Lexicon :: Strong's H4306 - māṭār

Moses left Pharaoh and the city, and spread out his hands to the LORD. Then the thunder and hail ceased, and rain no longer poured down on the land.

“But the land you are entering to possess is a land of mountains and valleys, watered by rain from the sky.

“I[fn] will provide rain for your land in the proper time, the autumn and spring rains, and you will harvest your grain, new wine, and fresh oil.

“Then the LORD’s anger will burn against you. He will shut the sky, and there will be no rain; the land will not yield its produce, and you will perish quickly from the good land the LORD is giving you.

“The LORD will open for you his abundant storehouse, the sky, to give your land rain in its season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations, but you will not borrow.

“The LORD will turn the rain of your land into falling[fn] dust; it will descend on you from the sky until you are destroyed.

Let my teaching fall like rain

and my word settle like dew,

like gentle rain on new grass

and showers on tender plants.

“Isn’t the wheat harvest today? I will call on the LORD, and he will send thunder and rain so that you will recognize what an immense evil you committed in the LORD’s sight by requesting a king for yourselves.”

Mountains of Gilboa,

let no dew or rain be on you,

or fields of offerings,[fn]

for there the shield of the mighty was defiled —

the shield of Saul, no longer anointed with oil.

“is like the morning light when the sun rises

on a cloudless morning,

the glisten of rain on sprouting grass.”

When the skies are shut and there is no rain,

because they have sinned against you,

and they pray toward this place

and praise your name,

and they turn from their sins

because you are afflicting them,

Now Elijah the Tishbite, from the Gilead settlers,[fn] said to Ahab, “As the LORD God of Israel lives, in whose presence I stand, there will be no dew or rain during these years except by my command! ”

After a long time, the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year: “Go and present yourself to Ahab. I will send rain on the surface of the land.”

When the skies are shut and there is no rain

because they have sinned against you,

and they pray toward this place

and praise your name,

and they turn from their sins

because you are afflicting[fn] them,

If I shut the sky so there is no rain, or if I command the grasshopper to consume the land, or if I send pestilence on my people,

He gives rain to the earth

and sends water to the fields.

when he established a limit[fn] for the rain

and a path for the lightning,

They waited for me as for the rain

and opened their mouths as for spring showers.

For he makes waterdrops evaporate;[fn]

they distill the rain into its[fn] mist,

For he says to the snow, “Fall to the earth,”

and the torrential rains, his mighty torrential rains,

Does the rain have a father?

Who fathered the drops of dew?

May the king be like rain that falls on the cut grass,

like spring showers that water the earth.

He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth.

He makes lightning for the rain

and brings the wind from his storehouses.

who covers the sky with clouds,

prepares rain for the earth,

and causes grass to grow on the hills.

Like snow in summer and rain at harvest,

honor is inappropriate for a fool.

A destitute leader[fn] who oppresses the poor

is like a driving rain that leaves no food.

and there will be a shelter for shade from heat by day and a refuge and shelter from storm and rain.

I will make it a wasteland.

It will not be pruned or weeded;

thorns and briers will grow up.

I will also give orders to the clouds

that rain should not fall on it.

Then he will send rain for your seed that you have sown in the ground, and the food, the produce of the ground, will be rich and plentiful. On that day your cattle will graze in open pastures.

When he thunders,[fn]

the waters in the heavens are in turmoil,

and he causes the clouds to rise

from the ends of the earth.

He makes lightning for the rain

and brings the wind from his storehouses.

When he thunders,[fn]

the waters in the heavens are tumultuous,

and he causes the clouds

to rise from the ends of the earth.

He makes lightning for the rain

and brings the wind from his storehouses.

Ask the LORD for rain

in the season of spring rain.

The LORD makes the rain clouds,

and he will give them showers of rain

and crops in the field for everyone.