BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
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GREEK · G796
astrapē — lightning
ἀστραπή, -ῆς, ἡ [in LXX for בָּרָק ;] lightning: Mat.24:27 28:3, Luk.10:18 17:24; pl., Rev.4:5 8:5 11:19 16:18; of a lamp, shining brightness, Luk.11:36.† (AS)
9 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2385
cha.ziz — lightning
thunderbolt, lightning flash, lightning, storm, cloud
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G6666
bezek — lightning
lightning
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H965
ba.zaq — lightning
lightning, lightning flash
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3947
la.qach — to take: take
: take 1) to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to take, take in the hand 1a2) to take and carry along 1a3) to take from, take out of, take, carry away, take away 1a4) to take to or for a person, procure, get, take possession of, select, choose, take in marriage, receive, accept 1a5) to take up or upon, put upon 1a6) to fetch 1a7) to take, lead, conduct 1a8) to take, capture, seize 1a9) to take, carry off 1a10) to take (vengeance) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be captured 1b2) to be taken away, be removed 1b3) to be taken, brought unto 1c) (Pual) 1c1) to be taken from or out of 1c2) to be stolen from 1c3) to be taken captive 1c4) to be taken away, be removed 1d) (Hophal) 1d1) to be taken unto, be brought unto 1d2) to be taken out of 1d3) to be taken away 1e) (Hithpael) 1e1) to take hold of oneself 1e2) to flash about (of lightning)
852 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H216
or — light
1) light 1a) light of day 1b) light of heavenly luminaries (moon, sun, stars) 1c) day-break, dawn, morning light 1d) daylight 1e) lightning 1f) light of lamp 1g) light of life 1h) light of prosperity 1i) light of instruction 1j) light of face (fig.) 1k) Jehovah as Israel's light
108 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G1607
ekporeuō — to depart
ἐκ-πορεύω [in LXX chiefly for יָצָא ;] to make to go out; pass. and mid., to go forth: Luk.3:7, Act.25:4; of demons leaving one possessed, Mat.17:21 (WH om.), Act.19:12; of excrement, Mk 719; before ἀπό, Mat.20:29, Mrk.10:46; ἐκ, Mrk.13:1 (of the dead rising, Jhn.5:29); ἐκεῖθεν, Mrk.6:11; ἔξω, Mrk.11:19; είς, Mrk.10:17, Jhn.5:29; ἐπί, with accusative of person(s), Rev.16:14; πρός, with accusative of person(s), Mat.3:5, Mrk.1:5; εἰσπορ- (which see) καὶ ἐ., Act.9:28; metaphorically, to come forth, proceed: of feelings, etc., Mrk.7:23; before ἐκ, Mat.15:11, 18 Mrk.7:15, 20-21, Luk.4:22, Eph.4:29; ῥῆμα, before διά, Mat.4:4 (LXX); of lightning and flame, Rev.4:5 9:17-18 11:5; a river, Rev.22:1; a sword, Rev.1:16 19:15; a rumour, before εἰς, Luk.4:37; of the Holy Spirit, before παρά, Jhn.15:26.† (AS)
33 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1300
ba.raq — to use lightning
to flash (with lightning)
17 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 →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H966
be.zeq — Bezek
§ Bezek = "lightning" the home of Adonibezek, the place where Israel rallied under Saul
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G1823
exastraptō — to flash forth
ἐξ-αστράπτω [in LXX: Num.3:3 (בָּרָק), Eze.1:4 (לָקַח hithp.) 17 Dan LXX 106 (קָלַל)* ;] to flash like lightning, gleam, be radiant: ἱματισμός, Luk.9:29.† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · 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 →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1299
ba.raq — to flash
(Qal) to flash lightning, cast forth (lightning)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G20239
diastraptō — to glance like lightning
glance like lightning
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G20289
eilō — to constrain
1. to roll up, pack close, Lat. conglobare, κατὰ τείχεα λαὸν ἐέλσαι to roll up the host and force it back to the walls, (Iliad by Homer); Ἀχαιοὺς ἐπὶ πρύμνηισιν ἐείλεον (Iliad by Homer); εἰλεῖν ἐν μέσσοισι to coop up or hem in on all sides, (Iliad by Homer); θῆρας ὁμοῦ εἰλεῖν to drive game together, (Odyssey by Homer):—;Pass. to be cooped or huddled up , εἰς ἄστυ ἄλεν (for ἄλησαν) (Odyssey by Homer); νηυσὶν ἐπὶ γλαφυρῆισιν ἐελμένοι (Odyssey by Homer):—;metaphorically, Διὸς βουλῆισιν ἐελμένος straitened, held in check by the counsels of Zeus, (Odyssey by Homer) 2. to smite , νῆα κεραυνῶι Ζεὺς ἔλσας having smitten the ship with lightning, (Odyssey by Homer) 3. to collect : Pass., ἀλὲν ὕδωρ water collected, ponded , (Iliad by Homer) 4. Pass., also, to draw oneself up, shrink up , ἀλῆναι ὑπ᾽ ἀσπίδι (Iliad by Homer); Ἀχιλῆα ἀλεὶς μένεν collecting himself he waited the attack of Achilles, (Iliad by Homer) 5. Pass. also, to go to and fro , like Lat. versari, (Herdotus Historicus) 6. to wind, turn round :—; Pass. to turn round, revolve , ἰλλομένων ἀρότρων moving to and fro , (Sophocles Tragicus); ἕλιξ εἰλεῖται is twined round , (Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G6686
bostruchos — a curl
1. a curl or lock of hair , (Aeschulus Tragicus), etc. 2. anything twisted or wreathed , πυρὸς β., of a flash of lightning , (Aeschulus Tragicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G7183
helix — a fetter
1. anything which assumes a spiral shape : 2. an armlet or ear-ring , (Iliad by Homer) 3. a twist, whirl, convolution , ἕλικες στεροπῆς flashes of forked lightning, (Aeschulus Tragicus) 4. the tendril of the vine, (Euripides): of ivy, (Euripides) 5. a curl or lock of hair , [variant datesAnthology Palantina 6. the coil or spire of a serpent, (Euripides) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8000
keraunos — a thunderbolt
1. a thunderbolt , Lat. fulmen, (Homer), etc.: generally, thunder :—;but thunder properly was βροντή, Lat. tonitru; lightning was στεροπή, Lat. fulgur. 2. metaphorically, κεραυνὸν ἐν γλώσσῃ φέρειν, of Pericles, (Plutarch) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9000
purphoros — a fire-bearer
1. fire-bearing , (Aeschulus Tragicus); of lightning, (Pindar):—; πυρφόροι ὀϊστοί arrows with combustibles tied to them , (Thucydides) 2. in special senses, 3. epithet of Zeus in reference to his lightnings, (Sophocles Tragicus); of Demeter, in reference to the torches used by her worshippers, (Euripides); of Artemis, (Sophocles Tragicus); but θεὸς πυρφόρος the fire-bearing god, the god who produces plague or fever , (Sophocles Tragicus) 4. ὁ πυρφόρος, in the Lacedaemonian army, was the priest who kept the sacrificial fire , which was never allowed to go out, (Xenophon Historicus); hence proverbial of a total defeat, ἔδεε δὲ μηδὲ πυρφόρον περιγενέσθαι (Herdotus Historicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Frequently referred to by the sacred writers (Nah. 1:3-6). Thunder and lightning are spoken of as tokens of God’s wrath (2 Sam. 22:15; Job 28:26; 37:4; Ps. 135:7; 144:6; Zech. 9:14). They represent God’s glorious and awful majesty (Rev. 4:5), or some judgment of God on the world (20:9).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
