Barak
(Hebrew: בָּרָק, "Lightning; Shine"), Al-Burāq (Arabic: البُراق
al-Burāq "lightning") the son of Abinoam from Kedesh in
Naphtali, was a military general in the Book of Judges in the
Bible. He was the commander of the army of Deborah, the
prophetess and heroine of the Hebrew Bible. Barak and Deborah
are credited with defeating the Canaanite a...
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And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then I will
go: but if thou wilt not go with me, [then] I will not go....
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And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet
him, and said unto him, Come, and I will shew thee the man
whom thou seekest. And when he came into her [tent], behold,
Sisera lay dead, and the nail [was] in his temples....
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Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter a song: arise,
Barak, and lead thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam....
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ba'-rak (baraq, "lightning flash"): The name occurs in
Sabeanbarqac, in Palmyrene baraq, and in Punic Barcas, as
surname of Hamilcar; and as Divine name in Assyrian Ramman-
Birqu and Gibil-Birqu (Del. Assyrian, HWB, 187). Barak was
the son of Abinoam of Kedesh, a refuge city in Mt. Naphtali.
He was summoned by the prophetess Deborah to lead his...
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A judge in Israel
Jud 4; 5; Heb 11:32...
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(lightning), son of Abinoam of Kedesh, a refuge city in Mount
Naphtali, was incited by Deborah, a prophetess of Ephraim, to
deliver Israel from the yolk of Jabin. Judges 4. He utterly
routed the Canaanites int eh plain of Jezreel (Esdraelon).
(B.C. 1291-1251.)...
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lightning, the son of Abinoam (Judg. 4:6). At the summons of
Deborah he made war against Jabin. She accompanied him
into the
battle, and gave the signal for the little army to
make the
attack; in which the host of Jabin was completely
routed. The
battle was fought (Judg. 4:16) in the plain of Jezreel
(q.v.).
This deliverance of Israel is c...
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("lightning".) So the family name of Hannibal was Barres,
"the thunderbolt of war"; also Boanerges, "sons of thunder,"
applied to James and John. Son of Abinoam, of Kedesh, a
refuge city of Naphtali. Incited by Deborah the prophetess
to deliver Israel from the yoke of Jabin II, king of
northern Canaan, of which Hazor, on lake Merom (now Hulah)...
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