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 · 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 →GREEK · G913
Barak — Barak
Βαράκ, ὁ, indecl. (Heb. בָּרָק), Barak (Jdg.4:6): Heb.11:32.† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2985
ya.vin — Jabin
A man living before Israel's Monarchy, only mentioned at Jos.11.1 § Jabin = "whom God observes" 1) a king of Hazor who organised a confederacy of the northern princes against Joshua; confederacy routed by the waters of Merom 2) another king of Hazor whose general, Sisera, was defeated by Barak
7 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →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 · H1139
be.ne-b.raq — Bene-berak
§ Bene-barak = "sons of lightning" a city in Dan
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →Lightning, the son of Abinoam (Judg. 4:6). At the summons of Deborah he made war against Jabin. She accompanied him into the battle, and gave the signal for the little army to make the attack; in which the host of Jabin was completely routed. The battle was fought (Judg. 4:16) in the plain of Jezreel (q.v.). This deliverance of Israel is commemorated in Judg. 5. Barak’s faith is commended (Heb. 11:32). “The character of Barak, though pious, does not seem to have been heroic. Like Gideon, and in a sense Samson, he is an illustration of the words in Heb. 11:34, ’Out of weakness were made strong.’” (See DEBORAH.)
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
