Definition

lightning; by analogy, a gleam; concretely, a flashing sword

Etymology

from H1299 (בָּרַק);

Where the KJV renders it

• bright
• glitter(-ing sword)
• lightning

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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