DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Lightning

Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.

13exact KJV occurrences 9Old Testament 4New Testament 8books containing the word 5mapped Strong's IDs 13occurrence-specific Strong's links

FIRST OCCURRENCE

2 Samuel 22:15

And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.

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LAST OCCURRENCE

Luke 17:24

For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day.

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HEAVIEST BOOK

Job

3 occurrences in 3 verses.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where lightning appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

2 Samuel 11 verses Job 33 verses Psalms 11 verses Ezekiel 22 verses Daniel 11 verses Zechariah 11 verses Matthew 22 verses Luke 22 verses

ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?

These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.

HebrewH1300

בָּרָק

bârâq · baw-rawk'

5 times translated as this KJV form21 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

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

Strong's KJV usage: bright, glitter(-ing sword), lightning.

Other KJV renderings

lightnings 9 glittering 4 sword 1 glitter 1 bright 1

Strong's first: 2 Samuel 22:15Strong's last: Zechariah 9:14

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GreekG796

ἀστραπή

astrapḗ · as-trap-ay'

4 times translated as this KJV form9 total Strong's occurrences

lightning; by analogy, glare

Strong's KJV usage: :--lightning, bright shining.

Other KJV renderings

lightnings 4 the lightning 2 the bright shining 1

Strong's first: Matthew 24:27Strong's last: Luke 17:24

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HebrewH2385

חֲזִיז

chăzîyz · khaw-zeez'

2 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

a flash of lightning

Strong's KJV usage: bright cloud, lightning.

Other KJV renderings

clouds 1

Strong's first: Job 28:26Strong's last: Job 38:25

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HebrewH216

אוֹר

ʼôwr · ore

1 times translated as this KJV form123 total Strong's occurrences

n-f

illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)

Strong's KJV usage: bright, clear, day, light (-ning), morning, sun.

Other KJV renderings

light 111 day 2 lights 2 morning 1 sun 1 bright 1 Light 1 herbs 1

Strong's first: Job 37:3Strong's last: Job 37:3

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HebrewH965

בָּזָק

bâzâq · baw-zawk'

1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

a flash of lightning

Strong's KJV usage: flash of lightning.

Strong's first: Ezekiel 1:14Strong's last: Ezekiel 1:14

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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Zechariah 9:14

H1300

And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the Lord GOD shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the south.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

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lightning

LIGHTNING, noun li'tening. [that is, lightening, the participle present of lighten.]

1. A sudden discharge of electricity from a cloud to the earth, or from the earth to a cloud, or from one cloud to another, that is, from a body positively charged to one negatively charged, producing a vivid flash of light, and usually a loud report, called thunder. Sometimes lightning is a mere instantaneous flash of light without thunder, as heat-lightning, lightning seen by reflection, the flash being beyond the limits of our horizon.

2. [from lighten, to diminish weight.] Abatement; alleviation; mitigation.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.

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KJV English usageExact token counts, verse counts, first/last occurrence, and book distribution come from the canonical TWBC PCE KJV index.

Webster 1828Historical English dictionary material is reproduced as dictionary data, not as inspired Scripture or TWBC commentary.

Original Word / Strong'sHebrew, Aramaic, and Greek links attach by exact verse + KJV token position. No global “English word always equals Strong's ID” rule is used.

Curated TWBC teaching will remain a separate editorial layer. Raw source data is never silently rewritten to force a doctrinal conclusion.