJV
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.
2 Samuel 22:15 · KJV
And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.
Job 20:25 · KJV
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 · KJV
Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?
Psalm 18:14 · KJV
Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.
Psalm 77:18 · KJV
The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.
Psalm 97:4 · KJV
His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.
Psalm 135:7 · KJV
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.
Psalm 144:6 · KJV
Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.
Jeremiah 10:13 · KJV
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 lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.
Jeremiah 51:16 · KJV
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 lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.
Ezekiel 21:10 · KJV
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.
Ezekiel 21:15 · KJV
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, it is wrapped up for the slaughter.
Daniel 10:6 · KJV
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 polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.
Nahum 3:3 · KJV
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; and there is none end of their corpses; they stumble upon their corpses:
Habakkuk 3:11 · KJV
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 · KJV
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 the south.
Common questions
What does Strong's H1300 mean?
H1300 is the Hebrew word בָּרָק (bârâq), meaning lightning; by analogy, a gleam; concretely, a flashing sword.
How is H1300 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it lightnings (8 times), lightning (4 times), glittering (3 times), yea the glittering sword (1 time), glitter (1 time), among others.
How many times does H1300 appear in the Bible?
בָּרָק (bârâq) is tagged in 18 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H1300 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from H1299 (בָּרַק).
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