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Lexicon :: Strong's H4305 - māṭar

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מָטַר
Transliteration
māṭar
Pronunciation
maw-tar'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1187

Strong’s Definitions

מָטַר mâṭar, maw-tar'; a primitive root; to rain:—(cause to) rain (upon).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x

The KJV translates Strong's H4305 in the following manner: rain (17x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x
The KJV translates Strong's H4305 in the following manner: rain (17x).

  1. to rain

    1. (Niphal) to be rained on or upon

    2. (Hiphil)

      1. to rain, send rain

      2. to rain hail, send hail

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מָטַר mâṭar, maw-tar'; a primitive root; to rain:—(cause to) rain (upon).
STRONGS H4305: Abbreviations
† [מָטַר] verb denominative (compare GerberVerb. denom. 106) [rain] (Arabic bdb056501; Syriac bdb056502 Targum Aph`el אַמְטַר); —
Niph. Imperfect be rained upon חֶלְקָה אַחַתּ תִּמָּטֵר Amos 4:7.
Hiph. Perfect הִמְטִיר Genesis 2:5; Genesis 19:24; וְהִמְטַרְתִּ֫י Amos 4:7; Imperfect יַמְטֵר Psalm 11:6; Job 20:23; וַיַּמְטֵר Exodus 9:3 + 2 times; 3rd person feminine singular תַּמְטִיר Amos 4:7 (but read אַמְטִיר Greek Version of the LXX Vulgate 1st person singular אַמְטִיר Amos 4:7 + vAmos 4:7 (for תַּמְטִיר), Ezekiel 38:22; Infinitive construct הַמְטִיר Isaiah 5:6; Job 38:26; Participle מַמְטִיר Genesis 7:4 + 2 times; — send rain, rain (followed by עַל except Exodus 9:18; Exodus 16:4); subject י׳ (no direct object) Genesis 2:5; Genesis 7:4 (both J), Amos 4:7 (3 times in verse), compare Job 38:26; subject clouds עָבִים by divine command Isaiah 5:6 (accusative of congnate meaning with verb מָטָר); מָן הִמִ׳ Psalm 78:24; שְׁאֵר Psalm 78:27; לֶחֶם Exodus 16:4 (J; מִןהַֿשָּׁמַים no עַל); as act of judgment בָּרָד הִמ׳ rain hail, send hail, subject י׳ Exodus 9:23 (J); compare Exodus 9:18 (J; no עַל); object גָּפְרִית וָאֵשׁ Genesis 19:24 (J), compare Ezekiel 38:22 וְגֶשֶׁם שׁוֺטֵף וְאַבְנֵי אֶלְגָּבִישׁ אֵשׁ וְגָפְרִית אַמ׳; figurative Psalm 11:6 (object פַּחִים; but read אֵשׁ פַּחֲמֵי see Ew Che Bae and others); Job 20:23 (|| clause אַפּוֹ חֲרוֺן בּו יְשַׁלַּחֺ).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

2:5; 2:5; 7:4; 7:4; 19:24; 19:24

Exodus

9:3; 9:18; 9:18; 9:23; 16:4; 16:4

Job

20:23; 20:23; 38:26; 38:26

Psalms

11:6; 11:6; 78:24; 78:27

Isaiah

5:6; 5:6

Ezekiel

38:22; 38:22

Amos

4:7; 4:7; 4:7; 4:7; 4:7

H4305

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Strong's Number H4305 matches the Hebrew מָטַר (māṭar),
which occurs 17 times in 14 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:5 - Now no shrub of the field had yet grown on the earth, and no plant of the field had yet sprouted, for the LORD God had not caused it to rain on the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:4 - For in seven days I will cause it to rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the ground every living thing that I have made."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:24 - Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah. It was sent down from the sky by the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:18 - I am going to cause very severe hail to rain down about this time tomorrow, such hail as has never occurred in Egypt from the day it was founded until now.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:23 - When Moses extended his staff toward the sky, the LORD sent thunder and hail, and fire fell to the earth; so the LORD caused hail to rain down on the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:4 - Then the LORD said to Moses, "I am going to rain bread from heaven for you, and the people will go out and gather the amount for each day, so that I may test them. Will they walk in my law or not?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:23 - "While he is filling his belly, God sends his burning anger against him, and rains down his blows upon him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:26 - to cause it to rain on an uninhabited land, a desert where there are no human beings,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:6 - May the LORD rain down burning coals and brimstone on the wicked! A whirlwind is what they deserve!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:24 - He rained down manna for them to eat; he gave them the grain of heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:27 - He rained down meat on them like dust, birds as numerous as the sand on the seashores.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:6 - I will make it a wasteland; no one will prune its vines or hoe its ground, and thorns and briers will grow there. I will order the clouds not to drop any rain on it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 38:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:22 - I will judge him with plague and bloodshed. I will rain down on him, his troops and the many peoples who are with him a torrential downpour, hailstones, fire, and brimstone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:7 - "I withheld rain from you three months before the harvest. I gave rain to one city, but not to another. One field would get rain, but the field that received no rain dried up.
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