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    1. But unlike the monsoon seasons of Nepal, you want to be as predictable as the thunder clap after the lightning


    2. Lightning strikes the water about a half-mile away


    3. Lightning flashed in the distance behind the Haadij


    4. ‘The lightning is amazing when it strikes Crook Peak, spectacular!


    5. Each word of the sentence was a separate boom of thunder on its own bolt of lightning


    6. Beyond that we could hear thunder in the distance, but there was no lightning flash to accompany it


    7. Lightning: If you see lightning without hearing thunder, it means that you will soon have a good inspiration which will solve a big problem


    8. Only the lightning flashes let one see the river, the lantern couldn't penetrate the sheets of rain


    9. There is nothing so tall as a thunderhead you know, and sometimes the lightning will show you the canyons and atriums up in the clouds


    10. Even so, a lightning bolt of pain stabbed it with its every stride

    11. She spread her arms and the people followed and when she began, they joined the solemn chorus, 'Mighty Athena, Goddess of Storm and Lightning, Protectoress of our homes and villages, Protectoress of Odysseus


    12. I neither saw nor heard anything until I saw her silhouette on the kitchen door during a flash of lightning


    13. I didn’t wait for her to focus or another flash of lightning to reveal where I was


    14. And watched the lightning flash and the tree limbs being whipped by the howling winds


    15. In the distant past a primitive scientist sewed up a body out of parts and struck it with lightning and it came to life


    16. ‘Then we have accord,’ lightning flashed across the


    17. lightning on more than one occasion, but of that I have no proof, except for his


    18. weather was or factoids like how a bolt of lightning is six times hotter than the


    19. And then there were badly-synthesized sound effects of lightning and howling wolves and the screen faded to black


    20. morsel fell from his plate, the servant would grab it out of mid-air in lightning

    21. Justice appeared next to her in a flash of lightning


    22. Then, suddenly, the sky turned a dark grey, lightning flickered above the valley as it grew dark


    23. But then, in the doorway, Justice appeared in a flash of lightning


    24. Just then, Justice appeared in another flash of lightning


    25. 24What is the way to the place where the lightning is dispersed, or the


    26. Nearing dark, the thunder and lightning started up


    27. The lightning was upon them and struck the foremast


    28. was dark, I could see in the lightning flashes, Roman holding out both of his limp


    29. Lightning is a good picture of the power from heaven being released to earth


    30. Did you know lightning depends on hunger? Lightning happens when there is a build up of positive energy in the clouds and a buildup of negative energy in earth

    31. You could say there are needs in the earth and an answer in heaven that desires to meet the needs, but lightning can’t happen yet


    32. When the path is created there is a powerful release of energy that we call lightning


    33. Occasionally lightning flares erupted in the distant sky, followed immediately with an earth-shaking thunderclap


    34. The Greek Gods: Zeus – King of the Gods and God of Thunder and Lightning, Apollo – God of the Sun, Poseidon – God of the Sea, Hades – God of the Dead, Venus – Goddess of Love, Athena – Goddess of Wisdom


    35. Let the word burn in you and live in you and become part of you, and when it is fully formed it will come forth like lightning from your heart


    36. But with the help of the constant barrage of mage-flare and occasional lightning strikes, even Brodin could see that the latest army was far more powerful than anything they faced before


    37. Her eyes of white never leaving those of Solo Ki, she hopped, leaving the blade of the female guard to slice the air below her feet, while she fended off the attack of the other with a series of lightning quick parries, both her blades flashing out to redirect the powerful blow of his long sword


    38. He reached out with his little hands, letting his fingers brush against the barrier of blue, lightning sparks arching across his fingernails


    39. So, he had instituted a series of lightning strikes against the enemy


    40. Didn't his cowardice deserve this? Shouldn't he be erased for what he had done? The dark throbbed too quickly and too painfully, then a last brightness and he was inside a lightning flash

    41. With a lightning bolt exclamation point!—


    42. A flash of lightning illuminated the object


    43. by the lightning and the remnants cut and used


    44. exactly: the tree was struck by lightning and


    45. “I suppose you’ve heard that Zeus was given lightning by the Cyclopes


    46. The gray morning had not abated the rolling thunder, though no lightning was seen to burst above


    47. He turned to scowl at the creature and let fly bolts of lightning


    48. Out from the shadows of the entrance, he stepped forth and launched a pair of lightning spells


    49. The cacophonous cracks, brilliant flashes of lightning and walls of pelting rain were on their way


    50. And the images pleased him: the bitter smoke, the brilliant fire and all under a stormy sky that would not aid them with rain but merely blasting thunder and deadly lightning














































    1. Faint bluish crackles of light like tiny lightnings and sparks of light coursed through the Patriarch, his bald scalp having taken on an eerie sheen as if it had suddenly transformed into a shiny metal mirror


    2. “And there were noises and thunderings and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such a mighty and great earthquake as had not occurred since men were on the earth” (Rev


    3. “And a loud voice came out of the temple of heaven…And there were noises and thunderings and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such a mighty and great earthquake as had not occurred since men were on the earth” (Rev


    4. 14 Yes, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them


    5. 18 The voice of your thunder was in the Heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the Earth trembled and shook


    6. 7 He causes the vapours to ascend from the ends of the Earth; he makes lightnings for the rain; he brings the wind out of his


    7. multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causes the vapours to ascend from the ends of the Earth; he makes lightnings with rain,


    8. heavens; and he causes the vapours to ascend from the ends of the Earth: he makes lightnings with rain, and bring out the wind out of


    9. kept him safe, but shot arrows and lightnings against the enemies: so that being confounded with blindness, and full of trouble, they


    10. 16 Then God was angry, and much displeased at Abel's death; and He thundered from Heaven, and lightnings went before Him, and the Word of the Lord God came from Heaven to Cain, and said to him, "Where is Abel your brother?"

    11. I wrote out your petition, and in my vision it appeared so, that your petition will not be granted to you throughout all the days of eternity, and that judgement has been finally passed on you: yes your petition will not be granted to you; And from now on you shall not ascend into Heaven to all eternity, and in bonds of the Earth the decree has gone out to bind you for all the days of the world; And that previously you shall have seen the destruction of your beloved sons and you shall have no pleasure in them, but they shall fall before you by the sword; And your petition on their behalf shall not be granted, nor yet on your own; even though you weep and pray and speak all the words contained in the writing which I have written; And the vision was shown to me as such; note, in the vision clouds invited me and a mist summoned me, and the course of the stars and the lightnings sped and hastened me, and the winds in the vision caused me to fly and lifted me upward, and bore me into Heaven; And I went in till I drew near to a wall which is built of crystals and surrounded by tongues of fire, and it began to affright me; And I went into the tongues of fire and drew near to a large house which was built of crystals; and the walls of the house were like a tessellated floor made of crystals, and its groundwork was of crystal


    12. Its ceiling was like the path of the stars and the lightnings, and between them were fiery cherubim, and their Heaven was clear as water


    13. A flaming fire surrounded the walls, and its portals blazed with fire; And I entered into that house, and it was hot as fire and cold as ice; There were no delights of life in it: fear covered me, and trembling gat hold on me; And as I quaked and trembled, I fell on my face; And I beheld a vision, And note! there was a second house, greater than the former, and the entire portal stood open before me, and it was built of flames of fire; And in every respect it so excelled in splendour and magnificence and extent that I cannot describe to you its splendour and its extent; And its floor was of fire, and above it were lightnings and the path of the stars, and its ceiling also was flaming fire; And I looked and saw in it a lofty throne; Its appearance was as crystal, and the wheels of it as the shining sun, and there was the vision of cherubim; And from underneath the throne came streams of flaming fire so that I could not look thereon; And the Great Glory sat thereon, and His raiment shone more brightly than the sun and was whiter than any snow


    14. And I saw other lightnings and the stars of Heaven, and I saw how He called them all by their names and they listened to Him; And I saw how they are weighed in a righteous balance according to their proportions of light:


    15. In those days my eyes saw the secrets of the lightnings, and of the lights, and the judgements they execute 'their judgement', and they enlighten for a blessing or a curse as the Lord of Spirits wishes; And there I saw the secrets of the thunder, and how when it resounds above in the Heaven, the sound of it is heard, and he caused me to see the judgements executed on the Earth, whether they are for well-being and blessing, or for a curse according to the word of the Lord of Spirits; And after that all the secrets of the lights and lightnings were shown to me, and they enlighten for blessing and for satisfying


    16. ' And the other angel who went with me and showed me what was hidden told me what is first and last in the Heaven in the height, and beneath the Earth in the depth, and at the ends of the Heaven, and on the foundation of the Heaven; And the chambers of the winds, and how the winds are divided, and how they are weighed, and how the portals of the winds are reckoned, each according to the power of the wind, and the power of the lights of the moon, and according to the power that is fitting, and the divisions of the stars according to their names, and how all the divisions are divided; And the thunders according to the places where they fall, and all the divisions that are made among the lightnings that it may enlighten, and their host that they may at once obey; For the thunder has places of rest which are assigned to it while it is waiting for its peal; and the thunder and lightning are inseparable, and although not one and undivided, they both go together through the spirit and separate not


    17. This angel requested Michael to show him the hidden name, that he might enunciate it in the oath, so that those might quake before that name and oath who revealed all that was in secret to the children of men; And this is the power of this oath, for it is powerful and strong, and he placed this oath Akee in the hand of Michael; And these are the secrets of this oath; And they are strong through his oath: And the Heaven was suspended before the world was created; and forever; And through it the Earth was founded on the water; And from the secret recesses of the mountains come beautiful waters; From the creation of the world and to eternity; and through that oath the sea was created, and as its foundation He set for it the sand against the time of its anger, and it dare not pass beyond it from the creation of the world to eternity; And through that oath are the depths are made secure, and abide and stir not from their place from eternity to eternity; And through that oath the sun and moon complete their course, and deviate not from their ordinance from eternity to eternity; And through that oath the stars complete their course, and He calls them by their names; and they answer Him from eternity to eternity, and in like manner the spirits of the water, and of the winds, and of all zephyrs, and their paths from all the quarters of the winds, and there are preserved the voices of the thunder and the light of the lightnings; and there are preserved the chambers of the hail and the chambers of the hoarfrost; And the chambers of the mist, and the chambers of the rain and the dew; And all these believe and give thanks before the Lord of Spirits, and glorify Him with all their power; And their food is in every act of thanksgiving; they thank and glorify and extol the name of the Lord of Spirits forever and ever; And this oath is mighty over them and through it they are preserved and their paths are preserved; and their course is not destroyed; and there was great joy among them; and they blessed and glorified and extolled, because the name of that Son of Man had been revealed to them; and he sat on the throne of his glory, and the sum of judgement was given to the Son of Man; And he caused the sinners to pass away and be destroyed from off the face of the Earth; And those who have led the world astray; with chains shall they be bound; And in their assemblage place of destruction shall they be imprisoned; And all their works vanish from the face of the Earth; And from now on there shall be nothing corruptible; For that Son of Man has appeared, and has seated himself on the throne of his glory, and all evil shall pass away before his face, and the word of that Son of Man shall go out and be strong before the Lord of Spirits


    18. 16 And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud on the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled


    19. thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the


    20. 16 Then God was angry and much displeased at Abel's death; and He thundered from Heaven and lightnings went before Him and the Word of the Lord God came from Heaven to Cain and said to him "Where is Abel your brother?"

    21. I wrote out your petition and in my vision it appeared so that your petition will not be granted to you throughout all the days of eternity and that judgement has been finally passed on you: yes your petition will not be granted to you; And from now on you shall not ascend into Heaven to all eternity and in bonds of the Earth the decree has gone out to bind you for all the days of the world; And that previously you shall have seen the destruction of your beloved sons and you shall have no pleasure in them but they shall fall before you by the sword; And your petition on their behalf shall not be granted nor yet on your own; even though you weep and pray and speak all the words contained in the writing which I have written; And the vision was shown to me as such; note in the vision clouds invited me and a mist summoned me and the course of the stars and the lightnings sped and hastened me and the winds in the vision caused me to fly and lifted me upward and bore me into Heaven; And I went in till I drew near to a wall which is built of crystals and surrounded by tongues of fire and it began to affright me; And I went into the tongues of fire and drew near to a large house which was built of crystals; and the walls of the house were like a tessellated floor made of crystals and its groundwork was of crystal


    22. Its ceiling was like the path of the stars and the lightnings and between them were fiery cherubim and their Heaven was clear as water


    23. A flaming fire surrounded the walls and its portals blazed with fire; And I entered into that house and it was hot as fire and cold as ice; There were no delights of life in it: fear covered me and trembling gat hold on me; And as I quaked and trembled I fell on my face; And I beheld a vision And note! there was a second house greater than the former and the entire portal stood open before me and it was built of flames of fire; And in every respect it so excelled in splendour and magnificence and extent that I cannot describe to you its splendour and its extent; And its floor was of fire and above it were lightnings and the path of the stars and its ceiling also was flaming fire; And I looked and saw in it a lofty throne; Its appearance was as crystal and the wheels of it as the shining sun and there was the vision of cherubim; And from underneath the throne came streams of flaming fire so that I could not look thereon; And the Great Glory sat thereon and His raiment shone more brightly than the sun and was whiter than any snow


    24. And I saw other lightnings and the stars of Heaven and I saw how He called them all by their names and they listened to Him; And I saw how they are weighed in a righteous balance according to their proportions of light:


    25. In those days my eyes saw the secrets of the lightnings and of the lights and the judgements they execute 'their judgement' and they enlighten for a blessing or a curse as the Lord of Spirits wishes; And there I saw the secrets of the thunder and how when it resounds above in the Heaven the sound of it is heard and he caused me to see the judgements executed on the Earth whether they are for well-being and blessing or for a curse according to the word of the Lord of Spirits; And after that all the secrets of the lights and lightnings were shown to me and they enlighten for blessing and for satisfying


    26. ' And the other angel who went with me and showed me what was hidden told me what is first and last in the Heaven in the height and beneath the Earth in the depth and at the ends of the Heaven and on the foundation of the Heaven; And the chambers of the winds and how the winds are divided and how they are weighed and how the portals of the winds are reckoned each according to the power of the wind and the power of the lights of the moon and according to the power that is fitting and the divisions of the stars according to their names and how all the divisions are divided; And the thunders according to the places where they fall and all the divisions that are made among the lightnings that it may enlighten and their host that they may at once obey; For the thunder has places of rest which are assigned to it while it is waiting for its peal; and the thunder and lightning are inseparable and although not one and undivided they both go together through the spirit and separate not


    27. This angel requested Michael to show him the hidden name that he might enunciate it in the oath so that those might quake before that name and oath who revealed all that was in secret to the children of men; And this is the power of this oath for it is powerful and strong and he placed this oath Akee in the hand of Michael; And these are the secrets of this oath; And they are strong through his oath: And the Heaven was suspended before the world was created; and forever; And through it the Earth was founded on the water; And from the secret recesses of the mountains come beautiful waters; From the creation of the world and to eternity; and through that oath the sea was created and as its foundation He set for it the sand against the time of its anger and it dare not pass beyond it from the creation of the world to eternity; And through that oath are the depths are made secure and abide and stir not from their place from eternity to eternity; And through that oath the sun and moon complete their course and deviate not from their ordinance from eternity to eternity; And through that oath the stars complete their course and He calls them by their names; and they answer Him from eternity to eternity and in like manner the spirits of the water and of the winds and of all zephyrs and their paths from all the quarters of the winds and there are preserved the voices of the thunder and the light of the lightnings; and there are preserved the chambers of the hail and the chambers of the hoarfrost; And the chambers of the mist and the chambers of the rain and the dew; And all these believe and give thanks before the Lord of Spirits and glorify Him with all their power; And their food is in every act of thanksgiving; they thank and glorify and extol the name of the Lord of Spirits forever and ever; And this oath is mighty over them and through it they are preserved and their paths are preserved; and their course is not destroyed; and there was great joy among them; and they blessed and glorified and extolled because the name of that Son of Man had been revealed to them; and he sat on the throne of his glory and the sum of judgement was given to the Son of Man; And he caused the sinners to pass away and be destroyed from off the face of the Earth; And those who have led the world astray; with chains shall they be bound; And in their assemblage place of destruction shall they be imprisoned; And all their works vanish from the face of the Earth; And from now on there shall be nothing corruptible; For that Son of Man has appeared and has seated himself on the throne of his glory and all evil shall pass away before his face and the word of that Son of Man shall go out and be strong before the Lord of Spirits


    28. 3 A sword is sent on you and who may turn it back? 4 A fire is sent among you and who may quench it? 5 Plagues are sent to you and what is he who may drive them away? 6 May any man drive away a hungry lion in the wood? Or may any one quench the fire in stubble when it has begun to burn? 7 May one turn again the arrow that is shot of a strong archer? 8 The mighty Lord sends the plagues and who is he who can drive them away? 9 A fire shall go out from his anger and who is he who may quench it? 10 He shall throw lightnings and who shall not fear? he shall thunder and who shall not be afraid? 11 The Lord shall threaten and who shall not be utterly beaten to powder at his presence? 12 The Earth quakes and the foundations of it; the sea rises up with waves from the deep and the waves of it are troubled and the fishes of it also before the Lord and before the glory of his power; 13 For strong is his right hand who bends the bow his arrows that he shoots are sharp and shall not miss when they begin to be shot into the ends of the world


    29. 5 But then also He showed to him the measures of the fire also the depths of the abyss and the weight of the winds and the number of the drops of rain: 6 And the suppression of anger and the multitude of long-suffering and the truth of judgment: 7 And the root of wisdom and the riches of understanding and the fount of knowledge: 8 And the height of the air and the greatness of Paradise and the consummation of the ages and the beginning of the Day of Judgment: 9 And the number of the offerings and the Earths which have not yet come: 10 And the mouth of Gehenna and the station of vengeance and the place of faith and the region of hope and the likeness of future torment and the multitude of innumerable angels and the flaming hosts and the splendour of the lightnings 11 and the voice of the thunders and the orders of the chiefs of the angels and the treasuries of light and the changes of the times and the investigations of the law


    30. 28 Now the sun being newly risen they joined both together; the one part having together with their virtue their refuge also to the Lord for a pledge of their success and victory: the other side making their rage leader of their battle 29 But when the battle waxed strong there appeared to the enemies from Heaven five comely men on horses with bridles of gold and two of them led the Jews 30 And took Maccabeus between them and covered him on every side weapons and kept him safe but shot arrows and lightnings against the enemies: so that being confounded with blindness and full of trouble they were killed

    31. 21 "And then, amidst the thunders and lightnings of Sinai, Moses gave them the new ten commandments, which you will all allow are more worthy utterances to accompany the enlarging Yahweh concepts of Deity


    32. testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and


    33. And there were lightnings, noises, thunderings, an earthquake, and great hail


    34. And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the Seven Spirits of God


    35. And the temple of God was opened within heaven, and I saw within Her temple the Ark of Her Testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail


    36. And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven


    37. Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them


    38. And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices : and there were seven


    39. And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps


    40. She can freeze and sway the planets on the tail of a natural lightning or the one triggered by Deneb, holding the other ends of all the lightnings and creates a ‘Ganglion of planets’

    41. Lightnings gave no way even for a moment of serenity


    42. Since there was not much time left, Garnet used Deneb’s lightnings and ganglions to shift Ron, Alcor and Don to Parker’s 4th avenue immediately


    43. That forehead, beaten by the storms of centuries, and scarred with the lightnings that have impatiently hovered over it for ages, still lifts its presumptuous front aloft above the world's mightiest thrones


    44. With war's flames and the lambent lightnings playing,


    45. He would never have spoken with the Eternal amid lightnings on Sinai's mountaintop nor ever have come down with the light of inspiration shining in his countenance and bearing in his arms the tables of the law, graven in the language of the outlaw


    46. But by and by, as said, this evening after sundown, the wind sitting in the west, biggish swollen clouds to be seen as the night increased and the weatherwise poring up at them and some sheet lightnings at first and after, past ten of the clock, one great stroke with a long thunder and in a brace of shakes all scamper pellmell within door for the smoking shower, the men making shelter for their straws with a clout or kerchief, womenfolk skipping off with kirtles catched up soon as the pour came


    47. There was a flare of livid lightnings: forks


    48. storm coming up, and away to the south-east there was a shimmer of lightnings under the black skies


    49. world, and about it lightnings flickered; and then a tremor ran through the


    50. Then Huckleberry and Tom stood dumb and staring, and heard the stony-hearted liar reel off his serene statement, they expecting every moment that the clear sky would deliver God's lightnings upon his head, and wondering to see how long the stroke was delayed














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    "lightning" definitions

    abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light


    the flash of light that accompanies an electric discharge in the atmosphere (or something resembling such a flash); can scintillate for a second or more