BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H42
a.vi.no.am — Abinoam
A man living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jdg.4.6; father of: Barak (H1301) § Abinoam = "my father is delight" father of Barak, descendant of Naphtali
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1301
ba.raq — Barak
A man living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jdg.4.6; son of: Abinoam (H0042) § Barak = "lightning" or "lightning flash" son of Abinoam of Kedesh who, incited by Deborah, a prophetess of Ephraim, delivered the Israelites from the yoke of Jabin by routing the Canaanites in the plain of Jezreel
12 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Father of kindness, the father of Barak (Judg. 4:6; 5:1).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
