H2385 H2385
lightning-bolt, thunderbolt, storm-flash
A poetic term for lightning or thunderbolts, emphasizing the brilliant flash that accompanies thunder. The word appears exclusively in poetic contexts describing God's control over weather phenomena. Job uses it twice when contemplating divine wisdom in governing the natural order, while Zechariah employs it in a prophetic oracle about God sending rain and storms. The term captures both the visual brilliance and the powerful energy of electrical discharge during storms.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Lightning-flash or thunderbolt as a meteorological phenomenon under divine control. Job 28:26 and 38:25 speak of God making 'a way for the thunderbolt,' highlighting divine sovereignty over storm systems. Zechariah 10:1 pairs it with rain-showers in parallel construction. Spanish and English translations (relámpago, thunderbolt) emphasize the flash aspect, while some maintain the Hebrew term untranslated, recognizing its specialized poetic register. 3×
AR["بُرُوقًا", "لِ-البَرقِ", "لِلصَّوَاعِقِ"]·ben["-বিদ্যুতের-ঝলকের-জন্য", "বজ্রের-জন্য", "বিদ্যুৎ"]·DE["[חזיזים]", "[לחזיז]"]·EN["for-the-thunderbolt", "for-thunderbolt-of", "storm-clouds"]·FR["à-לחזיז", "éclair"]·heb["חזיזים", "ל-חזיז"]·HI["गरज-के-लिए", "बिजलियाँ", "बिजली-की-गर्जन-के-लिए"]·ID["awan-badai", "untuk-kilat"]·IT["[חזיזים]", "per-per-il-thunderbolt", "per-per-thunderbolt-of"]·jav["kanggé-kilat", "kilat"]·KO["번개를", "우레에게", "천둥-의"]·PT["para-o-relâmpago", "relâmpagos"]·RU["для-грома", "для-молнии", "молнии"]·ES["para-el-relámpago-de", "para-relámpago-de", "relámpagos"]·SW["kwa-umeme", "mawingu-ya-dhoruba"]·TR["fırtına-bulutları", "şimşeğe"]·urd["بجلی", "بجلی کے لیے", "بجلی-کے-لیے"]
Related Senses
H4325 1. water, waters (582×)H6965b 1. Qal: to rise, arise, get up (432×)H2091 1. gold (the metal) (389×)H0068 1. stone, rock (material/object) (267×)H5178a 1. bronze/copper as metal (131×)H6083 1. dust, dry earth, soil (108×)H8313 1. burn, set fire to (94×)H2734 1. anger was kindled (82×)G5204 1. water (80×)H2822 1. darkness, absence of light (80×)G5457 1. light (illumination) (71×)G0450 1. rise, stand up (physical) (69×)H6965b 2. Qal: to stand firm, endure, be valid (50×)H6999a 2. burn sacrifice on altar (Hifil) (45×)H5553 1. rock, cliff (physical feature) (43×)H6965b 4. Hifil: to establish, confirm (covenant/kingdom/word) (40×)H1197a 1. burn, be on fire (39×)H4306 1. rain, showers (38×)H1653 1. rain, precipitation (34×)G4655 1. darkness (30×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [חֲזִיז] n.[m.] thunder-bolt, lightning-flash (NH חֲזִיז; Aramaic חֲזִיזָא shining cloud)—only cstr. חֲזִיז and pl. חֲזִיזִים; וְדֶרֶךְ לַחֲזִיז קֹלוֹת Jb 28:26 and a way for thunder-bolts = 38:25; י׳ עֹשֶׂה חֲזִיזִים Zc 10:1 (‖ מְטַר־גֶּשֶׁם).