Chăzîyz — H2385

Definition

masculine noun

a flash of lightning

1. thunderbolt, lightning flash, lightning, storm, cloud

Usually translated as

lightning, bright cloud

Origin

from an unused root meaning to glare

Greek equivalents

• phantasía (G5325)

Occurrences

Chăzîyz occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Job (2), Zechariah (1)

• Job 28:26 — When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning (לַחֲזִ֥יז) of the thunder:
• Job 38:25 — Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning (לַחֲזִ֥יז) of thunder;
• Zechariah 10:1 — Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD shall make bright clouds (חֲזִיזִ֑ים), and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.