22 occurrences

'Lightning' in the Bible

{And} on the third day, when it was morning, there was thunder and lightning, and a heavy cloud over the mountain and a very loud ram's horn sound, and all the people who [were] in the camp trembled.

Verse ConceptsPillar Of CloudLightningMusical Instruments, types ofTheophanyThunderGroups TremblingTrumpets For SignallingThose Frightened Of GodThe Last TrumpetLion Of The Tribe Of JudahThunder Showing God's Presence

And all the people [were] seeing the thunder and the lightning and the sound of the ram's horn and the mountain smoking, and the people saw, and they trembled, and they stood at a distance.

Verse ConceptsLightningMusical Instruments, types ofSmokeTheophanyThunderFear, Of UnknownStanding At A DistanceTrumpets For SignallingThose Frightened Of GodWitnessingdistancesmokingThunder Showing God's Presence

He sent arrows and he scattered them, lightning, and he directed them.

Verse ConceptsArrows, Figurative OfGod's ArrowsScattering The Peoples

{when he made} a rule for the rain and a way for [the] thunder's lightning bolt,

Verse ConceptsRainThunderGod Sending RainGod Controlling The Rain

Look, he scatters his lightning around him, and he covers the roots of the sea.

Verse ConceptsOceansCreation Of The Seas

He covers [his] hands [with] lightning, and he commands it the place at [which] to strike.

Verse ConceptsHand Of GodAccuracyGod's Handclouds

He lets it loose under all the heavens, and his lightning to the earth's corners.

Verse ConceptsLightningFlat Earth

Also, he loads down thick clouds with moisture; his lightning scatters [the] clouds.

Verse ConceptsClouds, God's Presence

Do you know {how God commands them} and [how] he causes his cloud's lightning to shine?

Verse ConceptsThe RainbowGod Controls Storms

And he shot his arrows and scattered them, and many lightning bolts and routed them.

Verse ConceptsGod's ArrowsScattering The PeoplesArrowscrusades

He also handed their cattle over to the hail and their livestock to the lightning bolts.

Verse ConceptsLightning

He gave hail for their rains [and the] fire of lightning in their land.

Verse ConceptsHailLightningFire Emanating From God

Flash forth lightning and scatter them; dispatch your arrows and rout them.

Verse ConceptsArrows, Figurative OfLightningGod's ArrowsScattering The PeoplesArrows

{When he utters his voice} [there is] a noise of water in the heavens, and he causes [the] mist to rise from [the] ends of the earth. He makes lightning for the rain, and he causes [the] wind to go out from his storehouses.

Verse ConceptsEarth, God SustainingNatureRainStoringThunderWeather, God's Sovereignty OverWindElements, Control OfVapourDivine Power Over NatureGod Sending RainGod Dispensing WindGod's VoiceGod's StorehousesProvidence, Of God In NatureGod Controlling The Rain

At the giving of his voice [there is] a roar of waters in the heavens, and he causes [the] patches of mist to go up from [the] end of [the] earth. He makes lightning for the rain, and he brings out [the] wind from his storehouses.

Verse ConceptsRainStoringThunderGod Dispensing WindGod's StorehousesGod Controlling The Rain

As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance [was] like burning coals of fire, like the appearance of torches. It [was] moving to and fro between the living creatures, and {the fire was very bright} and lightning [was] going out from the fire.

Verse ConceptsAppearances of

And the living creatures {were speeding to and fro} like the appearance of lightning.

Verse ConceptsGoing Through the Motions

It is sharpened to slaughter a slaughter, {polished to flash like lightning}! Or will we rejoice? A rod, my son, [is] despising every tree.

Verse ConceptsLightningSceptreSharpeningSparkling

And you, son of man, prophesy, and you must say, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh to the {Ammonites} and concerning their disgrace,' and you must say, 'A sword, a sword [is] drawn for slaughtering; [it is] polished for holding, {for flashing like lightning},

Verse ConceptsSparklingGod's Sword

Now his body [was] like turquoise, and his face [was] like [the] appearance of lightning, and his eyes [were] like torches of fire, and his arms and his legs [were] like [the] gleam of polished bronze, and the sound of his words [was] like [the] sound of a multitude.

Verse ConceptsBodyCrowdsJewelsLegsLight, NaturalLightningBrassHeavenly FacesSoundSparklingEyes In ProphecyThings Like BronzeAppearances ofColorJesus Eyes

The chariots race madly through the streets; they rush back and forth in the public squares. Their appearance like lightning bolts, they dart about like flashes of lightning.

Verse ConceptsChariotsLightningRoadsStreetsCity SquaresAttacking With ChariotsSpeedSparklingUsing RoadsSteelAutomobilesLightning Used Metaphorically

Then Yahweh will appear over them, and his arrow will go forth like lightning; and my Lord Yahweh will blow the trumpet, and he shall go out in the storm winds of [the] south.

Verse ConceptsArrows, Figurative OfArrows, Described AsLightningTheophanyTrumpets For BattleGod AppearingArrowsHurricanes

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