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Lexicon :: Strong's H4306 - māṭār

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מָטָר
Transliteration
māṭār
Pronunciation
maw-tawr'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1187a

Strong’s Definitions

מָטַר mâṭar, maw-tawr'; from H4305; rain:—rain.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 38x

The KJV translates Strong's H4306 in the following manner: rain (36x), great (1x), small (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 38x
The KJV translates Strong's H4306 in the following manner: rain (36x), great (1x), small (1x).

  1. rain

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מָטַר mâṭar, maw-tawr'; from H4305; rain:—rain.
STRONGS H4306: Abbreviations
† מָטָר noun masculineExodus 9:33. rain (Assyrian meṭru, DlHWB 406; Arabic bdb056403; Sabean (Minaean) מטר HomChrestom. 127; Aramaic מַטְרָא, bdb056404); — מ׳ Exodus 9:33 + 30 times; construct מְטַר Deuteronomy 11:11 + 5 times; plural construct מִטְרוֺת Job 37:6; — rain, as watering earth, especially Canaan, Deuteronomy 11:11 הַשָּׁמַיִם מ׳; as blessing sent (verb usually נָתַן and withheld by י׳ Deuteronomy 11:14 (|| יוֺרֶה, מַלְקוֺשׁ); Deuteronomy 11:17 (here אַרְצְכֶס מְ׳); Deuteronomy 28:12; 1 Kings 8:35, 36; 1 Kings 17:1 (|| טַל), 1 Kings 18:12; 1 Chronicles 6:26; 1 Chronicles 6:27; 1 Chronicles 7:13; Job 5:10 (|| מַיִם), compare Job 28:26; Job 36:27; Psalm 147:8 (verb מֵכִין); so זַרְעֲךָ מְ׳ Isaiah 30:23; Zechariah 10:1 (|| מַלְקוֺשׁ), Zechariah 10:1 מְטַרגֶּֿשֶׁם; גֶּשֶׁם מָטָר Job 37:6, גֶּשֶׁם מִטְרוֺת עֻזּוֺ Job 37:6 (|| שֶׁלַג); Job 38:28 (|| אֶגְלֵיטָֿ֑ל) בְּרָקִים לַמּ׳ Psalm 135:7; Jeremiah 10:13 = Jeremiah 51:16 (|| הֲמוֺן מַיִם); also in אַרְצְךָ אָבָק וְעָפָר נָתַן אֵת מְ׳ Deuteronomy 28:24; compare Isaiah 5:6 (where accusative of congnate meaning with verb הִמְטִיר); wish of David 2 Samuel 1:21 (|| טַל); בַּקָּצִיר מ׳ simile of the unseasonable, Proverbs 26:1 (|| שֶׁלֶג בַּקַּיִץ); sent by extraordary supernatural power as sign Exodus 9:33, 34 (J; both || בָּרָר, קֹלוֺת) compare 1 Samuel 12:17, 18 (|| קֹלוֺת); simile of refreshment Deuteronomy 32:2 (|| טַל), Job 29:23 (|| מַלְקוֺשׁ), Psalm 72:6 (|| רְבִיבִים), compare 2 Samuel 23:4; as destructive Psalm 28:3 מָטָר סֹחֵף); also figurative, Isaiah 4:6 (|| זֶרֶם).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

9:33; 9:33; 9:33; 9:34

Deuteronomy

11:11; 11:11; 11:14; 11:17; 28:12; 28:24; 32:2

1 Samuel

12:17; 12:18

2 Samuel

1:21; 23:4

1 Kings

8:35; 8:36; 17:1; 18:12

1 Chronicles

6:26; 6:27; 7:13

Job

5:10; 28:26; 29:23; 36:27; 37:6; 37:6; 37:6; 38:28

Psalms

28:3; 72:6; 135:7; 147:8

Proverbs

26:1

Isaiah

4:6; 5:6; 30:23

Jeremiah

10:13; 51:16

Zechariah

10:1; 10:1

H4306

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4306 matches the Hebrew מָטָר (māṭār),
which occurs 38 times in 36 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:33 - And Moses went forth from Pharao out of the city, and stretched out his hands to the Lord, and the thunders ceased and the hail, and the rain did not drop on the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:34

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:34 - And when Pharao saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders ceased, he continued to sin; and he hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:11 - but the land into which thou goest to inherit it, is a land of mountains and plains; it shall drink water of the rain of heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:14 - then he shall give to thy land the early and latter rain in its season, and thou shalt bring in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:17 - and the Lord be angry with you, and restrain the heaven; and there shall not be rain, and the earth shall not yield its fruit, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land, which the Lord has given you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:12 - May the Lord open to thee his good treasure, the heaven, to give rain to thy land in season: may he bless all the works of thy hands: so shalt thou lend to many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt rule over many nations, but they shall not rule over thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:24 - The Lord thy God make the rain of thy land dust; and dust shall come down from heaven, until it shall have destroyed thee, and until it shall have quickly consumed thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:2 - Let my speech be looked for as the rain, and my words come down as dew, as the shower upon the herbage, and as snow upon the grass.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:17 - Is it not wheat-harvest to-day? I will call upon the Lord, and he shall send thunder and rain; and know ye and see, that your wickedness is great which ye have wrought before the Lord, having asked for yourselves a king.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:18 - And Samuel called upon the Lord, and the Lord sent thunders and rain in that day; and all the people feared greatly the Lord and Samuel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:21 - Ye mountains of Gelbue, let not dew nor rain descend upon you, nor fields of first-fruits be upon you, for there the shield of the mighty ones has been grievously assailed; the shield of Saul was not anointed with oil.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:4 - And in the morning light of God, let the sun arise in the morning, from the light of which the Lord passed on, and as it were from the rain of the tender grass upon the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:35 - When the heaven is restrained, and there is no rain, because they shall sin against thee, and they shall pray toward this place, and shall make confession to thy name, and shall turn from their sins when thou shalt have humbled them,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:36 - then thou shalt hear from heaven, and be merciful to the sins of thy servant and of thy people Israel; for thou shalt shew them the good way to walk in it, and thou shalt give rain upon the earth which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:1 - And Eliu the prophet, the Thesbite of Thesbæ of Galaad, said to Achaab, As the Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, [fn]there shall not be these years dew nor rain, except by the [fn]word of my mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:1 - And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the Lord came to Eliu in the third year, saying, Go, and appear before Achaab, and I will bring rain upon the face of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:26 - When heaven is restrained, and there is no rain, because they shall have sinned against thee, and when they shall pray towards this place, and praise thy name, and shall turn from their sins, because thou shalt afflict them;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:27 - then shalt thou hearken from heaven, and thou shalt be merciful to the sins of thy servants, and of thy people Israel; for thou shalt shew them the good way in which they shall walk; and thou shalt send rain upon thy land, which thou gavest to thy people for an inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:13 - If I should restrain the heaven and there should be no rain, and if I should command the locust to devour the trees, and if I should send pestilence upon my people;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:10 - who gives rain upon the earth, sending water on the earth:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:26 - When he made them, thus he saw and numbered them, and made a way for the pealing of the thunder.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:23 - As the thirsty earth expecting the rain, so they waited for my speech.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:27 - And the drops of rain are numbered by him, and shall be poured out in rain to form a cloud.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:6 - commanding the snow, Be thou upon the earth, and the stormy rain, and the storm of the showers of his might.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:28 - Who is the rain's father? and who has generated the drops of dew?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:6 - (LXX 71:6) He shall come down as rain upon a fleece; and as drops falling upon the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:7 - (LXX 134:7) Who brings up clouds from the extremity of the earth: he has made lightnings for the rain: he brings winds out of his treasures.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:8 - (LXX 146:8) who covers the heaven with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who causes grass to spring up on the mountains, [[fn]and green herb for the service of men;]

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:1 - As dew in harvest, and as rain in summer, so honour is not seemly for a fool.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:3 - A bold man oppresses the poor by ungodly deeds. As an impetuous and unprofitable rain,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 4:6 - And it shall be for a shadow from the heat, and as a shelter and a hiding-place from inclemency of weather and from rain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:6 - And I will forsake my vineyard; and it shall not be pruned, nor dug, and thorns shall come up upon it as on barren land; and I will command the clouds to rain no rain upon it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:23 - Then shall there be rain to the seed of thy land; and the bread of the fruit of thy land shall be plenteous and rich: and thy cattle shall feed in that day in a fertile and spacious place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:13 - and set abundance of waters in the sky, and brought up clouds from the ends of the earth; he made lightnings for the rain, and brought forth light out of his treasures.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:16 - (LXX 28:16) At his voice he makes a sound of water in the heaven, and brings up clouds from the extremity of the earth; he makes lightnings for rain, and brings light out of his treasures.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:1 - Ask ye of the Lord rain in season, the early and the latter: the Lord has given bright signs, and will give them [fn]abundant rain, to every one grass in the field.
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