bārāq (בָּרַק) — Hebrew word meaning “flash”

בָּרַק

bārāq

flash

Strong's H1300NounHebrewTWOT 287a

בָּרַק (bārāq) is a Hebrew noun meaning flash. It appears 21 times in 11 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H1300).

Also rendered

lightning
to use lightning

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 287a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 287a)lightning; lightning flashes; gleam, flashing sword; bright, glitter

Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

בָּרָק noun, masculine: lightning

1.literally mostly plural = lightnings, lightning flashes
2.figuratively (always sing.) of flashing arrow-head

Strong's H1300 בָּרָק: lightning; by analogy, a gleam; concretely, a flashing sword
KJV:bright, glitter(-ing sword), lightning.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 287: בָּרַק bāraq — flash; to lighten, lightning, gleam, flashing sword; cast forth, bright, glitter

See it in Scripture

Exodus 19:16 Deuteronomy 32:41 2 Samuel 22:15

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