Thunder:
often referred to in Scripture (Job 40:9; Psa 77:18; 104:7). James and John were called by our Lord "sons of thunder" (Mar 3:17). In Job 39:19, instead of "thunder," as in the Authorized Version, the Revised Version translates (ra'amah) by "quivering main" (marg., "shaking"). Thunder accompanied the giving of the law at Sinai (Exd 19:16). It was regarded as the voice of God (Job 37:2; Psa 18:13; 81:7; Jhn 12:29). In answer to Samuel's prayer (1Sa 12:17,18), God sent thunder, and "all the people greatly feared," for at such a season (the wheat-harvest) thunder and rain were almost unknown in Palestine.
Thunder:
thun'-der (ra‘am (1Sa 2:10; Job 26:14; 39:19; 40:9; Ps 77:18; 81:7; 104:7; Isa 29:6), qol, "a voice" (Ex 9:23; 1Sa 7:10; 12:17; Job 28:26; 38:25)): Thunder is the noise resulting from the lightning discharge. It is very common in the winter storms of Syria and Palestine and occurs in the extra-season storms. Thunder accompanied the storm of hail in Egypt at the time of the plagues: "The Lord sent thunder and hail" (Ex 9:23).
Lightning and thunder are indications of the power of Yahweh and His might. "The thunder of his power who can understand?" (Job 26:14); "The God of glory thundereth" (Ps 29:3). Yahweh also confused the Philistines with thunder (1Sa 7:10), and His foes were "visited of Yahweh of hosts with thunder" (Isa 29:6). Thunder was regarded as the voice of Yahweh: "God thundereth with the voice of his excellency" (Job 37:4), and God spoke to Jesus in the thunder (bronte, Joh 12:29).
Written by Alfred H. Joy
Thunder: Sent as a Plague
Upon the Egyptians,
Exd 9:23-34;
the Philistines, in battle with the children of Israel,
1Sa 7:10.
Thunder: Sent as a Judgment
Isa 29:6
Thunder: On Mount Sinai
Exd 19:16; Psa 77:18; Hbr 12:18, 19
Thunder: A Sign of Divine Anger
1Sa 12:17, 18
Thunder: A Manifestation of Divine Power
Job 26:14; Psa 77:18
Thunder: Sons of Zebedee Called Sons Of
Mar 3:17
Thunder:
is hardly ever heard in Palestine form the middle of April to the middle of September; hence it was selected by Samuel as a striking expression of the divine displeasure toward the Israelites (1 Samuel 12:17). Rain in harvest was deemed as extraordinary as snow in summer (Proverbs 26:1) and Jerome states that he had never witnessed it in the latter part of June or in July. Comm. on (Amos 4:7). In the imaginative philosophy of the Hebrews, thunder was regarded as the voice of Jehovah (Job 37:2; 37:4-5; 40:9; Psalm 18:13; 29:3-9; Isaiah 30:30-31) who dwelt behind the thunder‐cloud (Psalm 81:7). Thunder was, to the mind of the Jew, the symbol of divine power (Psalm 29:3 etc.) and vengeance (1 Samuel 2:10; 2 Samuel 22:14).
Lightning:
lit'-ning (baraq, chaziz; astrape): Lightning is caused by the discharge of electricity between clouds or between clouds and the earth. In a thunder-storm there is a rapid gathering of particles of moisture into clouds and forming of large drops of rain. This gathers with it electric potential until the surface of the cloud (or the enlarged water particles) is insufficient to carry the charge, and a discharge takes place, producing a brilliant flash of light and the resulting thunder-clap. Thunder-storms are common in Syria and Palestine during the periods of heavy rain in the spring and fall and are often severe. Lightning is usually accompanied by heavy rainfall or by hail, as at the time of the plague of hail (Ex 9:24).
See HAIL.
In the Scriptures it is used:
(a) indicating the power of God: The power of God is shown in His command of the forces of Nature, and He is the only one who knows the secrets of Nature: "He made.... a way for the lightning" (Job 28:26); "He directeth.... his lightning" (Job 37:3 the King James Version); "Canst thou send forth lightnings, that they may go?" (Job 38:35); "Ask ye of Yahweh.... that maketh lightnings" (Zec 10:1). See also Ps 18:14; 97:4; 135:7; Job 36:32; Jer 10:13;
(b) figuratively and poetically: David sings of Yahweh, "He sent.... lightnings manifold, and discomfited them" (Ps 18:14); used for speed: "The chariots.... run like the lightnings" (Na 2:4): "His arrow shall go forth as the lightning" (Zec 9:14); "The living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning" (Eze 1:14). The coming of the kingdom is described by Jesus as the shining of the lightning from one part of heaven to another, even "from the east unto the west" (Mt 24:27; Lu 17:24);
(c) meaning bright or shining: Daniel in his vision saw a man and "his face (was) as the appearance of lightning" (Da 10:6). See also Re 4:5; 8:5; 16:18.
Written by Alfred H. Joy
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