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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

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

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