Strong’s H965 · Hebrew

בָּזָק
bâzâq
baw-zawk'

Definition

a flash of lightning

Etymology

from an unused root meaning to lighten;

Where the KJV renders it

  • flash of 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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