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( øֶùֶׁ , risheph, a flame, or “coal,'” Son_8:6; hence lightning; fig. for arrow, Psa_76:3; or, fever, Deu_32:24). In accordance with thepopular notion, “hot thunderbolts” (Psalm 68:48, øùôé , Sept. ôῷ ðõñß , Vulg. igni) means “lightnings.” “Then shall the right-aiming thunderbolts go abroad” “(Wisd. 5, 21), âïëßäåò ἀóôñáðῶí , “flashes” or “strokes of lightning.” “Threw stones like thunderbolts” (2: Macc. 1: 16), óõíåêåñáýíùóáí . The word conveys an allusion to the mode in which lightning strikes the earth. SEE LIGHTNING.