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thun´dẽr (רע×, ra‛am (; ; ; ; ; ; ; ), קול, kÌ£oÌ„l, “a voice†(; ; ; ; )): 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†().
Lightning and thunder are indications of the power of Yahweh and His might. “The thunder of his power who can understand?†(); “The God of glory thundereth†(). Yahweh also confused the Philistines with thunder (), and His foes were “visited of Yahweh of hosts with thunder†(). Thunder was regarded as the voice of Yahweh: “God thundereth with the voice of his excellency†(), and God spoke to Jesus in the thunder (βÏοντηÌ, bronteÌ„Ì, ). See also LIGHTNING.