How many times is Barak mentioned in the Bible?
The word Barak appears 14 times in the King James Version, in 13 verses. It is found in 2 of the 66 books. The World English Bible uses Barak 14 times.
Barak in the King James Version and the World English Bible
Each form of Barak counted in each translation.
| Form | KJV | WEB |
|---|---|---|
| Barak | 14 | 14 |
| Total | 14 | 14 |
What the name Barak means
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary glosses Barak as "thunder, or in vain".
This is the 1869 traditional meaning; modern scholars often read names differently.
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Source: Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869), checked 2026-10-24.
First and last mention of Barak
And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh-naphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of Israel commanded, saying, Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?
And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets:
The verse that uses it most is Judges 4:14, 2 times:
And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this is the day in which the LORD hath delivered Sisera into thine hand: is not the LORD gone out before thee? So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.
Common questions
How many times is Barak in the Old Testament and the New Testament?
In the King James Version, counting every form, 13 of the 14 uses are in the Old Testament and 1 in the New Testament. Barak appears in 2 books of the 66 in the King James Version. Judges has the most (13), then Hebrews (1).
Where is Barak first mentioned in the Bible?
The first use in the King James Version is Judges 4:6: "And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh-naphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of Israel commanded, saying, Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?" The last is Hebrews 11:32.
What does the name Barak mean in the Bible?
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary glosses Barak as "thunder, or in vain".
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Counted by Bible Says About from the full public-domain text of the King James Version (1769 edition) and the World English Bible. Verse text only: headings and psalm titles are left out. A word is a run of letters: a hyphenated name like Beer-sheba counts as two, and an apostrophe stays inside its word (LORD'S is one). Matching ignores capital letters. Data compiled 2026-10-24.