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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 Box Exo 9:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:33 - And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands to the LORD: and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured upon the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:34

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:34 - And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders had ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:11 - But the land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven:

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:14 - That I will give you the rain of your land in its due season, the former rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine and thy oil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:17 - And then the LORD'S wrath shall be kindled against you, and he shall shut up the heaven, that there shall be no rain, and the land shall not yield her fruit; and lest ye perish quickly from off the good land which the LORD giveth you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:12 - The LORD shall open to thee his good treasure, the heaven to give rain to thy land in its season, and to bless all the work of thy hand: and thou shalt lend to many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:24 - The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou art destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:2 - My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distill as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 12:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:17 - Is it not wheat-harvest to-day? I will call to the LORD, and he will send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking you a king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 12:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:18 - So Samuel called to the LORD; and the LORD sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:21 - Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither rain upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:4 - And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:35 - When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray towards this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:36 - Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, that thou mayest teach them the good way in which they should walk, and give rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 17:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:1 - And Elijah the Tishbite who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said to Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:1 - And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, show thyself to Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 6:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:26 - When the heaven is shut, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; yet if they pray towards this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 6:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:27 - Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou hast taught them the good way in which they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 7:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:13 - If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:10 - Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:26 - When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:23 - And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:27 - For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapor of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:6 - For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:28 - Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of the dew?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 72:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:6 - He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 135:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:7 - He causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 147:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:8 - Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:1

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 28:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:3 - A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 4:6 - And there shall be a tabernacle for a shade in the day time from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:6 - And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:23 - Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, with which thou shalt sow the ground; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:13 - When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:16 - When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens; and he causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth: he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:1 - Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD will make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.
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