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Βαράκ

Barák

G913 noun

SILEX Entry

Definition

Proper noun; personal name Barak. Refers specifically to a male individual named Barak, most notably known in Hellenistic Jewish and early Christian literature as a military leader of the Israelites. Semantic range is strictly as a personal name, without additional connotative meaning in Greek usage.

Semantic Range

Barak (proper name), personal name of an Israelite military leader

Root / Etymology

Transliteration of the Hebrew name בָּרָק (Bārāq), meaning 'lightning.' Greek form directly copies the Hebrew phonetics without modification (Βαράκ).

Historical & Contextual Notes

In the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint) and New Testament, Βαράκ appears as a direct rendering of the Hebrew proper name from Judges 4–5, where Barak son of Abinoam, an Israelite, is depicted as a military leader during the period of the Judges. The name does not carry the semantic sense of the underlying Hebrew ('lightning') in Greek, but functions exclusively as a name. The use of the name in the Greek corpus is limited, appearing primarily in direct biblical citations (e.g., Hebrews 11:32; LXX Judges 4–5); it reflects the practice of transliterating key biblical names for the Hellenistic Jewish and early Christian audiences. Later English and Latin traditions preserve the form as 'Barak.' This name does not occur in classical Greek outside of its biblical context and does not develop figurative senses in Koine Greek literature.

Original Strong's Gloss (1890)

of Hebrew origin (בָּרָק); Barak, an Israelite:--Barak.

Root Family

Βαράκ (Barák) — personal name

Root Βαράκ personal name

Word Forms

1 distinct form

SIDANCE Surface Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 SIBI-P2 Occurrences
G913-01 Βαράκ barak N GEN M SG Barak of Barak Barak 1

Occurrences in Scripture

1 occurrence

SIDANCE Reference Word Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 SIBI-P2
G913-01 Hebrews 11:32 Βαράκ barak N GEN M SG Barak of Barak Barak
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