55 occurrences in 12 translations

'Lightning' in the Bible

So Moses stretched out his staff toward heaven, and the Lord sent thunder and hail. Lightning struck the earth, and the Lord rained hail on the land of Egypt.

The hail, with lightning flashing through it, was so severe that nothing like it had occurred in the land of Egypt since it had become a nation.

On the third day, when morning came, there was thunder and lightning, a thick cloud on the mountain, and a loud trumpet sound, so that all the people in the camp shuddered.

All the people witnessed the thunder and lightning, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain surrounded by smoke. When the people saw it they trembled and stood at a distance.

If I sharpen the lightning of My sword,And My hand takes hold of judgment,I will render vengeance on My adversaries,And I will repay those who hate Me.

He said:The Lord came from Sinaiand appeared to them from Seir;He shone on them from Mount Paranand came with ten thousand holy ones,with lightning from His right hand for them.

He was still speaking when another messenger came and reported: “A lightning storm struck from heaven. It burned up the sheep and the servants and devoured them, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”

When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:

See how He spreads His lightning around Himand covers the depths of the sea.

He covers His hands with lightningand commands it to hit its mark.

He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto the ends of the earth.

Then there comes a roaring sound;God thunders with His majestic voice.He does not restrain the lightningwhen His rumbling voice is heard.

He saturates clouds with moisture;He scatters His lightning through them.

Do you know how God directs His cloudsor makes their lightning flash?

Where is the lightning diffused or the east wind scattered around the earth?

Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;

Can you send out lightning bolts, and they go?Do they report to you: “Here we are”?

Smoke went up from His nostrils,And fire from His mouth devoured;Coals were kindled by it.

He shot His arrows and scattered them;He hurled lightning bolts and routed them.

The voice of the Lord rakes flames of fire (lightning).

The clouds poured rain; the skies rumbled. Indeed, your lightning bolts flashed.

The sound of Your thunder was in the whirlwind;lightning lit up the world.The earth shook and quaked.

He handed over their livestock to hailand their cattle to lightning bolts.

He gave them hail for rain,and lightning throughout their land.

When He thunders,the waters in the heavens are in turmoil,and He causes the cloudsto rise from the ends of the earth.He makes lightning for the rainand brings the wind from His storehouses.

As I watched, I noticed a windstorm coming from the north -- an enormous cloud, with lightning flashing, such that bright light rimmed it and came from it like glowing amber from the middle of a fire.

As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.

And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.

It is sharpened for slaughter,polished to flash like lightning!Should we rejoice?The scepter of My son,the sword despises every tree.

I have appointed a sword for slaughterat all their gates,so that their hearts may meltand many may stumble.Yes! It is ready to flash like lightning;it is drawn for slaughter.

“Now prophesy, son of man, and say: This is what the Lord God says concerning the Ammonites and their contempt. You are to proclaim:A sword! A swordis drawn for slaughter,polished to consume, to flash like lightning.

His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.

It is he who is raining sudden destruction upon the strong like lightning, so that ruin comes upon the fortress.

The chariots dash madly through the streets;they rush around in the plazas.They look like torches;they dart back and forth like lightning.

And the flame of a sword, and the lightning of a spear, And the abundance of the wounded, And the weight of carcases, Yea, there is no end to the bodies, They stumble over their bodies.

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.

"Ask the LORD for rain in the spring the LORD who fashions lightning thunderstorms, giving rain showers to mankind along with grain in the fields.

As He was praying, the appearance of His face became different [actually transformed], and His clothing became white and flashing with the brilliance of lightning.

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.

At this they were in great perplexity, when suddenly there stood by them two men whose raiment flashed like lightning.

Flashes of lightning and rumblings of thunder came from the throne. Seven fiery torches were burning before the throne, which are the seven spirits of God.

The angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and threw it on the earth. Then there were peals of thunder, noises, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.

There were flashes of lightning, noises, peals of thunder, and a powerful earthquake. There has never been such a powerful earthquake since people have been on the earth.

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אור 
'owr 
Usage: 122

בּרק 
Baraq 
Usage: 21

חזיז 
Chaziyz 
Usage: 3

לפּד לפּיד 
Lappiyd 
Usage: 14

פּחזוּת 
Pachazuwth 
Usage: 1

ἀστραπή 
Astrape 
Usage: 5

ἐλαφρία 
Elaphria 
Usage: 1

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